Space Resources Services - Factories in Space

Last updated: 2023-03-12

Name	Service	Status	Description
3K SpaceTech	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Space Solar Power, In-Orbit Data Storage, In-Orbit Computing	Early stage	Our company strives to create a network of power supply stations throughout the solar system, as well as provide the ability to obtain energy on any satellite or planet.
AGPower92	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Early stage, Dormant	Economic and efficient power for deep space applications for missions lasting 15 years and beyond.
Airbus	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	Successfully demonstrated the production of oxygen and metals from simulated lunar dust (regolith) with the Airbus-invented process named ROXY (Regolith to OXYgen and Metals Conversion)
Airbus	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Concept	Space-based solar power program.
Alginity	In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Oxygen	Dormant	Autonomous food and oxygen supply at a lunar base.
Alvior	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Early stage	Orbital Solar - The ultimate renewable. A single solution to half of the climate emergency.
AMi Exploration (ARCA Space, Asteroid Mining Program)	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	The Asteroid Mining Program (AMi) is a ten-year program that aims to unlock one of the largest sources of wealth in history, through profitable asteroid mining.
Aphelia Space	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Early stage	Aphelia is a wireless power space startup.
Aquarian Space	In-Space Communications Relay	Early stage	Aquarian Space is the world's first high data rate internet service provider for the solar system. Our mission is to deliver the interplanetary communications infrastructure that makes possible the next wave of human expansion throughout our solar system.
Aquila Earth	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Early stage	Beaming renewable energy anywhere on (or off) earth using lasers.
Argotec	In-Space Communications Relay	Development	A constellation of micro-satellites that will provide support to voice, video, and data transmission for scientific, technological, and commercial activities on the Moon.
Asterank	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Active	Asterank is a scientific and economic database of over 600,000 asteroids.
Asteroid Initiatives	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Concept	Before you can do asteroid mining, you have to do asteroid prospecting.
Asteroid Mining Corporation	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Early stage	We are a space resources company currently developing robotic and satellite platforms to enable the exploration and extraction of off-world resources, including from asteroids.
Astrobotic	Resources - Energy, Lunar Power Service	Development	LunaGrid is the first-ever commercial power service for the lunar surface.
AstroForge	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Development	O ur mission is to make space resources accessible on Earth. We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than the current terrestrial mining methods.
Astronika	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Rover	Concept	Dedicated to providing innovative solutions to the broadly-defined aerospace industry. Energy-efficient regolith compactor for surface construction.
Astroscale	Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station	Development	Astroscale offers operators and launchers choices and flexibility across the spectrum of on-orbit servicing, while creating a sustainable foundation for the growth of the space economy in the process.
Astrum	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Dormant	We are developing the way to navigate and use a new necessity for life; Asteroids.
Aten Engineering	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Dormant	We are asteroid prospectors, mapping out the resources of near Earth space.
ATLAS Space Operations	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Development	World’s First Laser Communication Link from the Lunar Surface.
Atomos	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics, Resources - Energy, On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Development	Atomos Space is building the future of orbital logistics, providing “last mile” transportation services for satellite operators. Our orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) change the rocket equation – enabling impossible missions, providing unprecedented maneuverability, maintaining a sustainable orbital environment, and reducing the cost for satellite operators to get to their place in space.
Austere Engineering	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover	Concept	Austere Engineering of Littleton, Colorado, won third place and $50,000 for its Grading and Rotating for Water Located in Excavated Regolith (GROWLER) system, in Phase 1 of Break the Ice Lunar Challenge.
Avalanche Energy	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Development	Avalanche is a VC-backed, fusion energy start-up. We are designing, testing and building micro-fusion reactors that you can hold in your hand.
Azimut Space	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Energy, Hardware	Concept	HEBAM - HEat-based BAttery for the Moon.
Beyond Atlas	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Early stage	We will build a cheap and reliable spacecraft to explore the solar system and find the resources to make it possible for humans to live in space.
BigDipper Exploration Technologies	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Early stage	Enabling access to the Lunar surface Data and Resources through Robots!
Blue Asteroids	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	Aiming to mine asteroids for their natural resources and bring humanity closer to becoming a spacefaring civilization.
Blue Origin	Resources - Energy	Concept	Award to demonstrate nuclear thermal propulsion technolog.
