Networks & Operations
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Communications infrastructure
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AmazonMultinational technology company operating Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper), a LEO satellite broadband constellation providing global internet connectivity; customer of Tomorrow.io weather intelligence platform.
Satellite broadband network operator1 · Industry leader02AndesatPeruvian satellite communications provider and buyer of dedicated broadband satellite capacity.
Satellite communications and broadband service provider1 · Industry leader03AstranisBuilds compact, high-throughput geostationary satellites to add dedicated broadband capacity by market.
Small GEO communications satellites1 · Industry leader04EchoStarGlobal satellite communications company providing satellite networking, broadband, and spectrum services; partnered with SpaceX on spectrum for direct-to-cell constellation.
Satellite operator and communications provider1 · Industry leader05EutelsatFrench-headquartered satellite operator operating GEO capacity and the OneWeb LEO connectivity constellation.
Satellite-network operator1 · Industry leader06Eutelsat OneWebEutelsat's OneWeb LEO connectivity business and network.
Low-Earth-orbit satellite connectivity network provider1 · Industry leader07GeespaceChinese commercial aerospace subsidiary of Geely Holding Group that designs, builds, launches, and operates the GEESATCOM LEO IoT satellite constellation for global connectivity, supporting up to 20 million users with 64 satellites in orbit as of late 2025.
LEO satellite IoT constellation operator and service provider1 · Industry leader08GoogleTechnology company collaborating with AST SpaceMobile and AT&T on satellite connectivity integration for Android smartphones, including product development, testing, and implementation under their January 2024 partnership.
Platform and software integration partner for direct-to-cell satellite services1 · Industry leader09Goonhilly Earth StationUK-based operator of deep-space communications and commercial satellite ground-station infrastructure, including U.S. COMSAT operations.
Deep-space ground-station and satellite-communications operator.1 · Industry leader10IntelsatOperates satellite and terrestrial connectivity infrastructure and has contracted Terran R launch services.
Multi-orbit satellite communications1 · Industry leader11IridiumPublic operator of a global LEO satellite constellation providing voice, data and IoT connectivity.
LEO mobile satellite communications network operator.1 · Industry leader12KT SATSatellite communications operator and subsidiary of KT Corporation providing connectivity, broadcasting, and remote sensing data services via the KOREASAT fleet; partners on flood intelligence and evolves toward total space solutions.
Satellite operator and service provider1 · Industry leader13MarlinkConnectivity provider serving maritime, energy, enterprise, government, and remote-site users through managed hybrid networks.
Managed hybrid-network operator and satellite-capacity reseller1 · Industry leader14NECJapanese public technology company that develops and integrates satellites, satellite subsystems, ground systems, radar and optical-communications payloads, and related space-data infrastructure.
Satellite-system prime contractor, space-payload/component supplier, and optical-space-network developer.1 · Industry leader15NokiaPublic Finnish communications-technology company. Its direct commercial-space activity centers on lunar LTE/4G systems, satellite-enabled direct-to-device ground-network technology, spacesuit communications, lunar infrastructure studies, and satellite-supported quantum-secure networking.
Telecommunications-network technology provider developing terrestrial, lunar-surface, satellite-enabled, and quantum-secure communications systems through Nokia Bell Labs and its Space Communication Solutions venture (Modul8).1 · Industry leader16NTTNTT, Inc. (formerly Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) is a major Japanese telecommunications company advancing space edge computing and integrated space-terrestrial networks through its joint venture Space Compass Corporation, including on-orbit demonstrations on YAM-6 for AI-based data processing and optical data relay services.
Develops and operates space edge computing infrastructure, optical data relay, and space data center capabilities via JV Space Compass.1 · Industry leader17NumanaCanadian technology organization operating the Kirq quantum communications testbed used by Nokia and Honeywell for quantum-safe network validation.
Quantum-technology testbed operator and innovation organization.1 · Industry leader18Orange S.A.Major French multinational telecommunications operator partnering with AST SpaceMobile since March 2022 MoU to test and deliver space-based cellular broadband, initially targeting subscribers in Africa.
Telecommunications network operator integrating space-based cellular services1 · Industry leader19PanAmSatHistoric U.S.-based commercial fixed-satellite-services operator. PanAmSat operated GEO communications satellites and associated teleports, satellite-control, transmission, and government-services capabilities; it was acquired by Intelsat in July 2006 and subsequently ceased to operate as an independent company.
Commercial geostationary satellite fleet operator and satellite-capacity/service provider1 · Industry leader20SESLuxembourg-headquartered public satellite communications company operating GEO and MEO networks, including O3b mPOWER, and delivering connectivity, media, mobility, and government services.
Multi-orbit satellite operator and managed connectivity provider1 · Industry leader21SKY Perfect JSAT CorporationAsia's largest satellite communications provider operating a fleet of geostationary satellites; expanding into LEO Earth observation via ownership of ten Pelican satellites built and operated by Planet under a ~$230 million multi-year agreement.
Satellite operator and communications services provider1 · Industry leader22Space CompassJapanese joint venture established by NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to build a Space Integrated Computing Network, including GEO optical data relay, on-orbit processing, and space-based radio-access-network services.
Developer and prospective operator of multi-orbit optical data-relay, space-edge-computing, and HAPS/NTN connectivity services.1 · Industry leader23TelesatCanadian satellite communications company developing and operating the Lightspeed LEO broadband network.
Satellite operator and broadband-network developer.1 · Industry leader24TelespazioEuropean satellite-services company participating with Intuitive Machines in lunar communications and navigation interoperability cooperation.
Satellite services and space-operations company.1 · Industry leader25ThaicomThai satellite communications company procuring a dedicated Astranis satellite for Asian coverage.
Satellite operator and communications-services provider1 · Industry leader26ViasatPublic satellite communications company operating broadband and government mobility networks; owner of Inmarsat.
Satellite communications network operator and service provider.1 · Industry leader27VodafonePublic international telecom operator; Vodafone Germany selected Nokia for a proposed lunar 4G demonstration in 2018.
Mobile network operator and telecommunications-services provider.1 · Industry leader