Space Transport Services - Factories in Space

Last updated: 2023-03-12

Name	Service	Status	Description
A-SpaX (Affordable Space Access)	Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Early stage	Our reusable space facility provides an infrastructure for manufacturing and research in space! This to produce things for in orbit, but also for use on earth by bringing it back safely!
Absolut System	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Concept	A preliminary design for the refuelling tug.
Adventus Interstellar (CH)	Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander	Early stage	Hope to revolutionize the space transportation environment by introducing ultra-low-cost design concepts.
Agile Space Industries	Commercial Sample Return, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Concept, Dormant	Launching a Fast Space Future through Lean Rocket Science. We 3D print thrusters and propulsion systems for space vehicles.
Airbus	Suborbital Space Tourism, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Dormant	S uborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists.
Altius Space Machines (Voyager Space)	On-Orbit Servicing	Concept, Acquired	Altius is a space robotics and technology company with expertise in orbital rendezvous and capture robotics, active debris removal, spacecraft mechanisms, assistive telerobotics, in-space propellant transfer, satellite servicing, in-orbit assembly and manufacturing. Our mission is to support sustainable space and provide cost-effective and reliable satellite servicing and end-of-life services.
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.
ArianeGroup (Arianespace)	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Development	ASTRIS kick stage and SUSIE upper stage.
Arundal Astronautics	In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Production, On-Orbit Servicing	Early stage	Research and Development in Spacecraft Engineering – specifically the area of On Orbit Manufacture (OOM) and the wider field of On Orbit Servicing (OOS), Assembly and Manufacture (OSAM).
Astrait (Levity)	Space Tug	Development	T he NEMO platform acts as a kickstage to provide last-mile transfer or even lunar access for its cargo and offers data relay at the target environment – if needed.
Astrobotic	Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lander	Development	Peregrine is our small-class lunar lander. Griffin is our medium-class lunar lander and was selected to deliver NASA’s water-hunting VIPER rover to the lunar south pole in 2023.
Astrobotic (CubeRover)	Commercial Rover	Development	CubeRover, an ultralight, rechargeable planetary rover developed by Astrobotic.
Astrolab Venturi	Commercial Rover	Development	Astrolab is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We’re singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system.
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.
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.
Bellatrix Aerospace	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Development	Bellatrix Aerospace is an Indian New Space company specialising in In-space propulsion systems & orbital launch vehicles.
BlackStar Orbital Technologies	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Space Tug, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	SpaceDrone - the BlackStar Satellite represents the next generation of satellite bus architecture built around a reusable mini spaceplane.
Blastoff! (Spacelab)	Commercial Rover, Commercial Lunar Lander, Space Entertainment	Dormant	Blastoff! Corporation was a small aerospace company in Pasadena, California, that operated from 1999 to early 2001 as one of dozens of Idealab's incubator companies, created to capitalize on the public interest in space travel and exploration.
Blue Origin	Human Landing System, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	One of the 3 awardees for the NASA Lunar Human Landing System.
Blue Origin	Suborbital Space Tourism, Human Spaceflight	Active	New Shepard is our reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line.
Boeing	Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Human Landing System	Demonstrated	The Starliner is a next-generation space capsule that will take people to and from low-Earth orbit. Up to 7 people and reusable up to 10 missions.
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.
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation	Commercial Rover, Hardware	Development	Two different classes of small Canadian lunar science rovers – a nano-rover and a micro-rover.
CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Group)	On-Orbit Servicing, Satellite Life Extension	Development	Supplemental Service Vehicle is a commercial service vehicle that takes over attitude orbit control of GEO satellites at the end of their lifetime to extend their in-orbit service life.
Ceres Robotics	Commercial Lander	Early stage	We are designing, building, and testing efficient landers and robots that make living and working off-world feasible and affordable.
Ceres Robotics	Commercial Rover, Surface Habitats	Early stage	We are designing, building, and testing efficient landers and robots that make living and working off-world feasible and affordable.
Chandah Space Technologies	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection	Early stage, Dormant	Building its InsureSat constellation of electro-optical sensors for commercial in-orbit inspections and space situational awareness (SSA).
Cislunar Space Development Company	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Logistics	Early stage	We provide transportation services in cislunar space, from low Earth orbit to the Moon’s surface and all points in between. Services include orbit transfer for satellites, cargo and personnel transport to the Moon, water and propellant sales, vehicle docking, and spacecraft warehousing.