Bradford Space (Deep Space Industries)	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Microgravity Workspaces, Space Tug, Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Development	Our first service offering uses our Square Rocket spacecraft for missions as far out as 1.5AU encompassing geosynchronous orbit (GEO), low lunar orbit (LLO), and Mars flyby.
Business Integra	In-Orbit Computing	Demonstrated	Our SG100 line of single board computers includes a space rated, high speed processor with HRDL and onboard storage capability.
BWX Technologies	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Early stage	Conceptual designs of an NTP reactor in hopes of powering a future manned mission to Mars.
CACI (LSG Innovations)	Hardware, Optical Modem, Deep Space Communications	Demonstrated	The LGS Innovations modem will convert the data generated on the Orion spacecraft to an optical signal, allowing it to be beamed from the vicinity of the Moon to a receiver on Earth.
Canadian Space Mining Corporation	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Early stage	Canadian Space Mining Corporation is devoted to exploration and extraction of space bound resources.
Caterpillar	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	Construction giant Caterpillar hopes to one day bring its autonomous mining technology to one of the universe's most sought after mining locations: the moon.
Celestial	In-Space Communications Relay	Concept, Dormant	A small satellite data relay constellation will be deployed in the lunar polar orbit to enable higher connectivity for Moon missions.
CisLunar Industries	Resources - Space Debris Utilization	Development	Developing the Space Foundry, an in-space processing and refining capability for structural materials, such as metals.
Cloud Constellation	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage	Development	Space-based cloud storage. An array of equatorial low earth orbiting data center satellites. Much more secure and in some cases better-performing. 10-gigabit laser communications links between satellites.
CommStar Space Communications	In-Space Communications Relay	Early stage	Intention to deploy an advanced, proprietary data relay satellite (“CommStar-1”) to be located between the Earth and the Moon by 2023.
CosmoX	In-Space Communications Relay	Concept	CosmoX federated satellite systems inter-satellite communication network to enable real-time earth observation.
Crow Industries	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Concept
D-Orbit	Space Tug, In-Orbit Computing, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Orbital Transportation, In-Space Logistics	Active	D-Orbit a market leader in the space logistics and transportation services industry with a track record of space-proven technologies and successful missions.
Darkoob	Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Concept, Dormant	Safe, sustainable and economical resources extraction from celestial bodies.
Deep Space Industries	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Tug, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	Deep Space Industries (DSI), a company founded to pursue asteroid mining, but which more recently has focused on deep space smallsats.
Deltion Innovations	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Dormant	We develop mining technologies and robotics for the resource sector.
Diatomic Space	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Commercial Rover	Early stage	Diatomic Space is developing hardware to produce oxygen on the lunar surface.
Electric Moon	Power Beaming	Development	Won $200,000 as one of the 7 winning teams of Phase 2, Level 1 of NASA's Watts on the Moon Challenge.
Emrod	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power	Development	Emrod is opening up the world’s access to power by using power beaming technology to enable long range wireless energy transfer that is safe, reliable and cost effective.
EnergySpace Company	Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Early stage	Power beaming and space solar company.
Entropy Research and Development	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power	Dormant, Early stage	Building a constellation of spacecraft for wireless power transmission among satellites
Eta Space	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Raw Resources, Resources - Hydrogen, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station	Early stage	Based on a proprietary electrochemical platform, SKYRE will electrolyse the ice water into its hydrogen and oxygen components and Eta Space H2RENEW™ will then compress and liquefy the hydrogen for use as fuel.
Eternal Light Photonics Corp	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	Astrolight – a collaboration between Astrobotic and Montreal startup Eternal Light Photonics Corp. – won $50,000 for its wireless mobile power beaming solution.
Ethos Space	Geoengineering, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Development	If you believe in a coming space economy, the greatest commercial opportunity is in-space propellant refueling. Our vision is to build a planetary sunshade to protect Earth.
Exo-Space	In-Orbit Computing	Development	Exo-Space builds and operates on-orbit edge computing satellites. Our satellites can offer data analytic solutions to a wide range of industries. Expanding the space infrastructure through on-orbit data processing services
Exodus Orbitals	In-Orbit Computing	Development	We provide "satellite-as-a-service" application hosting platform in space.
Exoterra	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	The Nano Icy Moons Propellant Harvester (NIMPH) is a CubeSat-scale In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) system which processes ice into liquid oxygen (LOx) and liquid hydrogen (LH2).
