Space Resources ServicesProviding raw materials and utilities

Last updated: 2024-03-03

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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.

3K SpaceTech
1000 Planets Space Solar Power Dormant

1000 Planets' endeavours include: Orbital Maneuvering Vehicles, Reusable Launch Vehicles, Solar Energy Satellites.

AGPower92 Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fission Power
Early stage, Dormant

Economic and efficient power for deep space applications for missions lasting 15 years and beyond.

AGPower92
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
Airbus Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Concept

Space-based solar power program.

Airbus
Aldoria (Share My Space) Space Situational Awareness (SSA),
Space Traffic Management,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Active, 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.

Aldoria (Share My Space)
Alginity In-Space Manufacturing,
Resources - Oxygen
Dormant

Autonomous food and oxygen supply at a lunar base.

Alginity
Alvior Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy
Dormant, Early stage

Orbital Solar - The ultimate renewable. A single solution to half of the climate emergency.

Alvior
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.

AMi Exploration (ARCA Space, Asteroid Mining Program)
Antares Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fission Power
Development Antares
Aphelia Space Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy
Early stage

Aphelia is developing wireless charging stations that deliver highly-efficient kW-level of electrical power wirelessly to spacecraft in space.

Aphelia Space
Aquarian Space In-Space Communications Relay Early stage, Dormant

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.

Aquarian Space
Aquila Earth Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy
Development

Beaming renewable energy anywhere on (or off) earth using lasers.

Aquila Earth
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.

Argotec
ARTEMIS Innovation Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Concept

Artemis Innovation provides strong experience and expertise in the general area of space systems and technology, and unique capabilities in the field of space solar power (a.k.a., "solar energy from space", or solar power satellites).

Arthur D. Little Space Solar Power Concept

We link people, technology and strategy to find original and pragmatic ways to accelerate performance, innovate through convergence and digital, and make a positive impact on the world.

Arthur D. Little
Asterank Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Active

Asterank is a scientific and economic database of over 600,000 asteroids.

Asterank
Asteroid Initiatives Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Concept

Before you can do asteroid mining, you have to do asteroid prospecting.

Asteroid Initiatives
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. 

Asteroid Mining Corporation
Asteromine Corporation Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Early stage

The space mining company. Our excess of ability is enable to exploring, extraction, processing and use of materials derived from billions of asteroids known the exist near earth and further field of the amazing sky.

Asteromine Corporation
Astrobotic Resources - Energy,
Lunar Power Service
Development

LunaGrid is the first-ever commercial power service for the lunar surface.

Astrobotic
AstroForge Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Development

Our 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.

AstroForge
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.

Astronika
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.

Astroscale
Astrostrom Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
Space Elevator
Development

Study on GE⊕ Lunar Power Station.

Astrostrom
Astrum Resources - Asteroid Mining Dormant

We are developing the way to navigate and use a new necessity for life; Asteroids.

Astrum
Aten Engineering Resources - Asteroid Mining Dormant

We are asteroid prospectors, mapping out the resources of near Earth space.

Aten Engineering
ATLAS Space Operations In-Space Communications Relay,
Deep Space Communications
Cancelled

World’s First Laser Communication Link from the Lunar Surface.

ATLAS Space Operations
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.

Atomos
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.

Avalanche Energy
Axiom Space In-Orbit Computing Development

Axiom Space operates missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Axiom Space is also the builder and future owner and operator of Axiom Station, the successor to the ISS.

Axiom Space
Azimut Space ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Resources - Energy,
Hardware
Concept

HEBAM - HEat-based BAttery for the Moon.

Azimut Space
BEAM Co Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

BEAM Co. offers advanced optical technologies and materials based on the expertise of its world-renowned founders and researchers in nonlinear- and electro-optics,lasers and photonics, liquid crystals, polymers, composites and complex materials.

BEAM Co
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.

Beyond Atlas
Beyond Earth Resources Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Dormant

In 2018, co-founded Beyond Earth Resources Pty Ltd, and continued Mission Planning studies. BER 'folded' in June 2019 but these studies have continued under the aegis of Asteroid Enterprises, focussing on small-scale and Proof-of-Concept missions.

BigDipper Exploration Technologies Resources - Asteroid Mining Early stage

Enabling access to the Lunar surface Data and Resources through Robots!