ClearSpace	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Tug	Development	We design, agile satellites able to find, capture and remove non-functioning or unresponsive satellites from their orbits in space.
Coactum	Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Space Tug	Development	Aims to revolutionize cargo transportation in space by providing simple, secure and fast in-space transportation services with a standalone small satellite. The solution opens access to high Earth orbits and beyond.
CosmoX (India)	Commercial Lander, Surface Habitats	Early stage	Advancing Space Explorations’ Technology in the domains of Entry-Descent-Landing and Habitation.
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.
Dark	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Tug	Development	Moving forward with our Active Debris Removal technological developments.
Dark Fission Space Systems	Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation, Nuclear Fission Power	Development	We're going to go build a nuclear thermal rocket with private sector money, something the government has not been able to do for 60 years. Think SpaceX for moving cargo around the solar system.
Dawn Aerospace	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Active Debris Removal (ADR), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	Accessing space in a whole new way, the Dawn Mk-II Aurora is designed for multiple flights per day to 100 km and above.
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.
Dereum Labs	Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Jaguar-1 mission consists of carrying two rovers with a commercial payload to the Lunar surface.
Diatomic Space	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Commercial Rover	Early stage	Diatomic Space is developing hardware to produce oxygen on the lunar surface.
Downmass	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Connecting our existence in space to our lives on Earth. Downmass is a NewSpace company dedicated to bringing all forms of mass back to earth (and beyond).
Draper Laboratory	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Rover, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	T eam led by Draper for the 2025 mission to land in Schrödinger Basin, an impact basin about 320 kilometers across on the lunar farside near the south pole.
Dymon	Commercial Rover	Development	Send the first Japanese lunar rover onboard the Peregrine lunar lander to the Moon in 2021.
Dynetics	Human Landing System	Development	Dynetics has been awarded a contract under NASA’s Artemis program to design a Human Landing System (HLS) and compete to build a system to take the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024.
ElevationSpace	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	ElevationSpace has developed ELS-R, which is a small space utilization platform. ELS-R enables science experiments and manufacturing the high-quality materials that are unable to be generated on the earth. ELS-R is also able to bring the deliverables back to the ground.
EOS Space Systems	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Situational Awareness (SSA)	Development	Electro Optic Systems has achieved a major breakthrough in laser technology which significantly advances the global effort to mitigate space debris.
Epic Aerospace	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Demonstrated	We are launching the first reusable space-tug, and connecting every point in space.
EsferAtros	Space Tug	Early stage	Operates micro-satellites to provide in-orbit transportation, customer payloads operation, and access to earth observation technology as a service.
Exobotics	Commercial Rover	Dormant	Developing the world’s first modular roving platform, offering low-cost, high-performance solutions for lunar operation.
Exodus Space Systems	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science	Early stage	Exodus is an early stage company working on a new, versatile and scalable solution for Space Debris, the legacy of 60 years of spaceflight. We also produce fun videos about space exploration.
Exolaunch	Space Tug	Development	Developing a line of eco-friendly space tugs called Reliant, designed to clean up debris after sending satellites to custom orbits.
Exos Aerospace	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Dormant	EXOS is a leading developer and operator of reusable space vehicles.
Exotrail	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics, Orbital Transportation	Development	Spacevan on-orbit transfer vehicle.
Firefly Aerospace	Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lander	Development	Firefly is developing Blue Ghost lunar lander.
Firefly Aerospace	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation	Development	Firefly is developing Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) space tug.
Firehawk Aerospace	Hardware, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	Rocket engine design and manufacturing company. Developing a variant of rocket engine codenamed ICEALOX that can make use of lunar natural resources for refueling on the lunar surface, in cis-lunar space, or in Earth orbit.
Foton (Photon)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Retired	Foton (or Photon) is the project name of two series of Russian science satellite and reentry vehicle programs.
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.
FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology))	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite	Development	Recoverable and returnable satellites called FSW developed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and launched since 1975. Generation 5 (FSW-5) is planned to be reusable and commercial applications.
Future Space Industries	Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Dormant	Currently under development, the KLNR-LEO project aims to provide reliable, fast and low cost cleaning services of the space debris currently polluting LEO.
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 Suite Design	Commercial Space Station, Commercial Lunar Lander	Dormant	The company develops concepts, design and interiors of habitats and vehicles.