Exponential Deep Space	Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	In-Situ Resource Utilization for Exponential Growth of Deep Space Industries.
Extraterrestrial Power	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Concept	Electricity provider of the solar system. Enabling humanity's future venturing into the solar system is in our DNA. Available Lunar electricity is going to be the key enabler.
Fibertek	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Development	Laser-based sensing and communication anywhere in the solar system,
Four Point	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover	Development	FourPoint will use its Autonomous Transport Platform (ATP) for the transport and delivery of sorted and filtered materials on the Moon.
Galactic Harbour	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Commercial Space Station, Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Concept	The Galactic Harbour is the unification of Transportation and Enterprise, a transportation infrastructure delivering cargo to space; routinely and inexpensively
Galactiv	On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Space Robotics	Early stage	Galactiv is an in-space services company with the primary mission of ensuring that humanity maintains a sustainable long-term presence in outer space. In the near-term, we will be addressing the pollution created by the American commercial satellite industry by providing emergency servicing and salvage operations to current satellite operators.
Gateway Galactic	Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Dormant	The Antaios platform is a refueling depot being developed by Gateway Galactic, Inc. for orbital applications.
Glycan Space (Group)	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization	Concept	Space debris detection and removal.
Gryphon Technologies (ManTech)	Nuclear Fission Power, Orbital Transportation, Resources - Energy, Hardware, Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Development	Gryphon Technologies Wins $14M DARPA Task Order to Support Demonstration and Development of the High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System.
Hanwha Systems	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources	Development	Hanwha Aerospace became the first South Korean space company to win government approval to utilize resources in space, such as on the moon and Mars.
Hedy-Anthiel	In-Space Communications Relay	Dormant, Concept	Myriad from Hedy-Anthiel is a space-based cloud platform. Provision communications, storage, and computing assets on demand, from anywhere in the solar system.
HelicitySpace	Resources - Energy, Space Tug, Nuclear Fusion Power, In-Space Logistics	Early stage
Helios	Resources - Oxygen, Resources - Metal	Development	HELIOS is developing technologies to extract metals and oxygen from the martian and lunar soil, providing essential materials for space missions.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage	Demonstrated	Spaceborne Computer-2 launched into orbit and will be available for use on the International Space Station for the next 2-3 years.
High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO Robotics)	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Demonstrated	HEO Inspect delivers essential insights to commercial, defence, and government agencies to help advance their understanding of their space asset and its environment - all in one place.
Honda Motor Co	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources, Resources - Energy, Space Robotics, Robotic Arm	Development	Building a circulative renewable energy system on the lunar surface by leveraging Honda fuel cell technologies and high differential pressure water electrolysis technologies.
Honeywell	In-Space Communications Relay	Concept	The Canadian Space Agency funds novel ideas for potential Moon infrastructure: Honeywell will develop a plan to build a lunar communications network for systems in lunar orbit and on the surface. $250,000.
Howe Industries	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Solar Thermal Propulsion, Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Concept	Develop these space based power systems, which includes radioisotope fueled systems and reactor based systems.
Hypergiant	In-Space Communications Relay	Concept, Dormant	Hypergiant Galactic’s space-based communications system will use small satellites to create a relay network, bouncing signals between Earth and humans in space.
Indicium	In-Space Communications Relay, In-Orbit Data Storage	Concept, Dormant	Moon Server - Fully independent data center with enough capacity to provide backup data storage for multiple entities, both for future lunar infrastructure and space missions as well as for terrestrial purposes.
Insistent Galactic Operations (iGO)	Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Early stage	To help harvest and cultivate the infinite resources in space, utilizing those resources to both further space exploration and benefit all life on Earth and in Space.
International Electric Company (IECL)	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Concept	CASSIOPeiA (Constant Aperture, Solid-State, Integrated, Orbital Phased Array) can be launched onto various orbits to collect sunlight and efficiently convert it to a safe beam of microwaves, directed to a terrestrial rectifying antenna ('Rectenna'), feeding into the local power grid.
Interstellar Mining	Raw Resources, Space Mining	Early stage	Focused on developing and deploying the first robotic water mining operation on the Moon before 2024.
Intuitive Machines	Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Communications Relay, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	Intuitive Machines is completing its lunar program which will provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communications at lunar distance.
Ion Power Group	Resources - Energy	Idea	Ion Harvesting Technology – a new and better way to generate clean electricity day and night on Earth, Mars and up to 10 planets and moons by utilizing patented carbon nanofiber to extract useful electricity from ions native to a planet’s atmosphere.
