Institution type
Commercial Space Company
A private company that develops launch vehicles, spacecraft, or satellites — increasingly under contract to space agencies. SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, and the established aerospace primes span the field.
In brief
A private company building launch vehicles, spacecraft, or satellites.
Institutions of this type
Knowledge connections
- Group includesSpaceX
- Group includesBlue Origin
- Group includesRocket Lab
- Group includesUnited Launch Alliance
- Group includesArianespace
- Group includesRelativity Space
- Group includesFirefly Aerospace
- Group includesIsar Aerospace
- Group includesPLD Space
- Group includesVirgin Orbit
- Group includesLockheed Martin
- Group includesNorthrop Grumman Space Systems
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.