Space Utilities - Factories in Space

List of commercial space utilities including in-space communications, propellant refilling, in-space electricity, data storage, on-orbit computing. Space-based solar power and power beaming have been included.

Last updated: 2023-03-12. Entries: 86

Name	Products & Services	Category	Service Type	Field	Status	Oneliner
3K SpaceTech	X-Charge	Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Space Solar Power, In-Orbit Data Storage, In-Orbit Computing	Wireless Power Transfer, Edge 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	Mini Modular Reactor (MMR)	Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Power	Early stage, Dormant	Economic and efficient power for deep space applications for missions lasting 15 years and beyond.
Airbus		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Concept	Space-based solar power program.
Alvior	Orbital Solar	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Orbital Solar - The ultimate renewable. A single solution to half of the climate emergency.
Aphelia Space		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Aphelia is a wireless power space startup.
Aquarian Space		Communications Relay	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		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Beaming renewable energy anywhere on (or off) earth using lasers.
Argotec	Andromeda	Space Utilities	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.
Astrobotic	LunaGrid	Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Lunar Power Service	Moon	Development	LunaGrid is the first-ever commercial power service for the lunar surface.
ATLAS Space Operations		Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Moon, In-Space Internet	Development	World’s First Laser Communication Link from the Lunar Surface.
Avalanche Energy	Orbitron	Space Utilities, In-Space Transportation	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	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.
Blue Origin		Raw Resources & Utilities, ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining	Resources - Energy	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	Concept	Award to demonstrate nuclear thermal propulsion technolog.
BWX Technologies		Raw Resources & Utilities, Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Power	Early stage	Conceptual designs of an NTP reactor in hopes of powering a future manned mission to Mars.
Celestial		Communications Relay	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.
CommStar Space Communications	CommStar-1	Communications Relay	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		Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay	-	Concept	CosmoX federated satellite systems inter-satellite communication network to enable real-time earth observation.
Electric Moon		Space Utilities, Raw Resources & Utilities	Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	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		Space Utilities, Raw Resources & Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	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		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Power beaming and space solar company.
Entropy Research and Development		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Early stage	Building a constellation of spacecraft for wireless power transmission among satellites
Eternal Light Photonics Corp		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	Astrolight – a collaboration between Astrobotic and Montreal startup Eternal Light Photonics Corp. – won $50,000 for its wireless mobile power beaming solution.
Extraterrestrial Power		Raw Resources & Utilities, Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Wireless Power Transfer, Moon	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		Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Moon	Development	Laser-based sensing and communication anywhere in the solar system,
Hedy-Anthiel	Myriad	Communications Relay	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	Helicity Drive	Raw Resources & Utilities, Space Tug, In-Space Transportation	Resources - Energy, Space Tug, Nuclear Fusion Power, In-Space Logistics	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	Early stage
Honeywell		Space Utilities	In-Space Communications Relay	Moon	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	SPRINT, SPEAR	Raw Resources & Utilities, Active Debris Removal	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Solar Thermal Propulsion, Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Power	Concept	Develop these space based power systems, which includes radioisotope fueled systems and reactor based systems.
Hypergiant		Communications Relay	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	ShootCapsule	Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay, In-Orbit Data Storage	Moon	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.
International Electric Company (IECL)	CASSIOPeiA	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Large Space Structures	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.
Ion Power Group		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy	Mars	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)		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Fission Power, Moon	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 Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Development	Researching space-based solar power since about 2000. Designed a reference architecture and has performed microwave power beaming demonstrations.
KC Space Pirates (Kansas City Space Pirates)		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	KC Space Pirates, a team of inventors and space enthusiasts won $50,000 for their proposed laser power beaming concepts.
Kepler Communications	Optical Service, Ku-band Service, S-band Service	Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay	In-Space Internet	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		Raw Resources & Utilities	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	Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades), PicoGravity Lab, Lunar Space Elevator	Space Utilities, Cargo Transport Service	In-Space Communications Relay, Commercial Space Station, Space Elevator	Moon	Early stage	Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades) – Relay between Earth and the Moon; observe the CisLunar environment for Total Space Domain Awareness..
Litepulse		Space Utilities, Raw Resources & Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy, Lunar Electric Grid, Space Solar Power	Wireless Power Transfer	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		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy	Moon	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		Raw Resources & Utilities	In-Orbit Computing, In-Orbit Data Storage	Moon, Space Arks	Development	Lonestar provides premium secure immutable storage and edge processing services to our customers from the world's ultimate offsite backup location.
Lunar Night Survival		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Lunar Electric Grid	Moon	Dormant, Concept	Proposes a scalable power generation and distribution system to enable a sustained presence on the Moon.
Maana Electric	TerraBox	ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining, Space Utilities, In-Space Manufacturing	Resources - Energy, Resources - Oxygen, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	Utility	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.
MPB Communications		Communications Relay, Space Utilities	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Moon	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.
NearStar Fusion		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	Development