IX (Intuitive Machines, X-Energy)	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Development	Study to mature the design of a Fission Surface Power (FSP) solution that will deliver at least 40 kWe power flight system to the Moon by 2028.
Japan Space Systems	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Development	Researching space-based solar power since about 2000. Designed a reference architecture and has performed microwave power beaming demonstrations.
Kall Morris Inc (KMI)	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization	Development	Aims to be the first company with a commercially viable product for collecting debris in orbit.
Karman+	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Development	We want to provide abundant energy and resources that are carbon neutral and sustainable by mining near-earth asteroids. We are developing the technology to survey, prospect and mine near earth asteroids.
KC Space Pirates (Kansas City Space Pirates)	Resources - Energy	Development	KC Space Pirates, a team of inventors and space enthusiasts won $50,000 for their proposed laser power beaming concepts.
Kepler Communications	In-Space Communications Relay	Development	Kepler’s ultimate goal is to deliver in-space connectivity to address the data need from space faring assets, and support the future space economy.
LEOcloud	In-Orbit Data Storage, In-Orbit Computing	Early stage	At LEOcloud we define space edge as the intersection of space and cloud, where we offer seamless satellite-based and terrestrial cloud infrastructure and services.
Liftport Group	In-Space Communications Relay, Commercial Space Station, Space Elevator	Early stage	Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades) – Relay between Earth and the Moon; observe the CisLunar environment for Total Space Domain Awareness..
Litepulse	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Lunar Electric Grid, Space Solar Power	Early stage	We're building a remote power grid in space to help propel expansion in the LEO to Cis-Lunar Space. Providing The Power Needed For The Next Generation of Space Assets.
Lockheed Martin	Resources - Energy	Concept	NASA has selected three companies to further advance work on deployable solar array systems that will help power the agency’s human and robotic exploration of the Moon under Artemis.
Lonestar Data Holding	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage	Development	Lonestar provides premium secure immutable storage and edge processing services to our customers from the world's ultimate offsite backup location.
Lumi Space	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Resources - Energy	Development, Cancelled	We are building the world's first global commercial satellite laser ranging (SLR) service. Ultra high precision space situational awareness (SSA) to enable a sustainable future for satellite operators.
Lunar Ascent	Space Tug, In-Space Communications Relay, Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Early stage	Australia’s First Mission to the Moon. A Space Machines Company Initiative.
Lunar Missions	Miscellaneous, In-Orbit Data Storage, Lunar Data Center	Cancelled	Send the first digital storage payload to the Moon.
Lunar Night Survival	Resources - Energy, Lunar Electric Grid	Dormant, Concept	Proposes a scalable power generation and distribution system to enable a sustained presence on the Moon.
Lunar Resources	In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Energy	Early stage	Focusing on manufacturing and energy generation in the space environment utilizing space resources to create breakthrough technologies to facilitate the large-scale commercialization of the Moon.
Lunar Resources Registry	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Development	The Lunar Resources Registry (LRR) enables commercial and non-commercial organisations to acquire rights to explore and extract resources.
Lunar Water Supply Company	Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Early stage	We provide a clean and reliable source of water from the Moon, for use in off-earth applications. The extraction, purification, and storage of water on the Moon is our business.
Maana Electric	Resources - Energy, Resources - Oxygen, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Our mission is to be the first Utility company of the Solar System, to enable the future, both here on Earth and in space.
Magdrive	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization, Hardware	Concept	A mothership will carry many of these ~1 kg nano-spacecraft, which can be fired at debris from afar. These will attach and work together to autonomously bring the debris into the atmosphere to dispose of it.
Masten Space Systems (Rocket M, Astrobotic)	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	D eveloping a robotic rover called Rocket M that could one day mine water on the Moon using rocket blasts.
May Marom	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	Uses microwave based technology to extract humidity and other volatiles from rock, regolith and permafrost planetary soil.
Metalysis	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Metal, Resources - Oxygen	Development	The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU.
Minespace	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Early stage	Minespace designs, manufactures and uses an asteroid-mining spacecraft to acquire fuel (hydrogen) to fasten space missions, boost space infrastructure and achieve human sustainability.
Moonrise Mining	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Dormant	Our business is to provide space related minerals and their by-products for use to the inhabits of the Earth and beyond.
