Launch Providers
Compare 183 launch providers delivering payloads to orbit.
New Space Tracker directory, Apr 2026 — counts drawn from company records and FAA AST licensing data
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Abyom SpaceTech
operationalAbyom SpaceTech is an Indian startup based in Hyderabad focused on developing advanced launch vehicle technology. The company is pioneering the develo...
Agnikul Cosmos
operationalAgnikul 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
operationalAirbus 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
operationalCentro 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
operationalAndøya Space, headquartered on Andøya island in Nordland county, northern Norway (69°N latitude, above the Arctic Circle), operates the Andøya Spacepo...
AnyShape
operationalAnyShape is a Belgium-based aerospace additive manufacturing company certified to ISO 9001 and EN 9100 (the aerospace quality management system standa...
Arceon
operationalArceon 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
operationalArianeGroup 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
operationalArianespace 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
operationalAstraius 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
operationalAstron 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
operationalBlack 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
operationalBlue 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
operationalbluShift Aerospace, founded in 2014 and based in Brunswick, Maine, is a propulsion company focused on developing innovative rocket engines for the spa...
CALT
operationalChina 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
operationalCAS 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
operationalChina 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
operationalChina 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
operationalCelestis, 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
operationalChina Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), established in 1980, operates as the primary commercial interface for China’s state-owned China Aerospa...
CST Composites
operationalCST Composites, headquartered in Australia, is a carbon fiber composite materials manufacturer and engineering company serving aerospace, defense, and...
Dawn Aerospace
operationalDawn 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
operationalDawn 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
operationalDeltaV Space Technologies is a Turkish aerospace company specializing in hybrid rocket propulsion systems, celebrated for achieving the world's first ...
DM3D Technology
operationalDM3D Technology is an Auburn Hills, Michigan-based metal additive manufacturing company specializing in Directed Energy Deposition (DED) — a process d...
EOS GmbH
operationalEOS 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
operationalEquatorial Launch Australia (ELA), founded in 2018 and headquartered in Darwin, Northern Territory, operates the Arnhem Space Centre located on the Ar...
Esrange Space Center
operationalEsrange 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
operationalExos Aerospace, founded in 2014 and based in Caddo Mills, Texas, is a launch vehicle company focused on developing reusable suborbital launch vehicles...
Expace
operationalExpace Technology (ExPace), established around 2016 and headquartered in Wuhan, China, is a commercial launch services subsidiary of CASIC (China Aero...
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Firefly Aerospace
operationalFirefly 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
operationalFirehawk Aerospace is a Dallas-area hybrid rocket motor developer founded in 2019, combining additive manufacturing with hybrid propulsion to produce ...
Galactic Energy
operationalGalactic 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
operationalGAUSS 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)
operationali-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
operationalIHI 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
operationalThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national space agency, established in 1969 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, founded...
Indonesian Space Agency
operationalBRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional / National Research and Innovation Agency) is Indonesia's consolidated national research body that absorbed LAP...
Innospace
operationalInnospace 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
operationalInnospace Korea is the corporate entity of Innospace — South Korea's first successful commercial liquid-fuel rocket company, founded in 2017 and headq...
Interstellar Technologies
operationalInterstellar 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
operationalBeijing 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
operationalIsrael 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
operationalIsrael 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
operationalThe 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
operationalThe 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
operationalJiuquan 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
operationalKawasaki Heavy Industries Space Division (KHI, TYO:7012) is the aerospace manufacturing arm of Japan's iconic heavy industry conglomerate, responsible...
Khosla Ventures
operationalKhosla 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
operationalKhrunichev 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
operationalThe Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea, is the nation's principal government aerospace research and deve...
LandSpace
operationalLandSpace 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
operationalLinkSpace, 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
operationalThe 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
operationalMahia 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
operationalMaritime Launch Services, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's commercial launch services company developing Spacepo...
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
operationalThe Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial spaceport located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, operated b...
MT Aerospace
operationalMT 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
operationalNASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, established in 1960 and located in Huntsville, Alabama, serves as the agency’s lead center for propulsion systems...
NASASpaceFlight
operationalNASASpaceFlight, 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
operationalNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) is the space and launch vehicle division created in 2018 when Northrop Grumman Corporation acquired Orbital...
Northrop Grumman Space
operationalNorthrop Grumman Space Systems is a leading provider of comprehensive space solutions for government, civil, and commercial customers. Founded in 1994...
NPO Energomash
operationalNPO Energomash, founded in 1929 and based in Khimki, Russia, is a leading rocket engine manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and prod...
OHB System
operationalOHB 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
operationalOrienspace (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
operationalPacific 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
operationalThe Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum (Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde, HTM Peenemünde) is a technical history museum opened in 1991 on ...
