Launch & Propulsion

Companies building rockets, engines, and the systems that get payloads to orbit and beyond — including launch services, launch vehicles, propulsion, hypersonics, spaceports, and rideshare aggregators.

377 companies · 39 countries

Top operators 12

GE Aerospace Space Systems

GE
United States · 1917
$200.0B market cap

GE Aerospace provides space systems including power electronics, thermal management systems, and additive manufactured components for satellites and launch vehicles.

Parker Hannifin Space

PH
United States · 1917
$90.0B market cap

Parker Hannifin Space, a division of the century-old Parker Hannifin Corporation, focuses on the design and manufacture of critical components for the space industry. The company specializes in spacec

Safran Aerospace

SAF.PA
France · 2005
$90.0B market cap

French aerospace conglomerate. Ariane 6 propulsion through ArianeGroup JV. Spacecraft equipment. Star trackers and navigation. Major European space supplier.

TransDigm Space

TDG
United States · 1993
$75.0B market cap

TransDigm designs and manufactures aerospace components including actuators, valves, and ignition systems used in launch vehicles and satellites. The company supplies critical flight hardware for spac

Northrop Grumman

NOC
United States · 1939
$72.0B market cap

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global aerospace and defense technology company that is a leading provider of space systems, launch vehicles, and satellite solutions. The company's Space Systems sec

Rocket Lab

RKLB
United States · 2006
$16.0B market cap

Rocket Lab is a leading aerospace company providing end-to-end space solutions including launch services, spacecraft manufacturing, and on-orbit operations. Founded in 2006 by Peter Beck in New Zealan

MTU Aero Engines Space

MTX.DE
Germany · 1934
$15.0B market cap

MTU Aero Engines develops aerospace propulsion components and systems. The German company manufactures turbine components and supports European space propulsion programs.

BWX Technologies Space

BWXT
United States · 1867
$12.0B market cap

BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) stands at the forefront of nuclear technology development for space exploration, playing a pivotal role in NASA's ambitious plans to revolutionize deep space propulsion.

Woodward Aerospace

WWD
United States · 1870
$10.0B market cap

Woodward designs and manufactures control systems, fuel systems, and actuation components for aerospace applications including rocket engine controls and satellite propulsion systems.

Hanwha Aerospace

012450.KS
South Korea · 1977
$8.00B market cap

Hanwha Aerospace is a major South Korean aerospace and defense company manufacturing rocket engines, aircraft components, and defense systems. The company produces engines for Korea's Nuri rocket and

Moog Inc

MOG.A
United States · 1951
$6.00B market cap

Moog Inc. manufactures precision motion control components and systems for spacecraft. The company produces reaction wheels, solar array drives, propulsion components, and mechanisms for satellites an

Israel Aerospace Industries

ARSP.TA
Israel · 1953
$5.00B market cap

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is Israel's major aerospace and defense company. IAI's Space Division manufactures reconnaissance satellites (OFEQ series), communications satellites (AMOS), and the