BigDipper Exploration Technologies
Blue Asteroids Resources - Asteroid Mining Concept

Aiming to mine asteroids for their natural resources and bring humanity closer to becoming a spacefaring civilization.

Blue Asteroids
Blue Origin Resources - Energy Concept

Award to demonstrate nuclear thermal propulsion technolog.

Blue Origin
Blue Origin Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Persistent Platform,
Space Tug,
Robotic Space Station,
In-Space Logistics,
Space Logistics Platform,
In-Orbit Computing,
In-Space Mobility
Development

Blue Ring, a spacecraft platform focused on providing in-space logistics and delivery.

Blue Origin
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.

Bradford Space (Deep Space Industries)
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.

Business Integra
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.

BWX Technologies
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.

CACI (LSG Innovations)
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.

Canadian Space Mining Corporation
Canadian Space Mining Corporation Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fission Power
Early stage

Canadian Space Mining Corporation is devoted to exploration and extraction of space bound resources.

Canadian Space Mining Corporation
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.

Caterpillar
Celestia Energy Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Early stage

A UAE-based startup focusing on the commercialization of Laser Space-based Solar Power.

Celestia Energy
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.

Celestial
Ceres Robotics Resources - Energy,
Lunar Power Service
Development

We are designing, building, and testing efficient landers and robots that make living and working off-world feasible and affordable.

Ceres Robotics
CisLunar Industries Resources - Space Debris Utilization Development

Developing the Space Foundry, an in-space processing and refining capability for structural materials, such as metals.

CisLunar Industries
Clara Venture Labs Resources - Energy,
Hardware
Development Clara Venture Labs
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.

Cloud Constellation
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.

CommStar Space Communications
Constanellis Aerospace Resources - Energy,
Lunar Electric Grid
Development

Commercial Space Infrastructure startup. Our mission is to support human space exploration efforts to benefit and evolve the human impact on our planet.

Constanellis Aerospace
CosmoX In-Space Communications Relay Dormant

CosmoX federated satellite systems inter-satellite communication network to enable real-time earth observation.

CosmoX
Crescent Space (Lockheed Martin) In-Space Communications Relay,
Lunar Navigation
Development

A deep space infrastructure company. Crescent provides critical services for lunar missions and beyond.

Crescent Space (Lockheed Martin)
Crow Industries Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
Concept Crow Industries
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.

D-Orbit
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.

Deep Space Industries
Deimos Space Resources Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Concept, Dormant

Shifting the paradigm in off-Earth resource development.

Deimos Space Resources
Deltion Innovations Resources - Asteroid Mining Dormant

We develop mining technologies and robotics for the resource sector.

Deltion Innovations
Diatomic Space ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Commercial Rover
Early stage

Diatomic Space is developing hardware to produce oxygen on the lunar surface.

Diatomic Space
Draper Laboratory Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Development Draper Laboratory
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.

Electric Sky Power Beaming Development

We're pioneering movement under external power, making transportation more swift, sustainable & economical.

Electric Sky
Emerald Telecommunications Space Solar Power Concept Emerald Telecommunications
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.

Emrod
EnergySpace Company Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power
Dormant, Early stage

Power beaming and space solar company.

EnergySpace 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

Entropy Research and Development
Eta Space ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Raw Resources,
Resources - Hydrogen
Development

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.

Eta Space
Eta Space Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Development

Eta Space is developing propellant depots for orbital and lunar polar locations, with sizing for a variety of mission architectures. 

Eta Space
Eternal Light Power Beaming,
Resources - Energy,
Lunar Electric Grid
Development

Astrolight – a collaboration between Astrobotic and Montreal startup Eternal Light Photonics Corp. – won $50,000 for its wireless mobile power beaming solution.

Eternal Light
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.

Ethos Space
Exo-Space (Sidus 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 

Exo-Space (Sidus Space)
Exodus Orbitals In-Orbit Computing Development

We provide "satellite-as-a-service" application hosting platform in space.

Exodus Orbitals
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).

Exoterra
Exponential Deep Space Resources - Asteroid Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Dormant

In-Situ Resource Utilization for Exponential Growth of Deep Space Industries.

Exponential Deep Space
Extraterrestrial Power Resources - Energy,
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.

