SpaceX
Dominant launch + Starlink + Starship
The Orbital Economy
Launch providers, satellite operators, and space manufacturing.
28 companies · 6 segments
Launch
Rocket Lab
Electron + Neutron; 2nd-most US launches
Relativity Space
3D-printed Terran R reusable rocket
Stoke Space
100% reusable Nova rocket
Firefly Aerospace
Alpha rocket + Blue Ghost lunar lander
Blue Origin
New Glenn heavy-lift; New Shepard
Satcom & Connectivity
Starlink
LEO broadband megaconstellation (SpaceX)
AST SpaceMobile
Direct-to-cell satellite broadband
Viasat
GEO/L-band global comms
Eutelsat/OneWeb
LEO + GEO hybrid network
Earth Observation
Planet Labs
Daily multispectral Earth imaging
ICEYE
World's largest SAR constellation
Capella Space
High-resolution SAR on demand
Albedo
10-cm VLEO optical imagery
Spire Global
Weather, AIS & RF data
Maxar Intelligence
Sub-30cm commercial imagery
In-Space Infrastructure
Vast
Haven-1 commercial space station (2026)
Axiom Space
ISS modules; private astronaut missions
Varda Space
In-orbit pharmaceutical manufacturing
Sierra Space
Dream Chaser + Orbital Reef station
Defense & ISR Space
True Anomaly
Space-domain defense spacecraft ($2.2B val.)
Anduril Space
Battle management & on-orbit autonomy
Impulse Space
In-space mobility & transfer vehicles
Satellite Buses & Servicing
Apex Space
Productized satellite buses
Loft Orbital
Space infrastructure-as-a-service
Muon Space
Mission-tailored EO satellites
Astranis
Small GEO comms satellites
K2 Space
Mega-class satellite buses