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NewSpace Index
Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
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Small Satellite Launchers
Aiming to gather all small satellite launchers with up to 1000 kg performance to SSO. Active, planned and cancelled initiatives included.
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124 launchers in this table.
| Organization | Launcher | Founded | Status | First launch | Launches | Price per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | Pegasus | 1994 | Operational | 1990 | 44 | 126400 $/kg |
| Makeyev OKB | Shtil | 1947 | Retired | 1998 | 2 | - |
| SpaceX | Falcon 1e | 2002 | Retired | 2008 | 5 | 11000 $/kg |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne | SPARK / Super Strypi | 1942 | Retired | 2015 | 1 | - |
| CASIC / ExPace | Kuaizhou-1A (Fei Tian 1) | 1999 | Operational | 2017 | 8 | 20000 $/kg |
| Rocket Lab | Electron | 2006 | Operational | 2017 | 10 | 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 | - |
| i-Space | Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian) | 2017 | Operational | 2019 | 1 | - |
| China Rocket | Smart Dragon-1 (Jielong-1) | 2016 | Operational | 2019 | 1 | - |
| Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Astra Space | Rocket | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 25000 $/kg |
| Firefly | Alpha (α) | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 9000 $/kg |
| ABL Space Systems | RS1 | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 13700 $/kg |
| ISRO | SSLV (PSLV Light) | 1969 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Reaction Dynamics | ? | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| CONAE | Tronador II | 1991 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Rocketcrafters | Intrepid-1 | 2010 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 14400 $/kg |
| CTA | VLM | 1953 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Galactic Energy | Ceres-1 | 2018 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Space Trek | Xingtu-1 (XT-1) | 2018 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| TiSPACE | Hapith V | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Deep Blue Aerospace | Nebula-1 | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Spaceryde | ? | 2018 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Perigee | Blue Whale | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | 40000 $/kg |
| Gilmour Space | Eris-S | 2012 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Relativity Space | Terran 1 | 2016 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 11100 $/kg |
| Skyroot | Vikram 1 | 2018 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Aevum | Ravn X | 2016 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Link Space | New Line 1 | 2014 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| UP Aerospace | Spyder Orbital | 1998 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 100000 $/kg |
| Swedish Space Corporation | Rainbow | 1972 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| PLD Space | Miura 5 (Arion 2) | 2011 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Interstellar Technologies | Zero | 2003 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Earth to Sky | ? | 2008 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 13300 $/kg |
| Firehawk Aerospace | Firehawk-1 | 2018 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Orbex Space | ? | 2015 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Space One | ? | 2017 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| OHB Cosmos | ? | 1995 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - |
| Independence-X | DNLV | 2013 | In development | 2021 | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| HyImpulse | ? | 2018 | In development | 2022 | 0 | - |
| bluShift Aerospace | Red Dwarf | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Cubecab | Cab-3A | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| Equatorial Space Industries | Volans | 2017 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 30000 $/kg |
| Space Ops | Rocky 1 | 2016 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 20000 $/kg |
| SpinLaunch | ? | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | - |
| Eclipse Orbital | The Corona | 2017 | In development | 2022 | 0 | 7000 $/kg |
| Skyrora | Skyrora XL | 2017 | In development | 2022 | 0 | - |
| Roketsan | UFS | 1988 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| Orbital Access | Orbital 500 | 2015 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| Smallspark Space Systems | Frost 1 | 2018 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | Chetak | 2015 | In development | 2024 | 0 | 13300 $/kg |
| LAUNCHER Space | Rocket-1 | 2016 | In development | 2025 | 0 | - |
| LIA Aerospace | Procyon | 2014 | In development | 2026 | 0 | - |
| Bagaveev Corporation | Bagaveev | 2013 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Black Arrow | Black Arrow 2 | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | 21000 $/kg |