Extraterrestrial Power
Fibertek In-Space Communications Relay,
Deep Space Communications
Development

Laser-based sensing and communication anywhere in the solar system,

Fibertek
Four Point Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Commercial Rover
Development, Concept

FourPoint will use its Autonomous Transport Platform (ATP) for the transport and delivery of sorted and filtered materials on the Moon.

Four Point
Framatome Space Nuclear Fission Power,
Nuclear Radioisotope Power
Concept Framatome Space
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Space Solar Power Concept Frazer-Nash Consultancy
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

Galactic Harbour
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.

Galactiv
Gateway Galactic Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
Dormant

The Antaios platform is a refueling depot being developed by Gateway Galactic, Inc. for orbital applications.

Gateway Galactic
Glycan Space (Group) Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization
Concept

Space debris detection and removal.

Glycan Space (Group)
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.

Gryphon Technologies (ManTech)
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.

Hanwha Systems
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.

Hedy-Anthiel
Helicity Space Resources - Energy,
Space Tug,
Nuclear Fusion Power,
In-Space Logistics
Early stage

Our technology, the Helicity Drive, consists of scalable, fusion propulsion engines that enable safer, faster, reusable, and more fuel-efficient travel into deep space.

Helicity Space
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.

Helios
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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
High Frontier Mining Corporation (HFMC) Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Early stage

High Frontier Corporation is dedicated to opening the skies to mining and turning those materials into resources for companies operating in space. We are a stealth-startup comprised of former SpaceX, NASA, and commercial space industry experts.

High Frontier Mining Corporation (HFMC)
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.

Honda Motor Co
Honeybee Robotics (Blue Origin) Resources - Energy,
Space Robotics
Development

Our specialties in planetary exploration include robotic drilling, processing and sampling systems.

Honeybee Robotics (Blue Origin)
Honeywell In-Space Communications Relay Concept, Development

Honeywell will develop a plan to build a lunar communications network for systems in lunar orbit and on the surface. Prototype of a low-power tracking terminal front end for long-range optical communications.

Honeywell
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.

Howe Industries
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.

Hypergiant
Imensus Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing,
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Hardware
Early stage

At Imensus, we aim to revolutionise the world by enabling access to the asteroid mining sector. Through our technology, we help space mining companies extract valuable resources from asteroids.

Imensus
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.

Indicium
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.

Insistent Galactic Operations (iGO)
Interlune Space Resources,
Raw Resources,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Development

Harvesting natural resources from space to benefit Earth and establish an in-space economy.

Interlune
International Electric Company 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.

International Electric Company
Interstellar Mining Raw Resources,
Space Mining
Early stage

Focused on developing and deploying the first robotic water mining operation on the Moon before 2024.

Interstellar Mining
Intuitive Machines Commercial Lunar Lander,
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
In-Space Communications Relay,
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Demonstrated

Intuitive Machines is completing its lunar program which will provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communications at lunar distance.

Intuitive Machines
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.

Ion Power Group
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.

IX (Intuitive Machines, X-Energy)
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.

Japan Space Systems
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.

Kall Morris Inc (KMI)
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.

Karman+
Karman+ Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

In space, for Earth. We want to build massive solar power plants using asteroid regolith.

Karman+
KC Space Pirates (Kansas City Space Pirates) Resources - Energy Concept

KC Space Pirates, a team of inventors and space enthusiasts won $50,000 for their proposed laser power beaming concepts.

KC Space Pirates (Kansas City Space Pirates)
Kepler Communications In-Space Communications Relay Development, Launched

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.

Kepler Communications
KESE Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power
Concept

Orbital robotics and cubesat development/commercial UAS/UAV development.

KESE
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.

LEOcloud
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..

Liftport Group
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.

Litepulse
Lockheed Martin Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fission Power
Concept, Development

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.

Lockheed Martin
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.

Lonestar Data Holding
Lumen Orbit In-Orbit Computing,
In-Orbit Data Storage
Development

In-orbit cloud computing. Building a massive cloud compute and relay constellation, with our first launch in May 2025.

Lumen Orbit
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.

Lumi Space
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 Ascent
Lunar Missions Miscellaneous,
In-Orbit Data Storage,
Lunar Data Center
Cancelled

Send the first digital storage payload to the Moon.