MPB Communications	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Concept	The Canadian Space Agency funds novel ideas for potential Moon infrastructure:. Will focus on optical communications between Earth and the Moon, including ground stations on the lunar surface, $249,884.
Mu Space Corp	In-Orbit Data Storage, In-Orbit Computing	Development	Space IDC is a data center satellite system composing of modified server computers and communication systems for Earth-orbit and surface applications.
NEADL (Near Earth Asset Discovery Labs)	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Early stage	Prospecting firm in the nascent asteroid mining industry. Our goal is to accurately identify near-earth asteroids that are rich in natural resources and, therefore, worth mining. We place a specific emphasis on locating water-rich asteroids.
Neamine	Space Resources, Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Early stage	Neamine aims to exploit the rare metal resources found on near-Earth asteroids.
NearStar Fusion	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Development
Nebula Space Enterprise	In-Orbit Data Storage, In-Orbit Computing	Development	The first commercial server will operate in the vacuum of space on the outside of the International Space Station early 2023. Data Centers will be in space by 2027.
NEORA Resource Atlas	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Dormant, Early stage	Dedicated service to observe and categorise NEOs.
New Rocket Technologies	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Dormant, Concept	The idea of spacecraft is integrating all systems (especially power) between themselves for greater efficiency of the whole system.
Nokia	In-Space Communications Relay	Development	Nokia won a $14.1 million award to develop lunar communications systems using 4G wireless networks.
Northrop Grumman	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Solar refinery to recycle space debris. the system would have the ability to vaporize small existing space debris; recycle and recover manufacturing materials from existing satellites; and even perform in-space manufacturing of structural elements for new satellites.
Northrop Grumman	Space Solar Power, Resources - Energy	Development	Northrop Grumman has completed ground-based tests to demonstrate critical technology required for a 2025 demonstration of space-based solar power.
NuPromethean Technologies (NPT)	Resources - Energy, Hardware	Early stage	Graphene Based Radiation Protection. NPT plans to deliver technology that can convert radiation found in space into electricity, supporting deep space exploration.
Odysseus Space	Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Early stage	Long-term plan of prospecting asteroids for space resources exploitation and utilization.
OffWorld	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover, Space Mining	Development	Sourcing precious materials on Earth and in space using swarms of intelligent robots.
Orbit Fab	Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station	Development	We are building the in-space propellant supply chain - gas stations in space. Our ubiquitous supply of spacecraft propellant in LEO, GEO, and cis-lunar space shifts the paradigm of satellite design towards reusability, improves existing space business models like communications and Earth observation, and opens new industries like space tourism, manufacturing, and mining.
Orbit Recycling	Resources - Space Debris Utilization	Early stage	Space debris is transported from the orbit to the Moon and recycled there. More than 150 tons of aluminium can be regained from Ariane 5 upper stages alone.
OrbitAID	On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Early stage	OrbitAID seeks to be first India's indigenous company in the emerging field of On-orbit servicing (OOS).
Orbital Mining Corporation (OMC)	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station	Development	The Orbital Mining Corporation (OMC) is a Space Startup dedicated to lunar power and mining. Orbital Mining Corporation aims to provide power and propellant on the Lunar surface.
OrbitsEdge	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage, Space-Data-As-A-Service	Development	Edge Computing & Analytics elevated to Low Earth Orbit. Provides the first commercial access to datacenter-grade computing and analytics in orbit.
Origin Space	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Development	P lans a moon mission named NEO-2. A future “NEO-X” spacecraft would eventually attempt to capture a small asteroid.
Orion Space	On-Orbit Servicing, In-Orbit Inspection, Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Development	Orion Space Solutions announced in Aug 2022 it was selected by the U.S. Space Force to develop three small satellites for a demonstration of on-orbit services in geostationary Earth orbit.
Oshkosh Corporation	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	R eceived $25,000 in Phase 1 of the NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.
Overview Energy	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Development	Overview Energy is a VC-backed aerospace startup based in the DC Area. We’re solving fundamental problems in aerospace manufacturing, GNC, and space power systems and will be building a constellation of large, deployable satellites.
OxEon Energy	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Demonstrated	OxEon Energy has worked with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the successful development of an SOEC stack destined for oxygen production aboard the Mars 2020 Rover.
Paraloon	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Early stage	Electrifying Earth, air and orbit.
