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Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
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Small Satellite Launchers
View in Airtable fullscreen (much more data and search filters)103 launchers in this table.
| Organization | Launcher | Founded | Status | First launch | Launches | Price per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | Pegasus | 1994 | Operational | 1990 | 43 | 126400 $/kg |
| Makeyev OKB | Shtil | 1947 | Retired | 1998 | 2 | - |
| SpaceX | Falcon 1e | 2013 | Retired | 2008 | 5 | 11000 $/kg |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne | SPARK / Super Strypi | 1942 | Retired? | 2015 | 1 | - |
| CASIC / Exspace | Fei Tian 1 / Kuaizhou-1A | 1999 | Operational | 2017 | 2 | 20000 $/kg |
| Rocket Lab | Electron | 2006 | Operational | 2017 | 6 | 39300 $/kg |
| JAXA | SS-520-4 | 2003 | Operational | 2017 | 2 | - |
| LandSpace | Zhuque-1 (ZQ-1) | 2015 | Operational | 2018 | 1 | - |
| One Space | OS-M | 2015 | Operational | 2019 | 1 | - |
| Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Vector Space Systems | Vector-R | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 25000 $/kg |
| Zero 2 Infinity | Bloostar | 2009 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 53300 $/kg |
| Astra Space (Stealth Space Company) | Astra | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| CTA | VLM | 1953 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| Vector Space Systems | Vector-H | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 10300 $/kg |
| i-Space | Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian) | 2017 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| Aevum | Ravn | 2016 | Waitlist / Unknown | 2019 | 0 | - |
| CloudIX (Nine) | - | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| Chinarocket | Smart Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| Rocketcrafters | Intrepid-1 | 2010 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 14400 $/kg |
| CONAE | Tronador II | 1991 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| Firefly | Alpha (α) | 2014 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 9000 $/kg |
| ISRO | PSLV Light? | 1969 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| RocketStar | StarLord | 2015 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - |
| SpaceOps | Rocky 1 | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 20000 $/kg |
| Equatorial Space Industries | Volans | 2017 | In development | 2019 | 0 | 20000 $/kg |
| Link Space | New Line 1 | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| Cubecab | Cab-3A | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Nammo | North Star | 1998 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Gilmour Space | Eris | 2012 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| ABL Space Systems | RS1 | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 10000 $/kg |
| Relativity Space | Terran 1 | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 11100 $/kg |
| Reaction Dynamics | - | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| bluShift Aerospace | Red Dwarf | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 25000 $/kg |
| Eclipse Orbital | The Corona | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Thor Launch Systems | - | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Dawn Aerospace | MK-3 (Mk-II) | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Deep Blue Aerospace | Nebula-1 | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| SpaceRyde (Loonify) | - | 2018 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Skyroot Aerospace | Vikram 1 | 2018 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| UP Aerospace | Spyder | 1998 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 100000 $/kg |
| PLD Space | Miura 5 (Arion 2) | 2011 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Interstellar Technologies | Zero | 2003 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Avio | Vega Light | 1908 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Masterra Space | Equinox | 1984 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Space One (Canon, IHI) | - | 2017 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| United Frontiers | Discovery 2 | 2018 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 2000 $/kg |
| SpinLaunch | - | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | - |
| Orbital Access | Orbital 500 | 2015 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| Smallspark Space Systems | Frost 1 | 2018 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| Independence-X | DNLV | 1972 | In development | 2023 | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| Roketsan | UFS | 1988 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| LAUNCHER Space | - | 2016 | In development | 2025 | 0 | - |
| Bagaveev Corporation | Bagaveev | 2013 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Black Arrow | Black Arrow 2 | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | 31500 $/kg |
| Scorpius Space Launch | Demi-Sprite | 1984 | In development | ? | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| TLON Space | Aventura I | 2010 | In development | ? | 0 | 5000 $/kg |
| Tranquility Aerospace | Devon Two | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| MISHAAL Aerospace | M-OV | 2010 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| SpaceLS | Prometheus-1 | 2010 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Celestia Aerospace | Space Arrow CM | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | 12500 $/kg |
| VALT Enterprises | VALT | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | 68000 $/kg |
| Lin Industrial | Taymyr-1A | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | 41700 $/kg |
| Orbex Space | - | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Fore Dynamics | NFR-1 | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Skyrora | Skyrora XL | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Odyne Space | - | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) | Rainbow | 1972 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Space Transportation | Tian Xing-1 | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Generation Orbit | GoLauncher 2 | 2011 | In development | ? | 0 | 75000 $/kg |
| Exos Aerospace | Jaguar | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Heliaq | ALV-2 | 2012 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| LEO Aerospace | - | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | Chetak | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | 13300 $/kg |
| Stofiel Aerospace | BOREAS | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| New Rocket Technologies | - | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| i-Space (Space Honor) | - | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Agnikul Cosmos | AgniBaan | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| MT Aerospace | MTA, WARR, Daneo | 2005 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Pythom | Pythom | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Rose Galactic | Anthium Orbital Cannon | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Advanced Rockets Corporation | DELV | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| HyImpulse | - | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Pangea Aerospace | Meso | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Vogue Aerospace | USM-CLV | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Spacedarts | - | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | 4000 $/kg |
| Isar Aerospace | Spectrum | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Earth to Sky | - | 2008 | In development | ? | 0 | 15600 $/kg |
| Frontier Astronautics | - | 2008 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Wagner Industries | Konshu | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Interorbital Systems | NEPTUNE N5 | 1996 | In development | ? | 0 | 12500 $/kg |
| ARCA Space | Haas 2C | 1999 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| STAR | Phoenix | 2015 | Concept | 2026 | 0 | - |
| Phoenix | Phoenix | 2019 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Green Launch | - | 2016 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Acrux Aerospace Technologies | Montenegro | 2008 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Leaf Space | Primo | 2014 | Concept | Never? | 0 | - |
| Lex Aerospace | - | 2017 | Concept | Never? | 0 | - |
| Perigee / Perry Rocket | - | 2014 | Dormant | Never? | 0 | - |
| bspace | Volant | 2016 | Dormant | Never? | 0 | - |
| Aphelion Orbitals | Helios / Feynman | 2015 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | 39300 $/kg |
| Open Space Orbital | Neutrino I | 2014 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | - |
| Swiss Space Systems | SOAR | 2012 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | 40000 $/kg |
Last update: 2019-06-11 | Changelog
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