Launch Providers

Compare 183 launch providers delivering payloads to orbit.

183
Total Providers
112
Operational
58
In Development
31
Countries

New Space Tracker directory, Apr 2026 — counts drawn from company records and FAA AST licensing data

By Country

Vehicle Types

Unknown 118
small lift 38
medium lift 22
heavy lift 10
suborbital rocket 10
reusable 9
orbital rocket 6
spaceplane 4
super heavy 3
air launch 2

All launch providers

Abyom SpaceTech

operational
India Est. 2020

Abyom SpaceTech is an Indian startup based in Hyderabad focused on developing advanced launch vehicle technology. The company is pioneering the develo...

Agnikul Cosmos

operational
India Est. 2017 small-lift

Agnikul Cosmos is an Indian private launch company that achieved a historic milestone on May 30, 2024, when its Agnibaan SOrTeD (Sub-Orbital Technolog...

Leadership: Srinath Ravichandran (CEO

Airbus Defence and Space

operational
France Est. 2014

Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S), headquartered in Toulouse, France with major sites in Munich, Stevenage UK, and Madrid, is the space and defens...

Alcântara Launch Center

operational
Brazil Est. 1983

Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) is Brazil's primary space launch facility, located at approximately 2.3° S latitude on Maranhão state's northe...

Andøya Space

operational
Norway Est. 1962

Andøya Space, headquartered on Andøya island in Nordland county, northern Norway (69°N latitude, above the Arctic Circle), operates the Andøya Spacepo...

AnyShape

operational
Belgium

AnyShape is a Belgium-based aerospace additive manufacturing company certified to ISO 9001 and EN 9100 (the aerospace quality management system standa...

Arceon

operational
Netherlands Est. 2018

Arceon is a Dutch advanced materials company based in the Netherlands, operating out of the ESA space cluster in the Noordwijk area, that produces Car...

ArianeGroup

operational
France Est. 2015 heavy-lift

ArianeGroup is a joint venture equally owned by Airbus and Safran, responsible for developing and producing the Ariane family of launch vehicles. The ...

Leadership: Martin Sion (CEO

Arianespace

operational
France Est. 1980 heavy-lift

Arianespace is the world's first commercial launch services company, founded in 1980 and headquartered in Évry, France. The company provides launch se...

Leadership: Stéphane Israël (CEO)

Astraius

operational
United Kingdom Est. 2020

Astraius is a UK-based air-launch company focused on providing dedicated and responsive launch services for small to mid-sized satellites. Utilizing a...

Astron Systems

operational
United Kingdom Est. 2021

Astron Systems is a UK-based small launch vehicle developer building Aurora, a fully reusable two-stage-to-orbit rocket powered by liquid methane and ...

Black Arrow Space Technologies

operational
United Kingdom Est. 2017

Black Arrow Space Technologies is a United Kingdom-based company focused on developing a novel seaborne launch system, the Black Arrow 2. The company ...

Blue Origin

operational
United States Est. 2000 suborbital-rocket

Blue Origin is a private aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000. Headquartered in Kent, ...

Leadership: Jeff Bezos (Founder)

bluShift Aerospace

operational
United States Est. 2014

bluShift Aerospace, founded in 2014 and based in Brunswick, Maine, is a propulsion company focused on developing innovative rocket engines for the spa...

CALT

operational
China Est. 1957

China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), established in 1957 and based in Beijing, is China’s primary contractor for launch vehicles. As a c...

CAS Space

operational
China Est. 2018 small-lift

CAS Space (中科宇航, Zhongke Aerospace), founded in 2018 and headquartered in Beijing, is a Chinese commercial launch company affiliated with the Chinese ...

CASC

operational
China Est. 1999 heavy-lift

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC, 中国航天科技集团公司), founded in 1999 as a restructuring of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, is Ch...

CASIC

operational
China Est. 1999

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC, 中国航天科工集团) is China's second major state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate after CASC. ...

Celestis

operational
United States Est. 1994

Celestis, founded in 1994 and based in Houston, Texas, is a launch services provider specializing in memorial spaceflights. The company offers a uniqu...

China Great Wall Industry

operational
China Est. 1980

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), established in 1980, operates as the primary commercial interface for China’s state-owned China Aerospa...

CST Composites

operational
Australia Est. 1995

CST Composites, headquartered in Australia, is a carbon fiber composite materials manufacturer and engineering company serving aerospace, defense, and...