Nokia		Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay	-	Development	Nokia won a $14.1 million award to develop lunar communications systems using 4G wireless networks.
Northrop Grumman	Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR)	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Resources - Energy	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	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)		Space Utilities	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.
Orbital Mining Corporation (OMC)	P3 (Power, Prospecting and Propellant)	Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station	Propellant, Wireless Power Transfer	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.
Overview Energy		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	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.
Paraloon		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Mirrors, Inflatables	Early stage	Electrifying Earth, air and orbit.
Photonicity		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	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.
Plus Ultra Space Outposts	Harmony	Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Moon	Dormant	“Harmony” is a lunar satellite constellation designed to solve all communications and navigation needs of commercial and institutional lunar mission.
Powerlight		Space Utilities, Miscellaneous	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	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	Direct Fusion Drive (DFD)	Cargo Transport Service, Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	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.
Pulsar Fusion	Direct Fusion Drive (DFD)	Cargo Transport Service, Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	Development	Private company working on nuclear fusion propulsion technology and advanced space propulsion systems.
Reach Power		Space Utilities, Miscellaneous	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	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.
Rocket Engineering		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	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		Space Utilities	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Resources - Energy	Nuclear Power	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		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Early stage	Working towards a human presence in space through the conception, development, and exploitation of new and financially sustainable space business activities.
Skytech Holdings		Space Utilities, ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining	Suborbital Space Tourism, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Intra-Solar Banking, Space Mining	Mining, Asteroids	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	SPS-ALPHA	Raw Resources & Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Planning to deliver a solar power satellite into geostationary orbit to supply baseload energy to the Australian grid by 2027.
Solar.Space		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Dormant, Idea	Providing wireless electrical energy to other satellites.
Solaren		Raw Resources & Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	Provide clean power for the planet. Design, develop, launch, and operate the world’s first Space Solar Power plants.
Solstar Space Company		Raw Resources & Utilities	In-Space Communications Relay	-	Development	We provide space-to-space communications on spacecraft and bi-directional two-way data services for payloaders.
Source Energy Company		Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Early stage	The Energy Company in Space.
Space Initiatives		Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay	Moon	Concept	Development and deployment of 50-gram femtosatellites in LEO. Lunar surface data comms network, and ballistic delivery system.
Space Nukes (Space Nuclear Power Corporation)		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Power, 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		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	Provide power supply in orbit and recharge satellites during periodic eclipse.
Space Solar	CASSIOPeiA	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Development	Delivering a revolutionary vision to enable Net Zero and global energy security with Space-Based Solar Power.
Spacefaring Services		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	Dormant	Space-to-space & Space-to-surface power beaming technology.
SpaceX (Starlink)	Starlink, Starshield	Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	Utility, In-Space Internet	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		Space Utilities	In-Space Communications Relay, Deep Space Communications	In-Space Internet	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)	Lunar Pathfinder	Communications Relay	In-Space Communications Relay	Moon	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.
Stellarion Energy (STELLA)	Project SEEE	Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Moon, Wireless Power Transfer	Concept	Space Earth Energy Ecosystem project SEEE. Establish energy eco-system to support future space colonization.
Thales Alenia Space	Receiv'Air	Space Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer	Concept	Study for Receiv'Air - Bypassing of atmospheric attenuation for SPS with airborne receiver.
The Lunar Grid		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Moon	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.
Tons of Mirrors (TOM)		Space Utilities, Miscellaneous	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Mirrors	Early stage	Tons of Mirrors is using satellite-mounted reflective surfaces to redirect sunlight to earthbound solar panels at night.
Tractbel	PULSAR	Space Utilities	Nuclear Radioisotope Power, Resources - Energy	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Propulsion	Early stage	Tractebel will conduct research on dynamic radioisotope power systems (RPS) fueled by plutonium 238 (Pu-238) for space applications.
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (UNSC)	Pylon	Raw Resources & Utilities, Commercial Rover, Cargo Transport Service	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power, Commercial Rover, Orbital Transportation	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear Power, Transport Service (In-Space)	Development	The Pylon is a 4500 kg 125-150 kWe radiatively-cooled gas-cooled micro-modular reactor (MMR).
US Nuclear Corp		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fusion Power	Nuclear Propulsion	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.
Virtus Solis		Raw Resources & Utilities	Space Solar Power, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Space Solar Power, Wireless Power Transfer	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.
Westinghousee		Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fission Power, Moon	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	Xe-100 Reactor	Space Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Fission Power	Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fission Power, Moon	Development	We’re building the next generation nuclear reactor that will meet our future energy needs on—and off—Planet Earth.
X-Wheel		Space Utilities	Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Moon, Wireless Power Transfer	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)		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Power Beaming	Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power	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		Raw Resources & Utilities	Resources - Energy, Nuclear Radioisotope Power	Nuclear Fission Power, Nuclear 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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