| TLON Space | Aventura I | 2010 | In development | ? | 0 | 5000 $/kg |
| 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 |
| Space Pioneer | ? | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Odyne Space | - | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Space Transportation | Tian Xing-1 | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Beyond Earth | ? | 2013 | In development | ? | 0 | 33300 $/kg |
| Orbital Cargo Drone | ? | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| B2Space | ? | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| S-Motor | SCL-2 | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Exos Aerospace | Jaguar | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| LEO Aerospace | Orbital Rocket | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Dawn Aerospace | MK-3 (Mk-II) | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Stofiel Aerospace | BOREAS | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Agnikul | AgniBaan | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Zero 2 Infinity | Bloostar | 2009 | In development | ? | 0 | 53300 $/kg |
| CloudIX (Nine) | ? | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Pipeline2Space | ? | 2014 | In development | ? | 0 | 100000 $/kg |
| LEO Launcher & Logistics | ? | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Venture Orbital Systems | Zephyr | 2019 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| STOKE Space Technologies | ? | 2019 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Orbital Exploration (OrbitX) | OrbitX | 2019 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| proximitE | ? | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| VSAT | ? | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| X-Bow Launch Systems | ? | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Advanced Rockets Corp | DELV | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Pangea Aerospace | Meso | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Vogue Aerospace | US1-LALV | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | 4000 $/kg |
| Spacedarts | One | 2017 | In development | ? | 0 | 4000 $/kg |
| Isar Aerospace | Spectrum | 2018 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Wagner Industries | Konshu | 2015 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Green Launch | ? | 2016 | In development | ? | 0 | - |
| Interorbital Systems | NEPTUNE N1 | 1996 | In development | ? | 0 | 41700 $/kg |
| ARCA Space | Haas 2CA | 1999 | In development | ? | 0 | 10000 $/kg |
| Nammo | North Star | 1998 | Concept | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Thor Launch Systems | ? | 2016 | Concept | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Masterra Space | MINSAT-2000 | 1984 | Concept | 2021 | 0 | 50000 $/kg |
| EPIC Aerospace | ? | 2017 | Concept | 2022 | 0 | - |
| STAR | Phoenix | 2015 | Concept | 2026 | 0 | - |
| Crest Astra | ? | 2019 | Concept | 2039 | 0 | - |
| Frontier Astronautics | ? | 2008 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Generation Orbit | GoLauncher 2 | 2011 | Concept | ? | 0 | 75000 $/kg |
| Phoenix | Phoenix | 2019 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| RocketStar | StarLord | 2015 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Avio | Vega Light | 1908 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Pythom | Pythom | 2017 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Acrux | Montenegro | 2008 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Leaf Space | Primo | 2014 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Lex Aerospace | ? | 2017 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Heliaq | ALV-2 | 2012 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| Scorpius Space Launch | Demi-Sprite | 1984 | Concept | ? | 0 | 22500 $/kg |
| MT Aerospace | MTA, WARR, Daneo | 2005 | Concept | ? | 0 | - |
| United Frontiers | Discovery 2 | 2018 | Dormant | 2021 | 0 | 2000 $/kg |
| bspace | Volant | 2016 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Vector Space Systems | Vector-R | 2016 | Dormant | ? | 0 | 25000 $/kg |
| Fore Dynamics | NFR-1 | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| New Rocket Technologies | ? | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Space Orca | ? | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Terra Space Technologies | Gyrfalcon | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Rose Galactic | Anthium Orbital Cannon | 2017 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| SpaceLS | Prometheus-1 | 2010 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Tranquility Aerospace | Devon Two | 2015 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| MISHAAL Aerospace | M-OV | 2010 | Dormant | ? | 0 | - |
| Swiss Space Systems | SOAR | 2012 | Cancelled | 2018 | 0 | 40000 $/kg |
| Aphelion Orbitals | Helios / Feynman | 2016 | Cancelled | 2019 | 0 | 39300 $/kg |
| Open Space Orbital | Neutrino I | 2014 | Cancelled | ? | 0 | - |
Last update: 2020-04-19 | Changelog
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