Dawn Aerospace

operational
New Zealand Est. 2017 spaceplane

Dawn Aerospace, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand (with an R&D presence in the Netherlands), is developing a reusable sub...

Dawn Aerospace NZ

operational
New Zealand Est. 2017 spaceplane

Dawn Aerospace NZ is the New Zealand operational entity of Dawn Aerospace, a company founded in 2017 with headquarters split between Christchurch, New...

DeltaV Space Technologies

operational
Turkey Est. 2016

DeltaV Space Technologies is a Turkish aerospace company specializing in hybrid rocket propulsion systems, celebrated for achieving the world's first ...

DM3D Technology

operational
United States Est. 2013

DM3D Technology is an Auburn Hills, Michigan-based metal additive manufacturing company specializing in Directed Energy Deposition (DED) — a process d...

EOS GmbH

operational
Germany Est. 1989

EOS GmbH (Electro Optical Systems) is a Krailling/Munich-based German company founded in 1989 by Dr. Hans Langer that pioneered and now leads the glob...

Equatorial Launch Australia

operational
Australia Est. 2016

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), founded in 2018 and headquartered in Darwin, Northern Territory, operates the Arnhem Space Centre located on the Ar...

Esrange Space Center

operational
Sweden Est. 1966

Esrange Space Center, located near Kiruna in Swedish Lapland at approximately 68°N — 200 km north of the Arctic Circle — is one of the world's premier...

EXOS Aerospace

operational
United States Est. 2014

Exos Aerospace, founded in 2014 and based in Caddo Mills, Texas, is a launch vehicle company focused on developing reusable suborbital launch vehicles...

Expace

operational
China Est. 2016 small-lift

Expace Technology (ExPace), established around 2016 and headquartered in Wuhan, China, is a commercial launch services subsidiary of CASIC (China Aero...

Show all 183 launch providers

Firefly Aerospace

operational
United States Est. 2014 small-lift

Firefly Aerospace is an American launch and space systems company headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, developing the Alpha small launch vehicle and th...

Leadership: Bill Weber (CEO)

Firehawk Aerospace

operational
United States Est. 2019

Firehawk Aerospace is a Dallas-area hybrid rocket motor developer founded in 2019, combining additive manufacturing with hybrid propulsion to produce ...

Galactic Energy

operational
China Est. 2018 small-lift

Galactic Energy (星河动力, Xinghe Dongli) is a Chinese private launch company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Beijing, specializing in small solid-pr...

Leadership: Wang Qiufeng (CEO)

GAUSS Srl

operational
Italy Est. 2012

GAUSS Srl is an Italian space company founded in 2012 as a spin-off from the Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale at the University of Rome “Sapienza.” T...

i-Space (Beijing)

operational
China Est. 2016

i-Space (Beijing), formally Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co. Ltd. (星际荣耀), is a Beijing-based commercial launch provider founded in 2016...

IHI Aerospace

operational
Japan Est. 1960

IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. is Japan's primary solid rocket motor manufacturer and a critical component of JAXA's launch vehicle propulsion supply chain, ...

Indian Space Research Organisation

operational
India Est. 1969

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national space agency, established in 1969 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, founded...

Indonesian Space Agency

operational
Indonesia Est. 1963

BRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional / National Research and Innovation Agency) is Indonesia's consolidated national research body that absorbed LAP...

Innospace

operational
South Korea Est. 2017 suborbital-rocket

Innospace is a South Korean private launch vehicle company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Daejeon, developing liquid-propellant small rockets fo...

Leadership: Kim Soo-jong (CEO)

Innospace Korea

operational
South Korea Est. 2017 orbital-rocket

Innospace Korea is the corporate entity of Innospace — South Korea's first successful commercial liquid-fuel rocket company, founded in 2017 and headq...

Interstellar Technologies

operational
Japan Est. 2013 suborbital-rocket

Interstellar Technologies (IST), founded in 2003 and headquartered in Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan, is Japan's first private space company to achieve orbita...

Leadership: Takahiro Inagawa (CEO)

iSpace China

operational
China Est. 2016 small-lift

Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology (i-Space) made history in July 2019 as the first private Chinese company to achieve orbit with its Hyperbo...

Leadership: Peng Xiaobo (CEO

Israel Aerospace Industries

operational
Israel Est. 1953 small-lift

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), founded in 1953 and headquartered in Lod, Israel, is Israel's state-owned aerospace and defense company and one of ...