PLD Space
operationalPLD 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
operationalProgress Rocket Space Centre (RKTs Progress, Ракетно-Космический Центр «Прогресс») is Russia's primary manufacturer of the Soyuz launch vehicle family...
Reaction Dynamics
operationalReaction Dynamics is a Quebec, Canada-based launch startup developing the Aurora small orbital launch vehicle using a novel eco-friendly hybrid propul...
Relativity Space
operationalRelativity 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
operationalRendezvous 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
operationalRocket 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
operationalRocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing comprehensive space solutions, encompassing launch services, complete spacecraft development and m...
Rocket Lab New Zealand
operationalRocket Lab New Zealand is an end-to-end space company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, providing comprehensive space solutions from launch serv...
Roketsan
operationalRoketsan 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
operationalRoscosmos (State Space Corporation for Space Activities, Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), restructured as a state ...
RSC Energia
operationalRocket 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
operationalBeyond Gravity, formerly RUAG Space, is a European space supplier specializing in the design, development, and manufacture of critical components and ...
S7 Space
operationalS7 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
operationalSeagate Space (not affiliated with Seagate Technology) is a Tampa, Florida-based startup developing offshore launch platforms for small orbital rocket...
Skyroot Aerospace
operationalSkyroot 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
operationalSouthern Launch, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, is an Australian launch services company developing launch infrastruc...
Space One Japan
operationalSpace One Japan is a Japanese aerospace company focused on the development of dedicated small satellite launch capabilities. The company is currently ...
Space Rickshaw
operationalSpace Rickshaw is an Indian NewSpace startup developing unmanned orbital laboratory platforms (space labs) and reusable re-entry capsules for microgra...
Space Walker
operationalSpace Walker is a Japanese startup originating from Tokyo University of Science, focused on developing reusable suborbital spaceplanes. The company’s ...
Spaceflight Inc.
operationalSpaceflight Inc. is a Seattle-based aerospace company specializing in rideshare launch coordination and satellite deployment services, acquired by Fir...
Spaceflight Industries
operationalSpaceflight Inc. (formerly Spaceflight Industries), headquartered in Seattle, Washington and founded in 2011, is a U.S. rideshare launch services prov...
SpaceX
operationalSpace 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
operationalSpaceX, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, is a vertically integrated aerospace manufacturer and space transportation service...
SSC - Swedish Space Corporation
operationalSwedish Space Corporation (SSC), founded in 1972 and headquartered in Solna, Sweden, is a state-owned Swedish space infrastructure and services compan...
SSC Space
operationalSSC 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)
operationalSwedish 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
operationalThe 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
operationalSwedish 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
operationalT-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
operationalTehiru is an Israeli-American aerospace startup developing a reusable air-launched small satellite launch vehicle with a hybrid rocket propulsion arch...
The Exploration Company
operationalThe 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
operationalTERLS (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station) is India's first and most historically significant rocket launch site, located at Thiruvananthapura...
United Launch Alliance
operationalUnited 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
operationalUrsa 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
operationalThe Department of Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering in Los Angeles is one of the ...
Veng
operationalFounded 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
operationalVikram 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
operationalThe Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site is China's newest and lowest-latitude operational spaceport, located near Wenchang on Hainan Island at approximate...
Zero 2 Infinity
operationalZero 2 Infinity is a Barcelona, Spain-based aerospace company founded in 2009 developing two complementary near-space and orbital access services: hig...
AVIO
publicAVIO 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
publicHanwha 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
publicMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), founded in 1884 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's largest industrial conglomerates with reve...
Northrop Grumman
publicNorthrop 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
publicRocket 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
publicSafran is a French multinational aerospace and defense group (Euronext: SAF, ~€20B revenue, ~100,000 employees) with major space hardware divisions. S...
Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1
developmentAerojet 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
developmentAevum Inc. is an American autonomous air-launch company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, that developed the Ravn X — claimed ...
Angkasa-X
developmentAngkasa-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
developmentAuriga 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
developmentB2Space 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
developmentBizu Space is a Brazilian launch-technology startup developing rocket propulsion for space access using domestically built technology. It is a strateg...
Black Arrow Space
developmentBlack 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
developmentCanada 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
developmentCosmoleap (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
developmentDeep 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
developmentEquatorial Space Systems is a Singaporean launch vehicle startup founded in 2019 developing small satellite launch capabilities targeting the Southeas...
EtherealX
developmentEtherealX 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
developmentFirefly 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
developmentFirefly 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
developmentGilmour 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
developmentGravitilab Aerospace is a Scottish aerospace company developing suborbital rockets for space environment testing and research services. Founded in 202...