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.
Gama Space	Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Development	Gama enables new futures. Thanks to cheap, reliable and scalable solar sails, we are redefining deep space access.
Gateway Galactic	Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Dormant	The Antaios platform is a refueling depot being developed by Gateway Galactic, Inc. for orbital applications.
General Motors (GM)	Commercial Rover	Concept	Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to develop a new type of lunar vehicle for NASA to use during its upcoming Artemis missions to the moon.
GeoJump	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO)	Development	Opening GEO and exotic orbits to smallsats through rideshare: In the same way that low Earth orbit has been revolutionized, GeoJump will provide affordable access to the most valuable Earth orbits.
GEORING (GEO Ring)	On-Orbit Servicing	Concept	Initiator of a system for On-Orbit Servicing Named HERMES, aiming to kick-start the On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) industry in Europe.
GITAI	Space Robotics, Commercial Rover, Robotic Arm, Hardware	Development	GITAI is developing robots to work in range of space environments to free humans from performing dangerous tasks and reduce operational costs in space by up to 100 times.
Glycan Space (Group)	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization	Concept	Space debris detection and removal.
Golden Spike Company	Commercial Lunar Lander	Dormant	The Golden Spike Company was an American space transport startup active from 2010 to 2013 with the objective to offer private commercial space transportation services to the surface of the Moon.
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.
GTL (Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Early stage	GTL is developing the Hyperion Space Vehicle capable of transferring to the Moon from LEO, landing on the moon, and returning to earth all in one space vehicle.
GURACORP	Commercial Rover	Concept	The Terra is meant to be an extraterrestrial transportation and reconnaissance vehicle with a completely self-regulating life support system suitable for a crew of up to six members.
HelicitySpace	Resources - Energy, Space Tug, Nuclear Fusion Power, In-Space Logistics	Early stage
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.
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.
HStar Space Transport	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Early stage	Guided by global cooperation, HStar is building rapidly and fully reusable heavy rockets and spaceship to provide launch services around the world.
Hybrogines	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Early stage	Provide an advanced orbital transfer vehicle for small satellites powered with performant and flexible hybrid-propellant rocket engines.
Impulse Space Propulsion	Space Tug, Commercial Lander, Commercial Mars Lander	Development	Space is more accessible than ever, but efficiently moving payloads into higher energy orbits remains a challenge. At Impulse Space Propulsion we're changing that by providing agile, economical capabilities to access any orbit.
In Orbit Aerospace	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Enabling Mass Manufacturing and Research in Space. In Orbit is building the orbital infrastructure to create new and improved products in microgravity and deliver them back down to Earth.
Independence-X	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	NewSpace Transportation Systems company provides Re-entry and Launch Services,
Infinite Orbits	On-Orbit Servicing, Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection	Early stage	OrbitGuard is an autonomous navigation system capable of both far and near range navigation for satellite Rendezvous and Docking. It can handle SSA and Inspection Missions.
Interorbital Systems	Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	I nterorbital is developing a Commercial Lunar Payload Soft–Landing System.
Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Development	A Chinese startup is aiming to developing spacecraft capable of supplying China’s space station, with a first small demonstration launch set for 2022.
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.
Intuitive Machines	Hopper, Drone, Moon Drone, Space Drone	Development	A small rocket-fueled drone, which will use its thrusters to hop across the lunar surface - then, for the 1st time ever, descend into pitch black craters.
Inversion Space	Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Reentry capsule to bring cargo from space back to Earth. Global Delivery of Supplies. Space Station Resupply and Return. Resource Return.
Ironstar Engineering	Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Early stage	A method and apparatus for removing orbital space debris from near Earth orbit using the Solar Wind: Platform for Redirecting and Removing Inert Space Material. (PRRISM).
ispace	Commercial Rover	Development	The smallest and lightest planetary rover in the world.
ispace	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander, Lunar Data Analytics	Development	Our small, robotic lunar landers and lunar rovers are designed to provide low-cost, high-frequency transportation of customer payloads to the Moon.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	Built the Beresheet lunar lander for the non-profit organization SpaceIL.
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Demonstrated	JAXA demonstrated a small re-entry capsule called HSRC to return payloads from the ISS.
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.
Katalyst	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Space Robotics, On-Orbit Servicing	Development	Space Domain Awareness. Distributed Networking. Modular Systems for On-Orbit Attachment.