Lunar Missions
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 Night Survival
Lunar Resources In-Space Manufacturing,
Resources - Energy,
Space Construction Company
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
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 Resources Registry
Lunar Water Supply Company (Foundation Space Resources) Resources - Asteroid Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Early stage, Dormant

Where we are developing the framework for the space resources industry.

Lunar Water Supply Company (Foundation Space Resources)
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.

Maana Electric
MAC SciTech ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Hardware,
Life Support
Concept

We specialise in leading edge innovations, making future possibilities a reality. Next-generation Space Life-Support technology and revolutionising long-duration energy storage on Earth are just two of our current exciting investor-ready projects.

MAC SciTech
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.

Magdrive
Masten Space Systems (Rocket M, Astrobotic) Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Concept

Developing a robotic rover called Rocket M that could one day mine water on the Moon using rocket blasts.

Masten Space Systems (Rocket M, Astrobotic)
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.

May Marom
MDA On-Orbit Servicing,
Space Robotics,
Commercial Rover,
Resources - Energy
Development

First, we’re developing a commercial line of customizable space robotics systems. Next, we’ll build the world’s first control centre for commercial space robotic operations.

MDA
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.

Metalysis
Metasat UK Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

Metasat UK Ltd is an aerospace company founded in December 2020 which specialises in space-based solar power (SBSP) and space sustainability.

Metasat UK
Microelectronica Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining,
In-Space Manufacturing
Concept
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.

Minespace
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.

Moonrise Mining
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.

MPB Communications
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.

Mu Space Corp
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.

NEADL (Near Earth Asset Discovery Labs)
Neamine Space Resources,
Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Early stage

Neamine aims to exploit the rare metal resources found on near-Earth asteroids. 

Neamine
NearStar Fusion Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fusion Power
Development NearStar Fusion
Nebula Space Enterprise In-Orbit Data Storage,
In-Orbit Computing,
Space Cybersecurity
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.

Nebula Space Enterprise
NEORA Resource Atlas Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Dormant, Early stage

Dedicated service to observe and categorise NEOs.

NEORA Resource Atlas
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.

New Rocket Technologies
Nokia In-Space Communications Relay Development

Nokia won a $14.1 million award to develop lunar communications systems using 4G wireless networks.

Nokia
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
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.

Northrop Grumman
NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) In-Orbit Computing,
In-Orbit Data Storage
Development

NTT will develop a satellite system that can process and store data in space.

NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone)
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.

NuPromethean Technologies (NPT)
Odysseus Space Resources - Asteroid Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Concept

Long-term plan of prospecting asteroids for space resources exploitation and utilization.

Odysseus Space
OffWorld Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Commercial Rover,
Space Mining
Development

Sourcing precious materials on Earth and in space using swarms of intelligent robots.

OffWorld
OHB Space Solar Power Concept OHB
OHB Czechspace Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fission Power,
Orbital Transportation
Concept

Situated in Brno, Czech Republic, we are a member of the European Space and Technology Group, OHB SE.

OHB Czechspace
Orbit Fab Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Development, Launched

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 Fab
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.

Orbit Recycling
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).  OrbitAID is developing in-orbit refueling for satellite life extension and plans to build a Fuel Station in Space.

OrbitAID
Orbital Genesis Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Early stage

Bringing space-based solar power to the edge.

Orbital Genesis
Orbital Mining Corporation (OMC) Resources - Energy,
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Lunar Power Service,
Lunar Electric Grid
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.

Orbital Mining Corporation (OMC)
Orbital Power Corporation Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Dormant

Orbital Power Corporation is a pioneer in the effort to generate safe, clean, reliable energy from space. Solar energy is captured via satellites and sent wirelessly to receiving stations at various points around the globe.

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.

OrbitsEdge
Origin Space Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Development

Plans a moon mission named NEO-2. A future “NEO-X” spacecraft would eventually attempt to capture a small asteroid.

Origin Space
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.

Orion Space
ORiS - Orbital Recharge in Space Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming,
Lunar Power Service,
Resources - Energy
Development

ORiS' vision is to push the progress of space exploration by transmitting power wirelessly everywhere, enabling missions with any energy demand.

ORiS - Orbital Recharge in Space
Oshkosh Corporation Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Concept

Received $25,000 in Phase 1 of the NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.