Photonicity	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Early stage	We aspire to build the various building blocks that would enable cost-competitive space-based solar power and interstellar exploration. Optical wireless power transfer for remote applications.
Pioneer Astronautics (Voyager Space Holdings)	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development, Acquired	The Extraterrestrial Metals Processing (EMP) system produces iron, silicon, and light metals from Mars, Moon, or asteroid resources in support of advanced human space exploration.
Planetary Resources	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining	Cancelled	Providing Resources to Fuel Industry and Sustain Life in Space.
Planetoid Mines Company	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining, Lunar Data Center Network, Cislunar Space Logistics	Early stage	Planetoid Mines is a privately owned mineral extraction services company who has patented a novel In-Situ Mining and In-Situ Resouce Utilization technology for terrestrial and off-world excavation operations.
Plus Ultra Space Outposts	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Dormant	“Harmony” is a lunar satellite constellation designed to solve all communications and navigation needs of commercial and institutional lunar mission.
Powerlight	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	PowerLight is already working with NASA to provide a first ever design concept for wireless power beaming solutions to support lunar operations.
Princeton Satellite Systems	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Development	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has licensed the technology for Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) a fusion-powered rocket engine that could take people on a mission to orbit Mars for 30 days.
Puli Space	Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining	Development	Demonstrate the operation and unique mobility capabilities of the Puli Lunar Rover.
Pulsar Fusion	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Development	Private company working on nuclear fusion propulsion technology and advanced space propulsion systems.
Quantum Space	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Manufacturing, On-Orbit Servicing, In-Orbit Inspection, Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing, In-Space Logistics, In-Space Communications Relay	Development	Safe, Reliable, Affordable, and Routine Access to Cislunar Space. We are leading development of the space superhighway with the deployment of commercial capabilities — to provide data, perform future payload hosting, in-space testbed, deploy spacecraft, and perform in-space logistics services for our partners.
Reach Power	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	Reach’s state-of-the-art hardware and machine learning algorithms deliver the world’s first Industrial-Scale wireless power solution – intelligent, long range, high power, and point-to-multipoint.
Regolithix	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Early stage	Our innovative regolith processing technology will establish us as the number one supplier of lunar resources for in-orbit manufacturing, refuelling, and habitation.
Rocket Engineering	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Concept	Commercial feasibility study to examine how the UK’s nuclear space power programme could significantly widen and strengthen the use case for commercial spaceflight.
Rolls-Royce	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Resources - Energy	Concept	In 2021, Rolls-Royce has signed an innovative contract with the UK Space Agency for a study into future nuclear power options for space exploration.
Satellite Squared	Resources - Energy	Dormant, Early stage	Working towards a human presence in space through the conception, development, and exploitation of new and financially sustainable space business activities.
Seven Sisters (Fleet Space)	Commercial Rover, Space Mining, Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing, Lunar Data Analytics	Early stage	The Australian lunar exploration mission to send nanosatellites and sensors to the Moon to search for accessible water. SEVEN SISTERS is a collaboration of Australian space, remote operations and resource exploration companies that has been established as a companion to the Artemis Moon to Mars mission.
Shackleton Energy	Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Water, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	Inflatable reentry vehicles for ISS payload recovery. Lunar water mining program.
Share My Space	Space Traffic Management, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization, Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Concept	Orbits are a unique and limited resource that needs to be protected. We provide real-time traffic mapping and unparalleled support for all who share the use of orbits.
Skyhaven (Reactive Innovations)	In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	NASA awarded a multi-year contract to Skyhaven to develop a hydrogen and methane separation unit for Martian processing.
Skyre	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Oxygen, Resources - Hydrogen, Raw Resources	Development	Based on a proprietary electrochemical platform, SKYRE will electrolyse the ice water into its hydrogen and oxygen components.
Skytech Holdings	Suborbital Space Tourism, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Intra-Solar Banking, Space Mining	Concept	Focused on developing zero-emission, fully autonomous and environmentally responsible terrestrial mining systems for use on Earth and throughout the solar system.
Solar Space Technologies	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Early stage	Planning to deliver a solar power satellite into geostationary orbit to supply baseload energy to the Australian grid by 2027.
Solar System Resources Corporation	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Solar Power	Early stage	Solar Systems Resources Corporation is a space mining company that conducts localization, in-situ verification, and mining of space resources.
Solar.Space	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Dormant, Idea	Providing wireless electrical energy to other satellites.