Kepler Shipyards	Space Suits & Garments, Spacediving, Commercial Lunar Lander, Surface Habitats	Concept, Dormant	Kepler Shipyards is a NewSpace engineering firm with its eyes set on being the leading provider in orbital and extraterrestrial landfall systems.
KINETIK Space	Robotic Arm, Hardware, In-Space Assembly, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Robotics	Early stage	Robotic arm SpaceDREAM.
Klaus Space Transportation (KST)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	We develop Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs), which function both as heat shields, protecting their precious cargo during re-entry into the atmosphere, and high-velocity parachutes.
Komatsu	Commercial Rover, Space Construction Company, Space Construction Equipment	Concept	Komatsu is developing an autonomous excavator to operate on the moon.
Kurs Orbital	On-Orbit Servicing, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Active Debris Removal (ADR), In-Orbit Inspection, Space Tug	Development	A Ukrainian startup is building an in-orbit servicing vehicle using space docking technology developed decades ago by the former Soviet Union.
Launcher (Vast)	Space Tug, Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Development	Launcher develops the world’s most efficient rockets and transfer vehicles to deliver small satellites to orbit by combining liquid propulsion technology and onsite 3D manufacturing.
Lexus	Commercial Rover	Idea	Lexus imagines space vehicles for humans on the Moon.
Liftero (Progesja Space)	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation	Development	Spacecraft propulsion systems for nano and microsatellites.
Lockheed Martin	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander, Human Landing System	Concept	McCandless Lunar Lander can transport up to 350 kg of cargo to the surface of the Moon and provide up to 400 W of power to operate there.
LunaCorp	Commercial Rover	Dormant	Aimed to send its own, unmanned Lunar Rover to the moon in 1999, financed entirely by the private sector.
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 Cargo	Commercial Lunar Lander, Commercial Lander	Concept	Lunar Landing systems for oversized cargo & parcels at 70% discount.
Lunar Logistics Services (LLS)	Launch Service Brokerer, Marketplace / Store, In-Space Logistics, Cislunar Space Logistics	Active	Lunar Logistics Services (LLS) provides flight opportunities to the Moon for European customers through Astrobotic missions.
Lunar Outpost	Commercial Rover, Surface Habitats, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	Robotic vehicles designed to explore and investigate key resources and characteristics on lunar surfaces.
Lunargistics	In-Space Logistics	Early stage	Aiming to provide swift logistics in cislunar space. Automating the space regulator from the clean lab to the landing pad. See our flagship patented products @facilitatespace and @implementspace.
Lunasa Space (Lúnasa Space)	Space Tug, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Orbital Transportation	Development	Developing an innovative Reusable Orbital Transfer Vehicle to host and transfer NanoSatellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and perform precise deployment of the satellites into their final destination.
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.
MaiaSpace	Space Tug	Development	Colibri is a small rocket stage coming atop the rocket, enhancing launch services provided by MaiaSpace : performance boost, spacecrafts dispatch in orbit, on-orbit servicing…
Mars One	Space Entertainment, Commercial Mars Base, Human Landing System, Human Spaceflight	Dormant	It is Mars One's goal to establish a human settlement on Mars.
Martian Sky Industries (MSI)	Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Assembly, Orbital Transportation	Development	The Decluttering of Earth Orbit to Repurpose for Bespoke Innovative Technologies (DEORBIT) system enables increased transportation and manipulation of materials in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).
Masten Space Systems (Astrobotic)	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander, Landing Pads	Acquired, Development
Maxar (SSL)	On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Assembly, Robotic Arm	Development	Maxar is building the spacecraft bus and robotic arms for NASA’s OSAM-1 program, which will refuel and relocate a satellite on-orbit.
MDA	On-Orbit Servicing, Space Robotics	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.
MKB Raduga (Raduga Design Bureau)	Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Discontinued	The VBK-Raduga is a reentry capsule, which allowed returning materials from the space station Mir.
Momentus Space	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Active	Momentus intends to use a multi-pronged approach to become a provider of three critical functions in the new space economy: Space Transportation, Satellite as a Service, and In-Orbit Servicing.
Moog	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Development	The Moog Small Launch Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (SL-OMV) is a propulsive tug for secondary payload deployment focused on Venture Class Launch Vehicles (VCLV).
