Concise overview of new commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers, most exciting space missions,
future spaceships and space tourism companies.
| Organization | Launcher | Founded | Status | First launch | Launches | Cost | Performance | Launch type | Funding | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital ATK | Pegasus | 1982 | Operational | 1990 | 43 | $56M | 443 kg | Plane | - | US |
| SpaceX | Falcon 1e | 2013 | Retired | 2008 | 5 | $11M | 1000 kg | Land | - | US |
| Makeyev OKB | Shtil | 1947 | Retired | 1998 | 2 | - | 160 kg | Submarine | - | US |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne et al | SPARK / Super Strypi | 1942 | Retired? | 2015 | 1 | - | 300 kg | Land | - | US |
| CASIC / Exspace | Fei Tian 1 / Kuaizhou-1A | 1999 | Operational | 2017 | 2 | - | 300 kg | Land | Yes | China |
| Rocket Lab | Electron | 2006 | Operational | 2018 | 4 | $4.9M | 150 kg | Land | $215M+ | US, New Zealand |
| JAXA | SS-520-4 | 1969 | Operational | 2018 | 1 | - | 4 kg | Land | Yes | Japan |
| LandSpace | Zhuque-1 (ZQ-1) | 2015 | Operational | 2018 | 1 | - | 300 kg | Land | $116M | China |
| Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | 2004 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $10M | 200 kg | Plane | Yes | US |
| Vector Space | Vector-R | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $1.5M | 50 kg | Land | $103M | US |
| Zero 2 Infinity | Bloostar | 2009 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $4.0M | 75 kg | Balloon | Yes | Spain |
| bspace | Volant | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 215 kg | Balloon | - | US |
| CloudIX (Nine) | - | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 22 kg | Balloon | - | US |
| Astra Space | Astra | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | US |
| CTA | VLM | 1953 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 150 kg | Land | - | Brazil |
| One Space | OS-M | 2015 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 112 kg | Land | $116M | China |
| Vector Space | Vector-H | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $3.0M | 105 kg | Land | $103M | US |
| i-Space | Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian) | 2017 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | - | Land | - | China |
| Aevum | Ravn | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | - | Plane | Seed | US |
| Rocketcrafters | Intrepid-1 | 2010 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $5.4M | 376 kg | Land | - | US |
| CONAE | Tronador II | 1991 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 250 kg | Land | - | Argentina |
| Firefly | Alpha (α) | 2014 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $9.0M? | 1000 kg | Land | $21.8M+ | US |
| ISRO | PSLV Light? | 1969 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 700 kg | Land | - | India |
| RocketStar | StarLord | 2015 | In development | 2019 | 0 | - | 300 kg | Sea | - | US |
| SpaceOps | Rocky 1 | 2016 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $0.1M | 5 kg | Land | - | Australia |
| Equatorial Space Industries | Volans | 2017 | In development | 2019 | 0 | $1M | 50 kg | Land | - | Singapore |
| Link Space | New Line 1 | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | $4.5M | 200 kg | Land | - | China |
| Cubecab | Cab-3A | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | $0.25M | 5 kg | Plane | - | US |
| Nammo | North Star | 1998 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | 20 kg | Land | - | Norway |
| Gilmour Space | Eris | 2012 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | 380 kg | Land | $17M | Singapore |
| abl space systems | RS1 | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | 650 kg | Land | - | US |
| Relativity Space | Terran 1 | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | $10M | 1250 kg | Land | $45.1M | US |
| Reaction Dynamics | - | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | 150 kg | Land | $0.2M | Canada |
| bluShift Aerospace | Red Dwarf | 2014 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Eclipse Orbital | The Corona | 2017 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Thor Launch Systems | - | - | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Dawn Aerospace | MK-3 (Mk-II) | 2016 | In development | 2020 | 0 | - | - | Plane | $2.2M | Netherlands, New Zealand |
| UP Aerospace | Spyder | 1998 | In development | 2021 | 0 | $1M | 10 kg | Land | - | US |
| PLD Space | Miura 5 (Arion 2) | 2011 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - | 300 kg | Land | $1.3M+ | Spain |
| Interstellar Technologies | Zero | 2003 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | Japan |
| Avio | Vega Light | 1908 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - | 250 kg | Land | - | Italy |
| Masterra Space | Equinox | 1984 | In development | 2021 | 0 | $1M | 20 kg | Land | - | UK |
| Space One (Canon, IHI) | - | 2017 | In development | 2021 | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | Japan |
| United Frontiers | Discovery 2 | - | In development | 2021 | 0 | $1M | 500 kg | Land | - | US |
| SpinLaunch | - | 2014 | In development | 2022 | 0 | - | - | Catapult | $50M | US |
| Orbital Access | Orbital 500 | 2015 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - | 500 kg | Plane | - | UK |
| Smallspark Space Systems | Frost 1 | 2018 | In development | 2023 | 0 | - | 100 kg | - | - | UK |
| Independence-X | DNLV | 1972 | In development | 2023 | 0 | $4.5M | 200 kg | Land | - | Malaysia |
| Roketsan | UFS | - | In development | 2023 | 0 | - | - | - | - | Turkey |
| LAUNCHER Space | - | 2016 | In development | 2025 | 0 | - | 300 kg | Land | - | US |
| Bagaveev Corporation | Bagaveev | 2013 | In development | - | 0 | - | 10 kg | Land | $0.67M | US |