Oshkosh Corporation
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.

Overview Energy
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.

OxEon Energy
ParaLoon Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

ParaLoon aims to develop a groundbreaking solar energy solution specifically designed for satellites and other space assets, This novel space power collection system will use an inflatable parabolic balloon to do this.

ParaLoon
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.

Photonicity
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.

Pioneer Astronautics (Voyager Space Holdings)
Planetary Resources Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining
Cancelled

Providing Resources to Fuel Industry and Sustain Life in Space.

Planetary Resources
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.

Planetoid Mines Company
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.

Plus Ultra Space Outposts
Polimak Space ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Early stage

Our comprehensive range of space resources solutions includes processing, conveying, storage, dust mitigation and feeding systems.

Polimak Space
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.

Powerlight
PowerSat Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Early stage, Dormant

In 2009, PowerSat said it has filed the application for a patent related to “BrightStar” satellites, which it envisages being coupled wirelessly in space to create large clusters of independent solar arrays that contribute to a single transmission beam.

PowerSat
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.

Princeton Satellite Systems
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.

Puli Space
Pulsar Fusion Resources - Energy,
Nuclear Fusion Power
Development

Private company working on nuclear fusion propulsion technology and advanced space propulsion systems.

Pulsar Fusion
Quantum Space Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
In-Space Communications Relay,
In-Space Manufacturing,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Orbit Inspection,
Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing,
In-Space Logistics,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Development

Payload transportation and critical infrastructure services in geostationary orbit (GEO) and cislunar space. The company’s QuantumNet deep space network infrastructure is purpose-built to enable the delivery of payloads and essential in-space data and communications services for customers.

Quantum Space
ReBeam (Vrisva Space) Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power
Dormant, Idea

We are building the first Wireless Energy Network for grids using Satellites!

ReBeam (Vrisva Space)
Redwire In-Space Communications Relay,
Lunar Navigation
Concept

Selected by DARPA as part of LunA-10 study for providing services to lunar assets from cislunar space, including high-speed communications and Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).

Redwire
Reflect Orbital (Tons of Mirrors) 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.

Reflect Orbital (Tons of Mirrors)
Regolithix ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
Early stage

Regolithix is developing technologies to enable in-space manufacturing, re-fuelling, and habitation.

Regolithix
Robotic Mining Space Robotics,
Space Mining
Early stage

Robotic Mining is a space mining start-up that focuses on robotics. We have identified +20 mineral exploration targets on the moon and have designed a mineral exploration program for base-metals, PGE, REE and helium-3. 

Robotic Mining
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.

Rocket Engineering
Roland Berger Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Concept

Roland Berger is the only management consultancy of European heritage with a strong international footprint.

Roland Berger
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.

Rolls-Royce
RTX Corporation (Raytheon) Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Development

Design and develop a wireless airborne relay system to deliver energy into contested environments.

RTX Corporation (Raytheon)
Satellite Applications Catapult Space Solar Power,
Robotic Arm,
In-Space Assembly,
Space Robotics
Concept

We are one of nine Catapults, uniquely established to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas and to help drive future economic growth. We help organisations make use of, and benefit from, satellite technologies, and bring together multi-disciplinary teams to generate ideas and solutions in an open innovation environment.

Satellite Applications Catapult
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.

Satellite Squared
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.

Seven Sisters (Fleet Space)
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.

Shackleton Energy
Shimizu Corporation Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming,
Hardware
Concept

Unveiled a proposal that entails building a solar panel array around the moon's equator, then sending the power it collects back to Earth, called LUNA RING.

Shimizu Corporation
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC) ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Space Resources,
Resources - Energy
Development Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)
Sira Space In-Space Manufacturing,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization
Concept

One of our most ambitious projects for the future is the establishment of the Space Debris Recycling and Renewal Center, which aims to make it possible to place renewed satellites and spacecraft back into orbit.

Sira Space
Sirin Orbital Systems Power Beaming,
Space Solar Power,
Resources - Water
Early stage Sirin Orbital Systems
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.

Skyhaven (Reactive Innovations)
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.

Skyre
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.

Skytech Holdings
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 Space Technologies
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 System Resources Corporation
Solar.Space Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Dormant, Idea

Providing wireless electrical energy to other satellites.