Moon Express	Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Development, Dormant, ?	Our MX family of flexible, scalable robotic explorers are capable of reaching the Moon and other solar system destinations from Earth orbit.
Moon Industry	Commercial Rover, Space Mining	Early stage	Space infrastructure systems from Earth for all planets. Discover our mining and transporting rovers. They can be used to mine on planets to produce water or to gather surface materials. The rovers can be deployed on earth as well.
Moon Mark	Space Entertainment, Commercial Rover	Development	Moon Mark captures the adventures of high school students from around the world who will compete in 2021 to design, build, land, and race two vehicles on the Moon.
MOONPORT	Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Concept	MOONPORT envisions cost-effective transportation to the Moon and back. Building on top of a flourishing satellite COTS market, MOONPORT through multiple vehicles aims to be able to bring customers in dedicated orbits around the Earth and in lunar orbits with return capability.
Neutron Star Systems	Hardware, Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Development	Neutron Star Systems is a leading market enabler for high power space missions. We develop disruptive and robust electric propulsion (EP) systems and subsystems based on the latest superconductor technology.
NewSpace Systems	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Hardware	Development	Architecture for a GPS-guided parafoil system targeted at the precision recovery/return of payloads, rocket boosters and space vehicles from space.
Nissan Motor Co	Commercial Rover	Concept	Unveiled a lunar rover prototype jointly developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at its Nissan Futures event.
Northrop Grumman (Orbital Sciences)	Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Active	Cygnus consists of a service module and a pressurized cargo module. The Cygnus spacecraft is used to carry crew supplies, spare equipment and scientific experiments to the space station.
Northrop Grumman (SpaceLogistics)	On-Orbit Servicing	Active	SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, provides cooperative space logistics and in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using its fleet of commercial servicing vehicles—the Mission Extension Vehicle, the Mission Robotic Vehicle and the Mission Extension Pods.
Obayashi	Space Elevator, Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Concept	Obayashi pursues the potential for the future of the space elevator from a construction standpoint, and describes a newly-designed, whole-space elevator system, including its construction process
Obruta Space Solutions	Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, Hardware, Docking	Development	Develops autonomous and safe spacecraft docking systems to enable on-orbit servicing and logistics capabilities.
OffWorld	Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover, Space Mining	Development	Sourcing precious materials on Earth and in space using swarms of intelligent robots.
OHB	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Early stage	Plans to launch a commercial lunar lander mission in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
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.
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 Bridge	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Early stage	Orbital Bridge is a set of patent pending technologies that include a novel launch system for durable goods, a set of technologies for managing cargo in a variety of Earth orbits, and a continuous launch system that allows for daily, hourly, or even more frequent launching of 2000 kilo payloads into LEO.
Orbital.Express	Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Development	Our goal is to democratize space logistics from in-orbit satellite services to interplanetary missions for sustainable space exploration that enables new markets In-Space Economy sector.
ORBITBeyond	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Early stage	We aim to provide reliable, repeatable and affordable payload delivery services to the Moon and cis-lunar space.
OrbitGuardians	Active Debris Removal (ADR), In-Orbit Inspection, Space Situational Awareness (SSA)	Early stage	We have drastically reduced the cost to clean up space debris!
Origin Space	Commercial Rover	Development	The M² Lunar Rover will have a 200kg payload carrying multispectral imaging, elemental detection, sample return, and other equipment for commercial exploration of lunar resources and verification of mining technology.
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.
Outpost	In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	Our low mass, high efficiency, two-stage re-entry system is fully deployable, making it possible to return and reuse satellites.
Parabilis Space Technologies	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Early stage	Design a robust transfer vehicle to propel small payloads into translunar trajectories.
PIAP Space	On-Orbit Servicing, Robotic Arm, Hardware, Space Robotics, In-Space Assembly	Development	We are especially interested in developing technologies in the areas of Active Debris Removal, Manipulators & End-Effectors, On Orbit Satellite Servicing, Human-Robot Interaction, Vision Systems and mechanisms.
PlanetSpace	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Human Spaceflight	Dormant	In February, 2007, NASA announced plans to provide PlanetSpace with requirements and specifications to provide crew and cargo flights to the International Space Station.
Plasmos	Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Orbital Transportation	Development	Plasmos is building a reusable third stage tug to address the problem of last-mile delivery in space.
porkchop	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO)	Cancelled	porkchop is a Swedish startup designing and developing reusable in-space logistics vehicles. Our aim is to establish an interplanetary economy within the solar system.