Solaren	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Early stage	Provide clean power for the planet. Design, develop, launch, and operate the world’s first Space Solar Power plants.
Solestial	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Hardware	Development	A thin, flexible silicon cell with greater than 20% efficiency* that can self-cure radiation damage at normal operating temperatures.
Solstar Space Company	In-Space Communications Relay	Development	We provide space-to-space communications on spacecraft and bi-directional two-way data services for payloaders.
SolSys Mining	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, In-Space Manufacturing	Development	We are developing systems for beneficiation of raw materials to enable agriculture, construction and production in space. Space Resource Beneficiation & Exo-agriculture systems.
Source Energy Company	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Early stage	The Energy Company in Space.
Space Applications Services	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	ESA’s Phase A/B1 study (ALCHEMIST) to specify and prototype the payload that will demonstrate ISRU on the moon by 2025.
Space Industries	Raw Resources, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Oxygen, Commercial Rover	Development	Developing the Lunar Resource Extraction Vehicle (LREV) to produce Helium-3 for use on Earth along with Hydrogen and Oxygen (water) for use on the Lunar surface and GIANT aerospace 3D printer.
Space Initiatives	In-Space Communications Relay	Concept	Development and deployment of 50-gram femtosatellites in LEO. Lunar surface data comms network, and ballistic delivery system.
Space Mining Technologies	Resources - Oxygen, Commercial Rover, Raw Resources	Early stage	Your water and fuel station on the Moon. We provide critical resources and technologies enabling sustainable space exploration and future settlements of the Moon and Mars.
Space Nukes (Space Nuclear Power Corporation)	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Development	SpaceNukes specializes in the design and fabrication of fission reactor power systems for use in outer space - for the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Space Power	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Development	Provide power supply in orbit and recharge satellites during periodic eclipse.
Space Solar	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Development	Delivering a revolutionary vision to enable Net Zero and global energy security with Space-Based Solar Power.
Spacefaring Services	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Dormant	Space-to-space & Space-to-surface power beaming technology.
SpaceGold	Space Resources, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, In-Space Manufacturing	Early stage	SpaceGold Corporation is an off-world mining that engineers high TRL hardware solutions to commercially and autonomously mine asteroids for precious metals. We engineer proven commercial asteroid mining drones.
SpaceRyde	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Reusable Satellite	Dormant, Bankrupt	SpaceRyde is building a network of rockets to provide on-demand cargo transportation in space.
SpaceX (Starlink)	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Development	Polaris Program Crew will test SpaceX Starlink laser-based communications in Space, One day the Internet network could be used on the Moon & Mars.
Spatiam Corporation	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Early stage	At Spatiam Corporation we envision the future of space communications: the Interplanetary Internet - a reliable, efficient, and adaptive Commercial Space Network that will connect humans and science everywhere.
SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technologies)	In-Space Communications Relay	Development	Lunar Pathfinder is a Commercial Lunar Mission Support Service to provide data services via S-band and UHF links to lunar assets, and an X-band link to Earth.
Stellar Space Industries	Resources - Oxygen, Propellant Refuel Station, Hardware, Propellant Refilling	Concept	Use oxygen that is collected and processed from low earth orbit (LEO) as a propellant in space.
Stellarion Energy (STELLA)	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Concept	Space Earth Energy Ecosystem project SEEE. Establish energy eco-system to support future space colonization.
STELLS	Commercial Rover, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	MPR-1 Mobile Power Rover (MPR-1) is a medium size rover scheduled to launch in 2024 to the South Pole of the Moon and provide power to other missions.
Takasago Thermal Engineering	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Oxygen	Development	Aiming to utilize ispace’s lunar lander to send an experimental payload to the Moon in 2023—on HAKUTO-R’s second mission—targeting to conduct the first-ever water-splitting experiment on the Moon.
Team AA-Star	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	Received $25,000 in Phase 1 of the NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.
Team LIQUID	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	Received $25,000 in Phase 1 of the NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.
Terra Engineering	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining	Concept	Received $25,000 of Phase 1 of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.
Terraxis	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Early stage	The VAPRE is a unique reactor capable of superheating materials, such as lunar regolith, to temperatures up to 3000 C, allowing for the extraction of many valuable elements from simple raw materials.
