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ArianeGroupFrench-German industrial group and joint venture designing, developing, and producing space launchers (Ariane family) and related systems for civil and defence space missions.
Launch vehicle manufacturer and systems integrator1 · Industry leader02ExolaunchExolaunch provides end-to-end launch services, satellite integration, and deployment systems for small satellites and rideshare missions on various launch vehicles.
Launch services provider and smallsat deployer1 · Industry leader03Relativity SpaceDevelops Terran R, a reusable medium-to-heavy launch vehicle, with vertically integrated manufacturing.
Heavy-lift launch development1 · Industry leader04Rocket LabProvides Electron launch services and vertically integrated spacecraft platforms and components for commercial and government missions.
Launch, spacecraft & components1 · Industry leader05SEOPSU.S.-owned commercial-space company providing launch-capacity procurement, spacecraft integration, payload deployment systems, mission design, and related orbital-delivery services for missions to LEO, GTO, cislunar destinations, and beyond.
Smallsatellite launch-services, payload-integration, deployment-hardware, and mission-management provider.1 · Industry leader06SpaceflightSeattle-founded small-satellite launch-services business that arranged launch capacity, integrated customer payloads, and operated the Sherpa orbital-transfer-vehicle family. Firefly Aerospace acquired all outstanding Spaceflight stock in June 2023, internalizing its rideshare, mission-management, licensing, and Sherpa capabilities.
Rideshare-launch broker, mission manager, payload integrator, and former Sherpa orbital-transfer-vehicle operator1 · Industry leader