Companies and Agencies

Space organisations worldwide, ranked by launches and satellites

Industry / Companies

2,723 organisations

OrganisationCountryTypeFoundedOrbital launchesIn orbitRockets / spacecraft
University of Toronto Inst. of Aerophysics (Toronto) Canada Academic / research 1949 0 0 0
University of Tromso (Tromso) Norway Academic / research 1972 0 0 0
University of Tubingen (Tubingen) Germany Academic / research 1477 0 0 0
University of Turabo (U. Turabo) Puerto Rico Academic / research 1972 0 0 0
University of Ulm (Ulm) Germany Academic / research 1967 0 0 0
University of Utah (Utah) United States Academic / research 1850 0 0 0
University of Vermont (Vermont) United States Academic / research 1791 0 0 0
University of Vigo (U. Vigo) Spain Academic / research 1990 0 0 0
University of Virgina (UVa) United States Academic / research 1819 0 0 0
University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UW Aber) United Kingdom Academic / research 1996 0 0 0
University of Western Ontario (UWO) Canada Academic / research 1878 0 0 0
University of Wisconsin (Wisc) United States Academic / research 1848 0 0 0
University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) Japan Academic / research 2008 0 0 0
Unknown (UNK) Organisation 0 0 1
Unknown (probably Japanese) cubesat operator (Unknown (J)) Japan Commercial 0 0 0
Unknown holders of residual FACS assets (Unknown FAI) United States Commercial 2014 0 0 0
Unknown Russian operator (Unknown (RU)) Russia Commercial 0 0 0
Unknown US commercial operator (Unknown 1) United States Commercial 2017 0 0 0
Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite) (Unknown (US)) United States Commercial 0 0 0
Unknown USSR manufacturer 190 (Unknown (USSR)) Commercial 0 0 0
Unknown USSR manufacturer 523 (Unknown (USSR)) Commercial 0 0 0
Unknown USSR manufacturer 782 (Unknown (USSR)) Commercial 0 0 0
Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) South Korea Commercial 2024 0 0 0
Unversity of Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA) Turkey Academic / research 2011 0 0 0
UP Aerospace (UPA) United States Commercial 2005 0 0 0
Upkoi Inc. (Upkoi Inc.) United States Commercial 2013 0 0 0
Uppsala Ionospheric Observatory (UIO) Norway Academic / research 1952 0 0 0
Ursa Major Technologies (Ursa Major) United States Commercial 2015 0 0 0
UrtheCast (UrtheCast) Canada Commercial 2013 0 0 0
US Army (USA) United States Government / agency 0 0 0
US Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS-ST) United States Government / agency 2003 0 0 0
US Navy (USN) United States Government / agency 1963 0 0 1
US Postal Service, Philatelic Division (USPS) United States Government / agency 1971 0 0 0
Ust-Katav Carriage Works (YKVZ) Russia Government / agency 1758 0 0 0
Utah State University, Space Dynamics Lab, (SDL) (USU SDL) United States Academic / research 1959 0 0 0
Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos) (USSRA) Uzbekistan Government / agency 0 0 0
Uzbekistan Space Research and Technology Agency (Uzbekcosmos) Uzbekistan Government / agency 2019 0 0 0
Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt U) United States Academic / research 1873 0 0 0
Vanguard Space Technologies (Vanguard ST) United States Commercial 1995 0 0 0
Vantor (Vantor) United States Commercial 2025 0 0 0
Varda Space Industries (Varda) United States Commercial 2021 0 0 0
Vast Space LLC (Vast Space) United States Commercial 2021 0 0 0
Vector (VEC) United States Commercial 0 0 1
Vega Space and Geospatial Academy (Vega SGA) Vietnam Academic / research 2020 0 0 0
Ventions LLC (Ventions) United States Commercial 2004 0 0 0
Ventspils High Technology Park (VHTP) Latvia Commercial 2005 0 0 0
Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) Germany Commercial 1961 0 0 0
Verhaert/SI (Verhaert/SI) Belgium Commercial 1984 0 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.