Solar.Space
Solaren Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

Provide clean power for the planet. Design, develop, launch, and operate the world’s first Space Solar Power plants.

Solaren
Solestial Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Hardware
Concept, Development

A thin, flexible silicon cell with greater than 20% efficiency* that can self-cure radiation damage at normal operating temperatures.

Solestial
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.

Solstar Space Company
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.

SolSys Mining
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 Applications Services
Space Energy Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Dormant
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 Industries
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 Initiatives
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 Mining Technologies
Space Power Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Development

Provide power supply in orbit and recharge satellites during periodic eclipse.

Space Power
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.

Space Solar
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.

SpaceGold
Spaceium Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Development

Spaceium is building service stations along the space superhighway. The service stations are modular to provide services from refueling, transferring energy, storing and exchanging hardware, and going to be part of trash debris solution.

Spaceium
SpaceNukes (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.

SpaceNukes (Space Nukes,Space Nuclear Power Corporation)
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.

SpaceRyde
SpaceTIS Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Commercial Rover,
Orbital Transportation
Early stage

Mining Asteroids'​ precious metals and water to use them in space or bring them back to Earth to solve economic issues

SpaceTIS
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.

SpaceX (Starlink)
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.

Spatiam Corporation
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.

SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technologies)
Starpath Robotics ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
In-Space Manufacturing
Development

Starpath creates hardware to acquire & process extraterrestrial materials into propellant. We intend to give lander, orbiter, and station operators peace of mind that no matter how much propellant they use, there will always be more available.

Starpath Robotics
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.

Stellar Space Industries
Stellarion Energy (STELLA) Resources - Energy,
Space Solar Power,
Power Beaming
Dormant, Concept

Space Earth Energy Ecosystem project SEEE. Establish energy eco-system to support future space colonization. 

Stellarion Energy  (STELLA)
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.

STELLS
SunCubes Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Development

SunCubes is revolutionizing energy transfer through a laser-based system for wireless, long-distance electrical transmission.

SunCubes
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.

Takasago Thermal Engineering
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.

Team LIQUID
Terra Engineering Space Mining,
Resources - Asteroid Mining
Concept

Received $25,000 of Phase 1 of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in 2021.

Terra Luna Resources ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Space Resources
Early stage

Developing lunar water purification technology. Focus on lunar mining processing equipment in a simple & low-cost manner. Overcoming the tyranny of the rocket equation for future lunar pioneers.

Terra Luna Resources
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.

Terraxis
Tethers Unlimited (ARKA, Amergint Technology) In-Space Manufacturing,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Assembly,
In-Space Communications Relay,
Robotic Arm
Cancelled, Launched, Acquired

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.

Tethers Unlimited (ARKA, Amergint Technology)
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
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
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
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.

Thales Alenia Space UK
The Lunar Grid Resources - Energy,
Power Beaming
Dormant

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.

The Lunar Grid
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.

Titan Space
Tractbel Nuclear Radioisotope Power,
Resources - Energy
Early stage, Concept

Tractebel will conduct research on dynamic radioisotope power systems (RPS) fueled by plutonium 238 (Pu-238) for space applications.

Tractbel
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,
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Development

TransAstra is developing game-changing technologies in the areas of orbital logistics and space resources to enable massive growth to existing and entirely new space industries.

TransAstra (Trans Astronautics Corporation)
Turion Space Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing,
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Development, Launched

Building spacecraft for space situational awareness and in space logistics.

Turion Space
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) 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).

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC)
Unibap In-Orbit Computing,
Software & Mission Control
Demonstrated

Unibap uses intelligent application of AI and digitalization to create a more effective and sustainable industry, on Earth and in space.

Unibap
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.

United Space Structures
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.

US Nuclear Corp
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. 

USN Solar Sky Mining
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.

Valor Robotics (Zero-G Horizons Technologies)
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.

Virtus Solis
Vor-TechX Resources - Asteroid Mining Early stage

Vor-TechX is dedicated to Space Exploration, Education and Resource Harvesting.

Vor-TechX
Vulcan Aerospace ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization) Dormant

Specialize in practical ISRU applications for use both on and off Earth.

Vulcan Aerospace
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.

Westinghousee
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-Energy
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.

XISP (Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships)
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.

Zeno Power Systems