Israel Aerospace Industries Space

operational
Israel Est. 1969

Israel Aerospace Industries Space, founded in 1969 and based in Lod, Israel, is a key player in the design, development, and manufacturing of space sy...

ISRO

operational
India Est. 1969 medium-lift

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national space agency, responsible for space science research and planetary exploration. Esta...

Leadership: Dr. V. Narayanan (Chairman and Secretary of Department of Space)

JAXA Epsilon Launch Vehicle

operational
Japan Est. 2013 small-lift

The JAXA Epsilon Launch Vehicle is Japan's solid-propellant small satellite launch rocket, developed by JAXA's ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronauti...

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

operational
China Est. 1958

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), located in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia at the Ejin Banner area of Alxa League (sometimes referred to as ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Space

operational
Japan Est. 1969

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Space Division (KHI, TYO:7012) is the aerospace manufacturing arm of Japan's iconic heavy industry conglomerate, responsible...

Khosla Ventures

operational
United States Est. 2004

Khosla Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with approximately $15 billion in assets under management. While not a space technology ...

Khrunichev State Research Center

operational
Russia Est. 1916

Khrunichev State Research Center, founded in 1916 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a major Russian manufacturer specializing in launch vehicles, spacec...

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

operational
South Korea Est. 1989

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea, is the nation's principal government aerospace research and deve...

LandSpace

operational
China Est. 2015 medium-lift

LandSpace is a Chinese private launch company founded in 2015 and based in Beijing, best known as the developer of the Zhuque-2 rocket — the world's f...

Leadership: Zhang Changwu (CEO

LinkSpace

operational
China Est. 2014

LinkSpace, founded in 2014 and based in Beijing, China, is a private aerospace company focused on the development and operation of launch vehicles and...

Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre

operational
India Est. 1986

The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is a key constituent of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), operating under the Department of S...

Mahia Launch Complex

operational
New Zealand Est. 2016

Mahia Launch Complex (Launch Complex 1, or LC-1) is Rocket Lab's primary launch site, located on the Mahia Peninsula on the East Cape of New Zealand's...

Maritime Launch Services

operational
Canada Est. 2016

Maritime Launch Services, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's commercial launch services company developing Spacepo...

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

operational
United States Est. 1995

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial spaceport located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, operated b...

MT Aerospace

operational
Germany Est. 1970

MT Aerospace, founded in 1970 and based in Augsburg, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of lightweight structures and components for the international...

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

operational
United States Est. 1960

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, established in 1960 and located in Huntsville, Alabama, serves as the agency’s lead center for propulsion systems...

NASASpaceFlight

operational
United States Est. 2005

NASASpaceFlight, founded in 2005 and based in Orlando, Florida, is a media organization specializing in coverage of launch vehicle development. The co...

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

operational
United States Est. 2018 medium-lift

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) is the space and launch vehicle division created in 2018 when Northrop Grumman Corporation acquired Orbital...

Northrop Grumman Space

operational
United States Est. 1994

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is a leading provider of comprehensive space solutions for government, civil, and commercial customers. Founded in 1994...

NPO Energomash

operational
Russia Est. 1929

NPO Energomash, founded in 1929 and based in Khimki, Russia, is a leading rocket engine manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and prod...

OHB System

operational
Germany Est. 1981

OHB System AG is the satellite manufacturing and system integration core of OHB SE, headquartered in Bremen, Germany. Founded in 1981, OHB System is o...

Orienspace

operational
China Est. 2020 medium-lift

Orienspace (东方空间, Dongfang Kongjian) is a Chinese commercial launch company founded in 2020 and based in Xi'an, developing the Gravity-1 solid-propell...

Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska

operational
United States Est. 1991

Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA), operated by the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) on Kodiak Island, Alaska, is the only commercial polar lau...

Leadership: Alaska Aerospace Corporation

Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum

operational
Germany Est. 1991

The Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum (Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde, HTM Peenemünde) is a technical history museum opened in 1991 on ...

PLD Space

operational
Spain Est. 2011 suborbital-rocket

PLD Space (Payload Aerospace S.L.) is a Spanish launch company founded in 2011 in Elche, developing partially-reusable launch vehicles Miura 1 and Miu...

Leadership: Raúl Torres (CEO

Progress Rocket Space Centre

operational
Russia Est. 1894

Progress Rocket Space Centre (RKTs Progress, Ракетно-Космический Центр «Прогресс») is Russia's primary manufacturer of the Soyuz launch vehicle family...