Privateer Space	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Situational Awareness (SSA)	Development	A new satellite company focused on monitoring and cleaning up objects in space.
Prometheus Space Technologies	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Robotics	Early stage	Active Debris Removal, Space Robotics, Satellites structure.
PTS (Planetary Transportation Systems)	Commercial Lunar Lander, Commercial Rover	Concept	Meet the Audi Lunar Quattro. the PTS exploration rover are able to deploy and operate a series of scientific and technological payloads on the Moon.
PTS (Planetary Transportation Systems)	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	ALINA is our first generation lunar landing spacecraft, built to transport payload and land safely on the Moon.
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.
Pythom	Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Commercial Space Station	Early stage	Pythom is developing a space transportation system that is light, low-cost, and highly responsive.
Qosmosys	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander	Early stage	Qosmosys was founded in 2020 with an ambition to manufacture a family of space vehicles with robotic extensions to serve the development of infrastructures in space, on the Moon and beyond.
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.
Radian Space	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	World’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane, delivering people and light cargo to low earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.
RadioBro	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Commercial Sample Return	Idea, Dormant	Team LASER is developing a system to return small lunar samples. The system is considering multiple return methods, including direct return, aerobraking return, and rendezvous with a LEO spacecraft.
Raven Dynamics	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Early stage	Developing innovative recovery and capsule systems for asset recovery from extreme altitude and atmospheric entry.
Raven Space Systems	In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Development	Our mission is to 3D print entire reentry capsules for high cadence and low-cost cargo return from space.
Reaction Engines	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Concept	Skylon is a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.
Redwire (Deep Space Systems)	Commercial Rover, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Lander	Concept	In 2018., Deep Space Systems (now Redwire) was one of the nine companies selected for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Reenter Space (Reentry Systems)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Reenter is building the next generation of spacecraft that will be able to bring space-made products for billions down on Earth.
Rocket Lab	Space Tug	Demonstrated	Rocket Lab’s Photon small spacecraft is based on the heritage Electron launch vehicle Kick Stage, leveraging numerous components that have significant flight heritage, including the Curie engine, an in-house designed and developed in-space propulsion system.
Rogue Space Systems	Space Robotics, On-Orbit Servicing, Orbital Transportation	Early stage	Rogue designs satellite vehicles and subsystems to provide on-orbit services to satellite operators both now and well into the future.
RTSS (Reusable Vehicles Space Systems, MKTC)	Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Dormant, Early stage	ARGO reusable transport spacecraft for the delivery of payload to the Space station and its return to the Earth.
Rubicon	Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Concept	While Rubicon® is not currently in the business of space debris removal, we see this as the next frontier for us to tackle, and we are actively beginning the process to figure out how we can help clean up the galaxy.
SAB Launch Services	Space Tug, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Development	SAB is working to a project called IOSHEXA (In Orbit Servicing HEXA). The aim of this space tug is to release small satellites on SSO, LEO, and even beyond Earth orbits.
Scout Aerospace	Space Tug, Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Logistics	Early stage	Development of a semi-autonomous OTVs for active debris removal and satellite servicing.
SCOUT Space (Eight Continent Technologies)	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection, In-Space Situational Awareness, Hardware	Development	We are building the first in-space observation service for high-value space infrastructure and assets.
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.
Sidereus Space Dynamics	Space Tug, Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Logistics	Concept	ASTREO capsule and internal SNC Dream Chaser Module for landing space resources.
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Development	The First-Ever Winged Commercial Spaceplane capable of gentle 1.5G runway landings, ideal for precious cargo, especially human passengers.
Skycorp	In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Power Beaming, Space Solar Power	Development	Skycorp's mission is to fundamentally transform the spacecraft industry, utilizing orbital assembly process, electric propulsion, and modular construction, to create applications unthinkable before.
Skyrora	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO)	Development	Space tug is based on the upper stage of the Skyrora XL vehicle, with adaptations that will allow it the technology to survive in a space environment.
Smallspark Space Systems	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation	Development	Book a ride on the UK's first reusable cislunar payload transport bus. The S4-SLV will be providing transportation within cislunar space from 2024.
Space Applications Services	Commercial Rover	Development	The Lunar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation (LUVMI) rover family provides a smart, low mass, innovative, modular and extendable platform designed to accommodate payloads and provide payload mobility on the Moon.