Green Launch
developmentGreen 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
developmentHyImpulse 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
developmentHyPrSpace is a Bordeaux, France-based launch startup founded in 2019 developing hybrid-propulsion micro-launch vehicles targeting the emerging smallsa...
Innovative Space Carrier
developmentInnovative 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
developmentIsar 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
developmentJiuzhou 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
developmentLatitude (formerly Nexeya Space, rebranded 2021) is a French company developing the Zephyr small orbital launch vehicle and end-to-end nanosatellite s...
LIA Aerospace
developmentLIA Aerospace (Laboratorio de Investigación Aeroespacial), a Buenos Aires-based Argentine aerospace startup, is developing sustainable propulsion syst...
MaiaSpace
developmentMaiaSpace is a French commercial launch company and subsidiary of ArianeGroup, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Les Mureaux. The company is develo...
Nakuja Project
developmentNakuja Project is a Kenyan rocketry and small-launch initiative based at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) near Nairobi. ...
Nayuta Space
developmentNayuta Space is a Beijing-based aerospace company founded in 2023 focused on the development of launch vehicles and reusable rocket technology. The co...
Orbitalum
developmentOrbitalum is a German micro-launcher startup founded in 2021 and based in Bremen, Lower Saxony, developing small liquid-propellant launch vehicles tar...
Pangea Aerospace
developmentPangea Aerospace is a Spanish propulsion company based in Barcelona developing methalox (methane/liquid oxygen) rocket engines using aerospike nozzle ...
PD AeroSpace
developmentPD AeroSpace (PD stands for Pulse Detonation) is a Japanese aerospace company developing suborbital spaceplanes using hybrid jet-rocket propulsion wit...
Perigee Aerospace
developmentPerigee 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
developmentPhantom 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
developmentPolaris Spaceplanes is a Bremen, Germany-based launch startup founded in 2019 developing a concept for fully reusable horizontal take-off, horizontal ...
Promin Aerospace
developmentPromin 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
developmentPythom 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
developmentRadian 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)
developmentRocket 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
developmentRocket 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
developmentRocket 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
developmentRocket 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
developmentRocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing comprehensive space solutions, from launch services and spacecraft development to satellite compon...
Skyrora
developmentSkyrora 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
developmentSpace 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
developmentSpace One is a Japanese commercial launch company developing the KAIROS solid-fuel small rocket for responsive satellite launches. Founded in 2018 by ...
Space Pioneer
developmentSpace 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
developmentSpace Transportation (凌空天行, Lingkong Tianxing) is a Beijing-based Chinese commercial aerospace company founded in 2018 developing a family of reusable...
SpaceForest
developmentSpaceForest, founded in 2016 and based in Gdynia, Poland, is a technology company specializing in the development and commercialization of advanced sy...
SpinLaunch
developmentSpinLaunch 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
developmentFounded 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
developmentSuccess Rockets, founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a company focused on the development of small launch vehicles. While currently positi...
TiSpace
developmentTaiwan Innovative Space (TiSpace) is a Hsinchu, Taiwan-based launch vehicle startup founded in 2016 developing hybrid propulsion rocket technology for...
TLON Space
developmentTLON Space is an Argentine aerospace startup developing Aventura I — a small, environmentally sustainable orbital launch vehicle designed to provide a...
Unastella
developmentUnastella (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
developmentVaya Space (formerly Rocket Crafters), founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cocoa, Florida, develops hybrid rocket propulsion technology using a propr...
Veloces
developmentVeloces 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
developmentVenture 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
developmentVenturi 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
developmentWave Motion Launch is a newly established launch vehicle company founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, California. The company is currently focu...
Launcher
acquiredLauncher 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)
acquiredLauncher (later renamed Launcher Space) was a Hawthorne, California-based company that developed rocket propulsion and orbital transfer vehicles using...
Launcher Space Services
acquiredLauncher Space Services, a company under the Vast umbrella, is focused on providing launch services, specifically orbital deployment for small satelli...
Arianespace - Sea Launch
defunctSea Launch was a multinational ocean-based launch service founded in 1995 as a joint venture between Boeing (USA), RSC Energia (Russia), Yuzhnoye/Yuzh...
Dark
defunctDark (formerly Dark Aerospace) is a Bordeaux, France-based launch vehicle startup founded in 2021 developing Interceptor, an ultra-responsive small ro...
Leo Aerospace
defunctLeo 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
defunctMasten Space Systems was a Mojave, California-based rocket company founded in 2004 that pioneered vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket pro...
Orbex
defunctOrbex (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
defunctSpaceRyde is a Concord, Ontario-based Canadian launch startup founded in 2018 developing a balloon-assisted small satellite launch system that uses a ...
Vector Launch
defunctVector 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
defunctVirgin 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
restructuredABL 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
privateAstra 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