Reaction Dynamics

operational
Canada Est. 2017

Reaction Dynamics is a Quebec, Canada-based launch startup developing the Aurora small orbital launch vehicle using a novel eco-friendly hybrid propul...

Relativity Space

operational
United States Est. 2015 small-lift

Relativity Space is an aerospace manufacturer that pioneered 3D-printed rocket manufacturing and is now developing Terran R, a fully reusable medium-l...

Leadership: Tim Ellis (CEO

Rendezvous Robotics

operational
United States Est. 2024

Rendezvous Robotics is a US space robotics startup that emerged from stealth in 2025 with $3M in seed funding, developing modular autonomous robotic s...

Rocket Crafters

operational
United States Est. 2010

Rocket Crafters, founded in 2010 and based in Cocoa, Florida, is a propulsion company focused on the development of hybrid rocket motors. The company ...

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2

operational
United States Est. 2019

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing comprehensive space solutions, encompassing launch services, complete spacecraft development and m...

Rocket Lab New Zealand

operational
New Zealand Est. 2006

Rocket Lab New Zealand is an end-to-end space company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, providing comprehensive space solutions from launch serv...

Roketsan

operational
Turkey Est. 1988 suborbital-rocket

Roketsan is Turkey's primary rocket and missile manufacturer, founded in 1988 in Ankara with a 50.1% stake held by MKEK (Machinery and Chemical Indust...

Roscosmos

operational
Russia Est. 1992 heavy-lift

Roscosmos (State Space Corporation for Space Activities, Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), restructured as a state ...

RSC Energia

operational
Russia Est. 1946

Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, founded in 1946 and based in Korolev, Russia, is a leading entity in the design and manufacturing of spacecraft ...

RUAG Space

operational
Switzerland Est. 1999

Beyond Gravity, formerly RUAG Space, is a European space supplier specializing in the design, development, and manufacture of critical components and ...

S7 Space

operational
Russia Est. 2016

S7 Space is a Russian commercial space company and affiliate of S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines), one of Russia's largest private carriers. Founded in 2...

Seagate Space

operational
United States Est. 2025

Seagate Space (not affiliated with Seagate Technology) is a Tampa, Florida-based startup developing offshore launch platforms for small orbital rocket...

Skyroot Aerospace

operational
India Est. 2018 small-lift

Skyroot Aerospace is India's leading private rocket company, becoming the first Indian private firm to launch a rocket to space when its Vikram-S subo...

Leadership: Pawan Kumar Chandana (CEO

Southern Launch

operational
Australia Est. 2017

Southern Launch, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, is an Australian launch services company developing launch infrastruc...

Space One Japan

operational
Japan Est. 2018

Space One Japan is a Japanese aerospace company focused on the development of dedicated small satellite launch capabilities. The company is currently ...

Space Rickshaw

operational
India Est. 2024

Space Rickshaw is an Indian NewSpace startup developing unmanned orbital laboratory platforms (space labs) and reusable re-entry capsules for microgra...

Space Walker

operational
Japan Est. 2017

Space Walker is a Japanese startup originating from Tokyo University of Science, focused on developing reusable suborbital spaceplanes. The company’s ...

Spaceflight Inc.

operational
United States Est. 2011

Spaceflight Inc. is a Seattle-based aerospace company specializing in rideshare launch coordination and satellite deployment services, acquired by Fir...

Spaceflight Industries

operational
United States Est. 2011

Spaceflight Inc. (formerly Spaceflight Industries), headquartered in Seattle, Washington and founded in 2011, is a U.S. rideshare launch services prov...

SpaceX

operational
United States Est. 2002 heavy-lift

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is the world's leading private aerospace company, founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the mission of reduc...

Leadership: Elon Musk (CEO

SpaceX Starfactory

operational
United States Est. 2002

SpaceX, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, is a vertically integrated aerospace manufacturer and space transportation service...

SSC - Swedish Space Corporation

operational
Sweden Est. 1972

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), founded in 1972 and headquartered in Solna, Sweden, is a state-owned Swedish space infrastructure and services compan...

SSC Space

operational
Sweden Est. 1972

SSC Space (currently Swedish Space Corporation) is a global provider of advanced space services with over 50 years of experience. The company focuses ...

SSPA (Swedish Space Corporation)

operational
Sweden Est. 1972

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), operating under the brand SSC Space, is a Swedish state-owned company founded in 1972 and headquartered in Solna near...

SSTC Ukraine

operational
Ukraine Est. 1992

The State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU, formerly the National Space Agency of Ukraine / NKAU) is the government body established in 1992 following Uk...

