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

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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