All 377 companies

Magellan Aerospace
Canada · 1996
MAL.TO
AVIO
Italy · 1984
AVIO.MI
Astra Space
United States · 2016
ASTR
Astra
United States · 2016
ASTR
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Space
Japan · 1884
7011.T
Momentus Space
United States · 2017
MNTS
Rolls-Royce
United Kingdom · 1906
RR.L
Safran
France · 2005
SAF.PA
SpaceX
United States · 2002
ABL Space Systems
United States · 2017
Abyom SpaceTech
India
Accion Systems
United States · 2014
Ad Astra Rocket
United States · 2005
Ad Astra Rocket Company
United States · 2005
Additive Rocket Corporation
United States · 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne
United States · 1942
Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1
United States · 2015
Aerojet Rocketdyne Space Propulsion
United States · 1942
Aevum Inc
United States · 2016
Agile Space Industries
United States · 2016
Agile Space Industries
United States · 2018
Agnikul Cosmos
India · 2017
Airbus Defence and Space
France · 2014
Aistech Space
Spain
Alcântara Launch Center
Brazil · 1983
Aliena
Singapore · 2016
Andøya Space
Norway · 1962
Andøya Spaceport
Norway · 2021
Angkasa-X
Malaysia · 2020
Antrix Corporation
India · 1992
Antycip Simulation
United Kingdom
AnyShape
Belgium
Apollo Fusion
United States · 2016
Arceon
Netherlands
ArianeGroup
France · 2015
ArianeGroup Propulsion
France · 2015
Arianespace
France · 1980
Arianespace - Sea Launch
International · 1995
Arkadia Space
Spain · 2020
Astraius
United Kingdom
Astron Systems
United Kingdom
Atomos Nuclear and Space
United Kingdom · 2021
Aurora Propulsion
Finland · 2018
Aurora Propulsion Technologies
Finland · 2018
Avalanche Energy
United States · 2018
Azista BST Aerospace
India · 2016
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan · 1955
Beihang University
China
Bellatrix Aerospace
India · 2015
Benchmark Space Systems
United States · 2017
BioServe Space Technologies
United States · 1987
Black Arrow Space
United Kingdom · 2017
Black Arrow Space Technologies
United Kingdom
Blue Origin
United States · 2000
bluShift Aerospace
United States · 2014
Bradford ECAPS
Sweden · 2000
Bradford Space
Netherlands · 2019
Breakthrough Initiatives
United States · 2015
Busek
United States · 1985
Busek Company
United States · 1985
CALT
China · 1957
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
United States · 1950
CAS Space
China · 2018
CASC
China · 1999
CASIC
China · 1999
Cecil Spaceport
United States · 2010
Celestis
United States · 1994
China Great Wall Industry
China · 1980
CNES
France · 1961
Comat Aerospace
France · 2000
Cosmic Shielding Corporation
United States
Cosmoleap
China · 2018
Cranfield University
United Kingdom · 1946
Cryptosat
United States
CST Composites
Australia
CU Aerospace
United States · 1998
D-Orbit USA
United States · 2019
Dark
France · 2021
Dawn Aerospace
New Zealand · 2017
Dawn Aerospace NZ
New Zealand · 2017
Deep Blue Aerospace
China · 2016
Deep Space Industries
United States · 2013
Delta-V Space
Turkey · 2020
DeltaV Space Technologies
Turkey
Destinus
Switzerland · 2021
DM3D Technology
United States
Dynetics Lunar
United States · 1974
ECAPS
Sweden · 2000
Electric Sky
United States · 2019
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
United States · 1926
Enpulsion
Austria · 2016
EOS GmbH
Germany
EPS Tech
South Korea · 2018
Equatorial Launch Australia
Australia · 2016
Equatorial Space
Australia · 2020
Equatorial Space Systems
Singapore · 2019
Esrange Space Center
Sweden · 1966
Eta Space
United States · 2019
Ethos Space
United States
Exolaunch
Germany · 2017
EXOS Aerospace
United States · 2014
Exoterra Resources
United States · 2011
Exotrail
France · 2017
Expace
China · 2016
Firefly Aerospace
United States · 2014
Firefly Blue Ghost
United States · 2021
Firefly Defense
United States · 2023
Firehawk Aerospace
United States · 2019
Frontier Aerospace
United States · 2006
Galactic Energy
China · 2018
GATE Space
Austria · 2022
GAUSS Srl
Italy · 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States · 1885
Gilmour Space
Australia · 2013
Gilmour Space Technologies
Australia · 2012
Gravitilab Aerospace
United Kingdom · 2020
Green Launch
United States · 2019
Guiana Space Centre
France · 1968
H3X Technologies
United States
Hanwha Aerospace Space
South Korea · 1977
Harbin Institute of Technology
China
Helicity Space
United States · 2018
Hermeus
United States · 2018
Hokkaido Spaceport
Japan · 1995
HyImpulse Technologies
Germany · 2018
Hypernova Space Technologies
Nigeria · 2020
Hypersonic Technology
South Africa · 2020
Hypersonix
Australia · 2019
HyPrSpace
France · 2019
i-Space (Beijing)
China · 2016