Swedish Space Corporation

operational
Sweden Est. 1972

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) operates one of the world's largest civilian ground station networks with 10 owned stations and 11 partner stations gl...

Leadership: Stefan Gardefjord (CEO)

T-Minus Engineering

operational
Netherlands Est. 2011

T-Minus Engineering is a Dutch aerospace company headquartered in Delft, specializing in solid-fuel suborbital sounding rockets for scientific researc...

Leadership: Roel Eerkens (co-founder)

Tehiru

operational
Israel Est. 2022

Tehiru is an Israeli-American aerospace startup developing a reusable air-launched small satellite launch vehicle with a hybrid rocket propulsion arch...

The Exploration Company

operational
Germany Est. 2021

The Exploration Company (TEC) is a Munich-based European space logistics startup founded in 2021 developing Nyx, a reusable uncrewed cargo spacecraft ...

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station

operational
India Est. 1962

TERLS (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station) is India's first and most historically significant rocket launch site, located at Thiruvananthapura...

United Launch Alliance

operational
United States Est. 2006 heavy-lift

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a premier launch services provider formed as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, delivering reliable a...

Leadership: Tory Bruno (CEO)

Ursa Major

operational
United States Est. 2015

Ursa Major is a privately held liquid rocket engine manufacturer based in Berthoud, Colorado, founded in 2015 by Joe Laurienti, a former SpaceX and Bl...

Leadership: Joe Laurienti (CEO

USC Astronautics

operational
United States Est. 1880

The Department of Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering in Los Angeles is one of the ...

Veng

operational
Argentina Est. 2011

Founded in 2011 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Veng is a technology and services company specializing in the space sector. The company’s core b...

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

operational
India Est. 1962

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is ISRO's lead center for launch vehicle technology, located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, named after India's sp...

Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site

operational
China Est. 2014

The Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site is China's newest and lowest-latitude operational spaceport, located near Wenchang on Hainan Island at approximate...

Zero 2 Infinity

operational
Spain Est. 2009 balloon

Zero 2 Infinity is a Barcelona, Spain-based aerospace company founded in 2009 developing two complementary near-space and orbital access services: hig...

AVIO

public
Italy Est. 1984 small-lift

AVIO is an Italian aerospace company listed on Borsa Italiana (ticker: AVIO.MI) specializing in the development and operation of the Vega family of sm...

Hanwha Aerospace

public
South Korea Est. 1977

Hanwha Aerospace, publicly traded on the Korea Stock Exchange (ticker 012450.KS, ~$8B market cap), is South Korea's largest aerospace and defense comp...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

public
Japan Est. 1884 heavy-lift

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), founded in 1884 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's largest industrial conglomerates with reve...

Northrop Grumman

public
United States Est. 1939 medium-lift

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global aerospace and defense technology company that is a leading provider of space systems, launch vehicles, and sa...

Leadership: Kathy Warden (Chair

Rocket Lab

public
United States Est. 2006 small-lift

Rocket Lab is a leading aerospace company providing end-to-end space solutions including launch services, spacecraft manufacturing, and on-orbit opera...

Leadership: Peter Beck (Founder

Safran Aerospace

public
France Est. 2005

Safran is a French multinational aerospace and defense group (Euronext: SAF, ~€20B revenue, ~100,000 employees) with major space hardware divisions. S...

Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1

development
United States Est. 2015

Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1, founded in 2015 and based in Sacramento, United States, is a company focused on the development of rocket propulsion systems a...

Aevum Inc

development
United States Est. 2016 orbital-rocket

Aevum Inc. is an American autonomous air-launch company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, that developed the Ravn X — claimed ...

Angkasa-X

development
Malaysia Est. 2020

Angkasa-X is a Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian commercial space company founded in 2020 with the ambitious goal of becoming Southeast Asia's first indige...

Auriga Space

development
United States Est. 2022

Auriga Space is a California company developing a ground-based electromagnetic launch system that uses magnetic levitation to accelerate rockets to hy...

Leadership: Winnie Lai (founder

B2Space

development
United Kingdom Est. 2016

B2Space is a near-space operations company founded in 2016 in the UK with operations in Spain, developing a balloon-based 'rockoon' launch system to p...

Bizu Space

development
Brazil Est. 2023

Bizu Space is a Brazilian launch-technology startup developing rocket propulsion for space access using domestically built technology. It is a strateg...