Tethers Unlimited (ARKA, Amergint Technology)	In-Space Manufacturing, On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Assembly, In-Space Communications Relay, Robotic Arm	Launched, Development	Tethers Unlimited is developing a number of new technologies, including a satellite servicer called LEO Knight, a passive deorbit system called Terminator Tape, and HyperBus, an in-space manufacturing platform.
Thales Alenia Space	Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, In-Orbit Computing	Development	Thales Alenia Space is developing Start, a fleet of in-orbit service vehicles.
Thales Alenia Space	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage	Concept	Leads the ASCEND (Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero emission and Data sovereignty) feasibility study for data centers in orbit
Thales Alenia Space	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Concept	Study for Receiv'Air - Bypassing of atmospheric attenuation for SPS with airborne receiver.
Thales Alenia Space UK	In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	The compact payload will need to extract 50-100 grams of oxygen from lunar regolith.
The Lunar Grid	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Early stage	The Lunar Grid will provide all actors across the lunar surface with a continuous power supply. By setting up an efficient and agile power distribution network, we will be able to deliver electrical energy at minimal cost and open up a whole new lunar era.
Titan Space	In-Orbit Computing, Software	Demonstrated	Successfully deployed and ran a suite of AI models on HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom Space’s historic Ax-1 mission.
Tons of Mirrors (TOM)	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Early stage	Tons of Mirrors is using satellite-mounted reflective surfaces to redirect sunlight to earthbound solar panels at night.
Tractbel	Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Resources - Energy	Early stage	Tractebel will conduct research on dynamic radioisotope power systems (RPS) fueled by plutonium 238 (Pu-238) for space applications.
TransAstra (Trans Astronautics Corporation)	Space Tug, Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Resources - Asteroid Mining, Propellant Refuel Station, Space Mining, In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Propellant Refilling	Development	Today: TransAstra is moving satellites between orbits with space tugs powered by the Sun and propelled with water. Tomorrow: We'll sustainably harvest resources from the Moon and asteroids and change the course of history.
Turion Space	Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Situational Awareness (SSA)	Development	Building spacecraft for space situational awareness and in space logistics.
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (UNSC)	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power, Commercial Rover, Orbital Transportation	Development	The Pylon is a 4500 kg 125-150 kWe radiatively-cooled gas-cooled micro-modular reactor (MMR).
Unibap	In-Orbit Computing, Software & Mission Control	Development	Unibap uses intelligent application of AI and digitalization to create a more effective and sustainable industry, on Earth and in space.
United Space Structures	Surface Habitats, In-Space Assembly, In-Orbit Data Storage, Lunar Data Center	Early stage	Our mission is to build a large self-sustaining facility that will house hundreds of people and to start construction by 2026.
US Nuclear Corp	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Development	Radiation detection company US Nuclear Corp is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system that could take future space travelers all the way to Mars.
USN Solar Sky Mining	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover	Early stage	The company was established as a joint venture of Solar System Resources Corporation Sp. z o. o. and US Nuclear Corp. to implement the boldest business projects related to commercial space exploration.
Valor Robotics (Zero-G Horizons Technologies)	Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Dormant, Development	Zero-G Horizons Technologies (ZGHT), in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is developing a Spacecraft On-Orbit Advanced Refueling and Storage (SOARS) system.
Virtus Solis	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	Virtus Solis is the world's first space-based solar power energy generation system able to directly compete with conventional and renewable energy sources with none of the drawbacks.
Vor-TechX	Resources - Asteroid Mining	Early stage	Vor-TechX is dedicated to Space Exploration, Education and Resource Harvesting.
Vulcan Aerospace	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Dormant	Specialize in practical ISRU applications for use both on and off Earth.
Westinghousee	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Concept	Development of initial design concepts for a 40-kilowatt class fission power system planned to last at least 10 years in the lunar environment.
X-Energy	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Development	We’re building the next generation nuclear reactor that will meet our future energy needs on—and off—Planet Earth.
X-Wheel	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Development	Won $200,000 as one of the 7 winning teams of Phase 2, Level 1 of NASA's Watts on the Moon Challenge.
XISP (Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships)	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Dormant, Early stage	Space-to-space and space-to-Near Earth Object (NEO) surface power beaming technology (a.k.a. Space Based Solar Power (SBSP)) can be readily matured to support both mission enhancing and mission enabling applications.
Zeno Power Systems	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Radioisotope Power	Development	At Zeno, we are developing a next-generation radioisotope power system that converts the heat from recycled nuclear waste into electricity.

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