| Black Arrow | Black Arrow 2 | 2014 | In development | - | 0 | $6.3M | 200 kg | Land | - | UK |
| Scorpius Space Launch | Demi-Sprite | 1984 | In development | - | 0 | $3.6M | 160 kg | Land | - | US |
| Tranquility Aerospace | Devon Two | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | - | 4 kg | Land | - | UK |
| MISHAAL Aerospace | M-OV | 2010 | In development | - | 0 | - | 454 kg | Land | - | US |
| SpaceLS | Prometheus-1 | 2010 | In development | - | 0 | - | 250 kg | Land | - | UK |
| Celestia Aerospace | Space Arrow CM | 2014 | In development | - | 0 | $0.2M | 16 kg | Plane | - | Spain |
| VALT Enterprises | VALT | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | $1.7M | - | Land | - | US |
| Lin Industrial | Taymyr-1A | 2014 | In development | - | 0 | $0.5M | 12 kg | Land | - | Russia |
| Orbex Space | - | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | $39.8M | UK |
| Fore Dynamics | NFR-1 | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | 200 kg | Land | - | US |
| Skyrora | Skyrora XL | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | - | UK, Ukraine |
| Rocketplane Global | Rocketplane XS | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | 1500 kg | Plane | - | US |
| Odyne Space | - | 2016 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | - | US |
| Ripple Aerospace | Sea Serpent One | 2014 | In development | - | 0 | - | 2600 kg | Sea | - | Norway |
| Swedish Space Corporation | Rainbow | 1972 | In development | - | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | Sweden |
| Generation Orbit | GoLauncher 2 | 2011 | In development | - | 0 | $3M | 40 kg | Land | - | Italy |
| Exos Aerospace | Jaguar | 2014 | In development | - | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | US |
| Chinarocket | Lightning Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) | 2018 | In development | - | 0 | - | 150 kg | Land | - | China |
| Heliaq | ALV-2 | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | - | 30 kg | Land | - | Australia |
| LEO Aerospace | - | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Balloon | - | US |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | Chetak | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | $2M | 150 kg | Land | - | India |
| Stofiel Aerospace | BOREAS | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | - | 100 kg | Balloon | - | US |
| New Rocket Technologies | - | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | 500 kg | Land | - | Russia |
| i-Space (Space Honor) | - | 2016 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | $90.6M | China |
| Agnikul | AgniBaan | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | 100 kg | Land | - | India |
| MT Aerospace | MTA, WARR, Daneo | 2005 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Plane | - | Germany |
| Pythom | Pythom | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | 70 kg | Land | - | Sweden |
| Rose Galactic | Anthium Orbital Cannon | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Cannon | - | US |
| Advanced Rockets Coporation | DELV | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | - | US |
| HyImpulse | - | 2018 | In development | - | 0 | - | 400 kg | - | - | Germany |
| Pangea Aerospace | Meso | 2018 | In development | - | 0 | - | 150 kg | Land | - | Spain |
| Vogue Aerospace | USM-CLV | - | In development | - | 0 | - | - | Land | - | US |
| Spacedarts | - | 2017 | In development | - | 0 | $0.04M | 10 kg | Land | - | Russia |
| Isar Aerospace | Spectrum | - | In development | - | 0 | - | 600 kg | Land | - | Germany |
| Earth to Sky | - | 2008 | In development | - | 0 | $14M | 900 kg | - | - | US |
| Frontier Astronautics | - | 2008 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Wagner Industries | Konshu | 2015 | In development | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Interorbital Systems | NEPTUNE N5 | 1996 | In development | - | 0 | $0.5M | 40 kg | Land | - | US |
| ARCA Space | Haas 2C | 1999 | In development | - | 0 | - | 400 kg | Land | - | US, Rumenia |
| Leaf Space | Primo | 2014 | Concept | Never? | 0 | - | - | Land | - | Italy |
| Lex Aerospace | - | 2017 | Concept | Never? | 0 | - | - | - | - | US |
| Aphelion Orbitals | Helios / Feynman | 2015 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | $0.55M | 14 kg | Land | $0.5M | US |
| Open Space Orbital | Neutrino I | 2014 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | - | 50 kg | Land | - | Canada |
| Swiss Space Systems | SOAR | 2013 | Cancelled | Never? | 0 | $10M | 250 kg | Plane | - | Switzerland |
NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.
NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com
Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.
Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com
People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.
Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org
Space 4.0 is new space, more relaxed, fascinating and comprehensive. Space 4.0 can be used as a tool to tackle global challenges such as climate change, demographic development, migration, shortage of resources, conflicts and catastrophes, energy, digital divide, health and curiosity.
Jan Wörner, Director General of the ESA, The Parliament
Space 4.0 will be the driver for contemporary technologies in automation, miniaturisation, advanced manufacturing, machine to machine/human interaction, connectivity, big data, biotechnology and more. It stimulates the interaction of different sectors with spin-in, spin-off and spin-together.
Space 4.0 marks a new era; in which space is an enabler. It enables knowledge, jobs and growth, decision and policymaking, inspiring and motivating the next generations.
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