Black Arrow Space

development
United Kingdom Est. 2017

Black Arrow Space, founded in 2017 and based in Plymouth, United Kingdom, is a space company focused on providing launch services. The company is curr...

Canada Rocket Company

development
Canada Est. 2025

Canada Rocket Company (CRC) is a Toronto-based launch startup that emerged from stealth in January 2026 with C$6.2 million in seed funding, aiming to ...

Leadership: Hugh Kolias (founder

Cosmoleap

development
China Est. 2024 small-lift

Cosmoleap (凌空天行, Lingkong Tianxing) is a Beijing-based Chinese commercial launch vehicle startup founded in 2018 developing liquid-methane/liquid-oxyg...

Deep Blue Aerospace

development
China Est. 2016 small-lift

Deep Blue Aerospace (深蓝航天, Shenlanhangtiān), founded in 2016 and headquartered in Beijing, is a Chinese private launch company developing reusable liq...

Leadership: Huo Liang (CEO)

Equatorial Space Systems

development
Singapore Est. 2017 small-lift

Equatorial Space Systems is a Singaporean launch vehicle startup founded in 2019 developing small satellite launch capabilities targeting the Southeas...

EtherealX

development
India Est. 2022

EtherealX is an Indian launch vehicle startup developing Razor Crest Mk-1, a fully reusable medium-lift rocket designed to place up to roughly eight t...

Leadership: Manu J. Nair (co-founder

Firefly Blue Ghost

development
United States Est. 2021

Firefly Aerospace is a U.S.-based space company founded in 2021 focused on enabling launch, landing, and operations across space, with a particular em...

Firefly Defense

development
United States Est. 2023

Firefly Defense is the defense-focused division of Firefly Aerospace, a U.S.-based space company founded in 2023, providing launch and space services....

Gilmour Space

development
Australia Est. 2013 small-lift

Gilmour Space Technologies is an Australian space company developing the Eris orbital launch vehicle, a three-stage rocket standing 25 meters tall wit...

Leadership: Adam Gilmour (CEO

Gravitilab Aerospace

development
United Kingdom Est. 2020

Gravitilab Aerospace is a Scottish aerospace company developing suborbital rockets for space environment testing and research services. Founded in 202...

Green Launch

development
United States Est. 2016

Green Launch, founded in 2019 and based in Austin, Texas, is a launch vehicle company focused on dramatically reducing the cost and increasing the ava...

HyImpulse Technologies

development
Germany Est. 2018 small-lift

HyImpulse Technologies GmbH is a German aerospace company focused on revolutionizing access to space by making it affordable and environmentally susta...

Leadership: Dr. Christian Schmierer (CEO

HyPrSpace

development
France Est. 2019

HyPrSpace is a Bordeaux, France-based launch startup founded in 2019 developing hybrid-propulsion micro-launch vehicles targeting the emerging smallsa...

Innovative Space Carrier

development
Japan Est. 2022

Innovative Space Carrier (ISC) is a Japanese launch startup founded in 2022 and led by CEO Kojiro Hatada, developing the ASCA fully reusable, single-s...

Leadership: Kojiro Hatada (founder

Isar Aerospace

development
Germany Est. 2018 small-lift

Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company founded in March 2018 by Daniel Metzler (CEO), Markus Brandl, and Josef Peter Fleischmann, who met at Tec...

Leadership: Daniel Metzler (CEO

Jiuzhou Yunjian

development
China Est. 2017 small-lift

Jiuzhou Yunjian (九州云箭, literally "Nine Provinces Cloud Arrow") is a Chinese private rocket company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Beijing, devel...

Latitude

development
France Est. 2021 small-lift

Latitude (formerly Nexeya Space, rebranded 2021) is a French company developing the Zephyr small orbital launch vehicle and end-to-end nanosatellite s...

LIA Aerospace

development
Argentina Est. 2019 orbital-rocket

LIA Aerospace (Laboratorio de Investigación Aeroespacial), a Buenos Aires-based Argentine aerospace startup, is developing sustainable propulsion syst...

MaiaSpace

development
France Est. 2022

MaiaSpace is a French commercial launch company and subsidiary of ArianeGroup, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Les Mureaux. The company is develo...

Nakuja Project

development
Kenya Est. 2021

Nakuja Project is a Kenyan rocketry and small-launch initiative based at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) near Nairobi. ...

Nayuta Space

development
China Est. 2023

Nayuta Space is a Beijing-based aerospace company founded in 2023 focused on the development of launch vehicles and reusable rocket technology. The co...

