Industry / Companies

2,723 organisations

OrganisationCountryTypeFoundedOrbital launchesIn orbitRockets / spacecraft
USSR Ministry of Defense (USSR Min.Def.) Government / agency 1953 2,581* 625 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) China Government / agency 1999 722* 209 53
SpaceX (SpX) United States Commercial 2002 715* 10,630 20
United States Air Force (USAF) United States Government / agency 1947 649* 315 4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States Government / agency 1958 454* 128 19
Airbus Defense and Space (Airbus DS) Netherlands Commercial 2014 299* 3 13
Russian Ministry of Defense (MO RF) Russia Government / agency 1991 242* 221 2
United Rocket-Space Corporation (ORKK) Russia Commercial 2014 191* 1 0
Roskosmos (Roskosmos) Russia Government / agency 2004 188* 11 5
Boeing (BA) United States Commercial 1916 180* 3 71
Lockheed Martin (LMT) United States Commercial 1953 160* 2 32
Rocket Lab USA (Rocket Lab) United States Commercial 2014 90* 0 2
Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) United States Commercial 1982 61* 0 17
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Japan Commercial 1884 43* 0 13
National Space Development Adminstration (NASDA) Japan Government / agency 1969 37* 37 0
Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Roskosmos) Russia Government / agency 1999 36* 1 0
Starsem SA (SSA) France Commercial 1996 35 0 0
Institute of Space and Aeronautical Sci (ISAS) Japan Government / agency 1964 30 4 0
Galactic Energy (GE) China Commercial 2018 27 0 4
Sea Launch Limited Partnership (SeaLaunch) United States Commercial 2000 26* 1 0
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan Government / agency 2003 20* 22 6
MKK Kosmotras (Kosmotras) Russia Commercial 1997 20 0 0
European Space Agency (ESA) France International organisation 1975 19* 47 1
United States Navy (USN) United States Government / agency 1775 17* 95 0
Beijing CAS Space Exploration Tech. Co. Ltd. (CAS Space) China Commercial 2018 17* 0 0
Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Iran Government / agency 2004 15 9 3
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH (D for RU lanch vehicle) (Eurockot) Russia Commercial 1995 14 2 0
General Dynamics (GD) United States Commercial 14* 0 1
Israel Space Agency (ISA) Israel Government / agency 1983 13 2 0
LandSpace (LS) China Commercial 2015 13* 2 5
National Space Research Center (CNES) France Government / agency 1962 12* 43 0
United States Army (US Army) United States Government / agency 1775 11* 15 0
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) South Korea Government / agency 2024 9* 16 5
Universita di Roma la Sapienaza (Scoula di Ingengneria Aerospaziale) (Roma La Sapienza) Italy Academic / research 1303 9* 4 0
Martin Marietta (MM) United States Commercial 1961 9* 0 0
Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Tech. Co. Ltd. (iSpace) China Commercial 2016 8 0 0
Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST) North Korea Government / agency 1980 8 0 5
Miinistry of the Armed Forces (MVS) Government / agency 1946 8* 0 0
Astra Space (AS) United States Commercial 2005 7 0 2
Firefly Aerospace (FA) United States Commercial 2014 7* 0 2
Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Eslami (Missile Forces) (IRGC) Iran Government / agency 1979 7 0 0
Space International Services (Space Intl. Ser.) Russia Commercial 2005 6 0 0
Virgin Orbit (VO) United States Commercial 2017 6 0 1
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) China Government / agency 1927 5* 209 0
European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) France Government / agency 1961 4 0 2
Orienspace Technology (OrienSpace) China Commercial 2020 4 0 2
Sea Launch Limited Partnership (SeaLaunch) Cayman Islands Commercial 1997 4 0 0
ZAO Puskovie Uslugi (Puskovie Uslugi) Russia Commercial 1992 4 0 0

* Includes launches and satellites of the organisation's subsidiaries, divisions and sites, which are listed on its page.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.