Space Cargo Unlimited	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	REV1 is being designed to carry up to 1,000 kilograms of payload for several months in low Earth orbit, where it would dock with a Reusable Orbiting Service Module.
Space Castle Solutions	Space Tug, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Concept	Space Castle Solutions (SCS) is developing the next evolution in space cargo transportation focusing on reusability, modularity, and flexibility for ‘plug-and-play’ mission configuring for Suborbital, Orbital, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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 Island Group	Commercial Space Station, Space Tug, Space Tourism Activities	Dormant	Dedicated to the development of commerce, research, manufacturing and tourism in space.
Space Kinetic	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Early stage	Electrifying space mobility. Space Kinetic is building more resilient in-space supply lines.
Space Machines Company	Space Tug, In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Logistics, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), In-Space Mobility, Active Debris Removal (ADR), In-Space Assembly	Early stage	The most efficient space transportation service to deliver missions to Earth Orbit and Deep Space.
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 Railway Corporation	Space Elevator, Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Early stage	Space Railway presents a revolutionary approach to tethered space access different than the space elevator. Space Railway has solved many problems previously plaguing space elevator concepts by utilizing magnetic levitation coupled with jet engines.
Space Rider (ESA)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Space Rider aims to provide Europe with an affordable, independent, reusable end-to-end integrated space transportation system for routine access and return from low orbit.
Space Tango	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Active	CubeLabs™ provide a standardized platform for iterative R&D on the International Space Station.
Space Tango	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	Plans to launch its own miniature, automated orbital research platform in about 2023 named ST-42,
Spacebit	Commercial Rover	Development	Spacebit Is A British Privately Held Company Developing Space Robotics Technology For Lunar And Planetary Missions.
SpaceDev	Commercial Lunar Lander	Dormant, Acquired
SpaceDrone	Space Tug, Orbital Transportation, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Robotic Arm	Early stage	SpaceDrone is developing the Smart Drone vehicle, an innovative and modular platform.
Spaceflight	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Active, Development	Family of Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles.
SpaceHopper	Commercial Rover	Development	Hopping Robot for Asteroid Exploration. Taking the Next Leap in Space Robotics. SpaceHopper: A legged robot for microgravity environments,
SpaceIL	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Development, Demonstrated	Non-profit organization aiming to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon. First attempt to land on the Moon failed in 2019, but Beresheet 2 is now being built.
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.
SpaceTug (Hyoristic Innovations)	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics, Active Debris Removal (ADR)	Early stage	Hyoristic Innovations (HI) works on a Mission to reduce the Space Debris with Active Debris Removal and Mitigation Techniques for a sustainable and collision free space.
SpaceWorks Flight (Terminal Velocity)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Launched, Demonstrated, Development	Recoverable RED-4U and RED-25 will offer payload compartments for safe return of space-based manufacturing, medical, and pharmaceutical products. NASA Phase III SBIR awarded in 2016.
SpaceX	Human Landing System, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Point-to-point	Development	SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy Rocket represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to service all Earth orbit needs as well as the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX	Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Active	Crew Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit, and beyond.
SpaceX	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Dormant	DragonLab was planned as a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from space.
SpaceX	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Active	Dragon is a free-flying spacecraft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations.
Sperospace	Robotic Arm, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), On-Orbit Servicing	Early stage, Dormant	Sperospace is enabling a new generation of reusable and upgradable space infrastructure by creating modular robotic arms for space.
SR Space (Success Rockets)	Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Cancelled	The lineup of Success Rockets space tugs is intended to remove small satellites form the reference orbit to the highest orbits, and implementation of scientific missions to the deep space and other planets.
Star Inc	Space Elevator	Concept	With in-house and SBIR funding for small business, STAR has developed new concepts space elevators for the Moon.
Starfish Space	Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, Satellite Life Extension, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Transport Service (LEO-GEO)	Development	Starfish Space is giving life to on-orbit services! Our Otter Space Tug maximizes satellite capability through satellite servicing missions like life extension and debris removal.
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.
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.
Stoke Space	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	STOKE delivers satellites directly to their final orbit using 100% reusable rockets. They’re low-cost, on-demand, and designed to fly daily.
t/Space (Transformational Space Corporation)	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Space Tourism Activities, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Dormant	Participated in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS), and later, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs for delivering cargo and crew to the International Space Station.