Orbitalum

development
Germany Est. 2021

Orbitalum is a German micro-launcher startup founded in 2021 and based in Bremen, Lower Saxony, developing small liquid-propellant launch vehicles tar...

Pangea Aerospace

development
Spain Est. 2018

Pangea Aerospace is a Spanish propulsion company based in Barcelona developing methalox (methane/liquid oxygen) rocket engines using aerospike nozzle ...

PD AeroSpace

development
Japan Est. 2007 suborbital-rocket

PD AeroSpace (PD stands for Pulse Detonation) is a Japanese aerospace company developing suborbital spaceplanes using hybrid jet-rocket propulsion wit...

Perigee Aerospace

development
South Korea Est. 2018 small-lift

Perigee Aerospace is a South Korean commercial launch company developing the Blue Whale series of small orbital rockets. Founded in 2018 in Seoul, Per...

Phantom Space Corporation

development
United States Est. 2019 small-lift

Phantom Space Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in Tucson, Arizona, is a vertically integrated space company focused on providing end-to-end solu...

Leadership: Jim Cantrell (CEO)

Polaris Spaceplanes

development
Germany Est. 2019

Polaris Spaceplanes is a Bremen, Germany-based launch startup founded in 2019 developing a concept for fully reusable horizontal take-off, horizontal ...

Promin Aerospace

development
Ukraine Est. 2021

Promin Aerospace is a Ukrainian launch startup founded in 2021 by aerospace researcher Vitaliy Yemets and entrepreneur Misha Rudominski. The company i...

Leadership: Misha Rudominski (CEO)

Pythom Space

development
United States Est. 2020

Pythom Space is a Swedish-American aerospace company based in Bishop, California, founded by explorers and engineers Tina and Tom Sjogren. The company...

Leadership: Tom Sjogren (co-founder)

Radian Aerospace

development
United States Est. 2016 spaceplane

Radian Aerospace is developing Radian One, a horizontal takeoff/landing single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane—the 'holy grail' of space transportation. The...

RFA (Rocket Factory Augsburg)

development
Germany Est. 2018 small-lift

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is a German launch startup founded in 2018 and headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria, developing the RFA ONE small launch v...

Rocket Factory Augsburg

development
Germany Est. 2018 small-lift

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is a German commercial launch company developing the RFA ONE rocket for small and medium satellite launches. Founded in ...

Leadership: Stefan Brieschenk (CEO)

Rocket Lab National Security

development
United States Est. 2021

Rocket Lab National Security is a division of Rocket Lab, an end-to-end space company providing launch services, spacecraft development and manufactur...

Rocket Lab Photon

development
United States Est. 2019

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing comprehensive space solutions, from launch services to complete spacecraft and satellite component...

Rocket Lab Rutherford Factory

development
United States Est. 2018

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing comprehensive space solutions, from launch services and spacecraft development to satellite compon...

Skyrora

development
United Kingdom Est. 2017 small-lift

Skyrora is a Glasgow-based UK rocket company developing launch vehicles to provide British sovereign space access. In August 2025, the UK Civil Aviati...

Leadership: Volodymyr Levykin (CEO)

Space Epoch

development
China Est. 2023

Space Epoch (Shanghai Yuanxinghang Technology, 上海元行航) is a Chinese reusable launch vehicle startup founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing with t...

Space One

development
Japan Est. 2018 small-lift

Space One is a Japanese commercial launch company developing the KAIROS solid-fuel small rocket for responsive satellite launches. Founded in 2018 by ...

Space Pioneer

development
China Est. 2019 small-lift

Space Pioneer (北京天兵科技, Beijing Tianbing Technology) is a Chinese commercial launch company that made history on April 2, 2023, when its Tianlong-2 (TL...

Space Transportation

development
China Est. 2012 spaceplane

Space Transportation (凌空天行, Lingkong Tianxing) is a Beijing-based Chinese commercial aerospace company founded in 2018 developing a family of reusable...

SpaceForest

development
Poland Est. 2016

SpaceForest, founded in 2016 and based in Gdynia, Poland, is a technology company specializing in the development and commercialization of advanced sy...

SpinLaunch

development
United States Est. 2014 kinetic-launch

SpinLaunch is a Long Beach, California company developing a kinetic energy launch system that uses a ground-based centrifuge to spin-accelerate small ...