i4is (Initiative for Interstellar Studies)
United Kingdom · 2012
Ienai Space
Spain · 2019
IHI Aerospace
Japan · 1960
IHI Corporation
Japan · 1853
IIT Bombay Aerospace
India
Impulse Space
United States · 2021
Indian Space Research Organisation
India · 1969
Indonesian Space Agency
Indonesia · 1963
Innospace
South Korea · 2017
Innospace Korea
South Korea · 2017
Interstellar Technologies
Japan · 2013
Intuit Dome
United States · 2013
Inversion Space
United States · 2021
ION-X
France · 2021
Isar Aerospace
Germany · 2018
ISILaunch
Netherlands · 2006
ISISpace (Innovative Solutions In Space)
Netherlands · 2006
iSpace China
China · 2016
ISPTech
Germany · 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries Space
Israel · 1969
ISRO
India · 1969
JAXA Epsilon Launch Vehicle
Japan · 2013
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
China · 1958
Jiuzhou Yunjian
China · 2017
Kairospace
South Korea · 2020
KAIST
South Korea
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Space
Japan · 1969
Kennedy Space Center
United States · 1962
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
United States · 1967
Khosla Ventures
United States
Khrunichev State Research Center
Russia · 1916
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
South Korea · 1989
Kreios Space
Spain · 2021
LandSpace
China · 2015
Latitude
France · 2021
Launcher
United States · 2017
Launcher (acquired by Vast)
United States · 2017
Launcher (Vast)
United States · 2017
Launcher Space Services
United States · 2018
Lemu
Chile
Leo Aerospace
United States · 2017
LIA Aerospace
Argentina · 2019
LinkSpace
China · 2014
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
India · 1986
Lunasa Space
United Kingdom
Magdrive
United Kingdom · 2020
Mahia Launch Complex
New Zealand · 2016
MaiaSpace
France · 2022
Manastu Space
India · 2017
ManTech International
United States
Maritime Launch Services
Canada · 2016
Masten Space Systems
United States · 2004
Maverick Space Systems
United States · 2018
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
United States · 1995
MIT
United States · 1861
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Japan · 1884
Mojave Air and Space Port
United States · 2004
Momentus Vigoride
United States · 2020
Moog Space
United States · 1951
Moog Space Systems
United States · 1951
Morpheus Space
Germany · 2018
MT Aerospace
Germany · 1970
Nammo
Norway · 1998
NanoAvionics Propulsion
Lithuania · 2014
Naro Space Center
South Korea · 2009
NASA Glenn Research Center
United States
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
United States
NASASpaceFlight
United States · 2005
Nayuta Space
China · 2023
Neumann Space
Australia · 2015
Neutron Star Systems
Germany
Newtec
Belgium
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
United States · 2018
Northrop Grumman Space
United States · 1994
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
United States · 1939
NPO Energomash
Russia · 1929
NPO Lavochkin
Russia · 1937
NSIL (NewSpace India Limited)
India · 2019
Odysseus Space
United States · 2020
OHB System
Germany · 1981
OhmSpace
Italy · 2020
Orbex
United Kingdom · 2015
Orbion Space Technology
United States · 2016
Orbion Space Technology
United States · 2016
Orbit Fab
United States · 2018
Orbital Space
United Arab Emirates · 2019
Orbitalum
Germany · 2021
Orienspace
China · 2020
Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska
United States · 1991
Pale Blue
Japan · 2020
Pangea Aerospace
Spain · 2018
PD AeroSpace
Japan · 2007
Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum
Germany · 1991
Penn State Aerospace
United States
Perigee Aerospace
South Korea · 2018
Phantom Space
United States · 2019
Phantom Space Corp
United States · 2019
Phantom Space Corporation
United States · 2019
Phase Four
United States · 2015
PLD Space
Spain · 2011
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Russia · 1957
Polaris Spaceplanes
Germany · 2019
Portal Space Systems
United States · 2021
Portuguese Space Agency
Portugal · 2019
Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion
United States · 1925
Progress Rocket Space Centre
Russia · 1894
Pulsar Fusion
United Kingdom · 2011
Purdue University
United States
Purdue Zucrow Labs
United States · 1948
Quantum Space
United States
QuantX Labs
Australia
Radian Aerospace
United States · 2016
Rafael Space Propulsion
Israel · 1948
Reaction Dynamics
Canada
Reaction Engines
United Kingdom · 1989
Relativity Space
United States · 2015
Rendezvous Robotics
United States
reOrbital
United States
RFA (Rocket Factory Augsburg)
Germany · 2018

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