Team AngelicvM	Commercial Rover	Cancelled	Google Lunar XPRIZE team from Chile, to the surface of the Moon on Astrobotic’s first lunar mission.
Team Indus	Commercial Rover	Development	10kg Micro-Rover platform.
Teledyne Brown Engineering	Commercial Rover	Concept	Teledyne Brown Engineering announced that it is leading a team including Sierra Space and Nissan North America, to design the crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that will support future exploration on the moon.
Tesla	Commercial Rover	Concept	Tesla Cybertruck on Mars: Elon Musk playfully ponders sending a pickup to the Red Planet.
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.
The Exploration Company	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates Nyx, a modular and reusable orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit.
The Fairchild Space Company	Commercial Space Station, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Dormant, Cancelled	Planned to spent $150 million on its first ''leasecraft,'' to be launched by 1988. The platform, one of three planned, is seen as ''an industrial park in space, a place where people can make things or observe the earth. ''We will supply the heat, light and the communications - the real estate out there.''
ThermaSat (Howe Industries)	On-Orbit Servicing, Hardware, Orbital Transportation, Robotic Arm, In-Space Assembly	Early stage	ThermaSat is an in-space mobility and OSAM provider bringing an age-old method of locomotion to space steam.
ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital)	Commercial Space Station, Space Construction Company, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), On-Orbit Servicing, Space Tug	Development	ThinkOrbital delivers a large, scalable and cost-efficient space structure for the New Space economy. Our ThinkPlatforms are based on mature technologies available today, configured for single-launch, autonomous assembly in-orbit, re-imagining opportunities for satellite servicing, space debris processing, in-space manufacturing, on-orbit storage, refuelling, space tourism and research.
Toyota	Commercial Rover	Development	JAXA and Toyota signed a joint research agreement to work on a manned pressurized lunar rover last year, on June 13, 2019, with an expected launch date in the latter half of the 2020s.
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.
Transorbital	Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (LEO-Moon)	Dormant
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.
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Terran Orbital)	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander	Concept	Concept for a commercial lunar lander /rover and added to NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
UARX	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander, Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Early stage	We provide reliable in-space logistics, rideshare and dedicated launch services for Small Satellites, from LEO to the Moon and beyond.
ULA (United Launch Alliance)	Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Commercial Lunar Lander, Space Tug, In-Space Logistics	Concept	ACES is a refuelable modular upper stage that can can be also used as propellant depot and land on the Moon.
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).
Uplift Aerospace	In-Space Manufacturing, Space Construction Company, Space Construction Equipment, Commercial Rover, Space Mining	Early stage	By sourcing materials from space and manufacturing off planet, Uplift will ensure our planet’s precious resources are conserved for a sustainable future on Earth.
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.
Vanguard Space Industries	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	VSI’s mission is to provide holistic microgravity solutions that are hassle free, reliable and accessible to our customers.
Varda Space Industries	In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Production, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	Space factories for Earth-bound products. Varda Space Industries is building the world's first commercial zero-gravity industrial park at scale. In the near-term, Varda is laser-focused on manufacturing things off Earth that are highly valued on Earth. Over the long-term, Varda can build the infrastructure needed to enable humanity to industrialize space.
Virgin Galactic	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Suborbital Space Tourism, Point-to-point	Starting soon	We are the world’s first commercial spaceline, and our purpose is to connect people across the globe to the love, wonder and awe created by space travel.
Vivace	Human Landing System	Concept	One of 5 offerors who submitted proposal for NASA Human Landing System, but was not selected.
Vyoma Space	Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection	Development	Vyoma is building the operating system of space. With cameras on satellites paired with ML-supported automation services, Vyoma ensures real-time mapping of space objects and safe satellite operations.
WeSpace Technologies	Commercial Rover, Hopper, Drone, Moon Drone	Early stage	Autonomously Flying Robotic Systems for Deep Space Exploration.
Xplore	Space Tug, In-Space Logistics, Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing	Development	Xplore is flying commercial science missions to the Moon and asteroid on our XCRAFT.
Xtend Design (Tomas Rousek)	Commercial Rover	Concept	A Skoda Enyaq-inspired moon rover aptly called Luniaq. Announced during the Czech Space Week, the concept was presented in the largest virtual reality laboratory in Europe, the Virtuplex.

Space Transport ServicesTransporting raw materials and products