Leadership: Jonathan Yaney (CEO

Stoke Space

development
United States Est. 2019 medium-lift

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kent, Washington, Stoke Space Technologies is a launch vehicle company focused on developing fully reusable rocke...

Leadership: Andy Lapsa (CEO

Success Rockets

development
Russia Est. 2017

Success Rockets, founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a company focused on the development of small launch vehicles. While currently positi...

TiSpace

development
Taiwan Est. 2016 suborbital-rocket

Taiwan Innovative Space (TiSpace) is a Hsinchu, Taiwan-based launch vehicle startup founded in 2016 developing hybrid propulsion rocket technology for...

TLON Space

development
Argentina Est. 2021 orbital-rocket

TLON Space is an Argentine aerospace startup developing Aventura I — a small, environmentally sustainable orbital launch vehicle designed to provide a...

Unastella

development
South Korea Est. 2022

Unastella (유나스텔라) is a Seoul, South Korea-based commercial space tourism and launch startup founded in 2022, positioning itself as South Korea's first...

Vaya Space

development
United States Est. 2017 orbital-rocket

Vaya Space (formerly Rocket Crafters), founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cocoa, Florida, develops hybrid rocket propulsion technology using a propr...

Veloces

development
United States Est. 2023

Veloces is a Los Angeles-based space company founded in 2023 focused on the development of launch vehicles. Currently, the company’s core business cen...

Venture Orbital Systems

development
France Est. 2019

Venture Orbital Systems is a Reims, France-based micro-launch startup founded in 2019 developing the Zephyr small launch vehicle targeting 50 kg to 50...

Venturi Lab

development
Switzerland Est. 2021

Venturi Lab is a relatively new Italian aerospace company, founded in 2021 and based in Naples, currently focused on the development of orbital launch...

Wave Motion Launch

development
United States Est. 2023

Wave Motion Launch is a newly established launch vehicle company founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, California. The company is currently focu...

Launcher

acquired
United States Est. 2017

Launcher was an American space transportation company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, that developed the E-2 liquid rocket...

Launcher (acquired by Vast)

acquired
United States Est. 2017

Launcher (later renamed Launcher Space) was a Hawthorne, California-based company that developed rocket propulsion and orbital transfer vehicles using...

Launcher Space Services

acquired
United States Est. 2018

Launcher Space Services, a company under the Vast umbrella, is focused on providing launch services, specifically orbital deployment for small satelli...

Arianespace - Sea Launch

defunct
International Est. 1995 medium-lift

Sea Launch was a multinational ocean-based launch service founded in 1995 as a joint venture between Boeing (USA), RSC Energia (Russia), Yuzhnoye/Yuzh...

Dark

defunct
France Est. 2021

Dark (formerly Dark Aerospace) is a Bordeaux, France-based launch vehicle startup founded in 2021 developing Interceptor, an ultra-responsive small ro...

Leo Aerospace

defunct
United States Est. 2017

Leo Aerospace, founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, is a launch services company focused on providing dedicated and responsive access to space fo...

Masten Space Systems

defunct
United States Est. 2004

Masten Space Systems was a Mojave, California-based rocket company founded in 2004 that pioneered vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket pro...

Orbex

defunct
United Kingdom Est. 2015 small-lift

Orbex (Orbital Express Launch Ltd.) is a United Kingdom-based aerospace company headquartered in Forres, Moray, Scotland, with subsidiaries in Denmark...

Leadership: Phillip Chambers (CEO)

SpaceRyde

defunct
Canada Est. 2018 orbital-rocket

SpaceRyde is a Concord, Ontario-based Canadian launch startup founded in 2018 developing a balloon-assisted small satellite launch system that uses a ...

Vector Launch

defunct
United States Est. 2016 small-lift

Vector Launch was an American small satellite launch startup founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, that developed the Vector-R and Vec...

Virgin Orbit

defunct
United States Est. 2017 small-lift

Virgin Orbit was a launch services company founded in 2017 as a spin-off from Virgin Galactic, developing the air-launched LauncherOne rocket system. ...

ABL Space Systems

restructured
United States Est. 2017 small-lift

ABL Space Systems, now rebranded as Long Wall following a strategic pivot in late 2024, was an American launch vehicle developer that operated the RS1...

Leadership: Harry O'Hanley (CEO

Astra

private
United States Est. 2016 small-lift

Astra Space was an American launch company that developed small orbital rockets with a goal of frequent, low-cost launches for small satellites. Found...

Leadership: Chris Kemp (CEO