List of private spaceflight companies
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A list of private entities offering or planning spaceflight.
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[edit] Full List
- Ad Astra Rocket Company
- AERA Corporation
- Andrews Space
- ARCASPACE
- Arianespace
- Armadillo Aerospace
- Astrobotic Technology
- Beal Aerospace (now defunct)
- Benson Space Company
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Blue Origin
- Canadian Arrow/PlanetSpace
- Da Vinci Project
- EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project
- Frontier Astronautics
- International Launch Services
- Interorbital Systems
- JP Aerospace
- Masten Space Systems
- Orion Propulsion Incorporated Ext. link
- Rocketplane Kistler
- Rocketplane Limited, Inc.
- Rotary Rocket (defunct)
- Scaled Composites/Mojave Aerospace Ventures/The Spaceship Company
- Space Adventures
- SpaceDev
- SpaceQuest, Ltd.
- SpaceX
- Starchaser Industries
- Starsys (merged with SpaceDev)
- T/Space
- UP Aerospace
- Thortek Laboratories, Inc.
- Venturer Aerospace
- Virgin Galactic
- XCOR
- Reaction Engines Limited
[edit] Lift Vehicles
[edit] Suborbital vehicles
| Company | Craft | Passenger capability |
Craft status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERA Corporation | Altairis | yes | development |
| ARCASPACE | Stabilo | 1 | development |
| Orizont | 2 | development | |
| Armadillo Aerospace | Pixel & Texel | no | testing |
| Blue Origin | New Shepard | yes | testing |
| Canadian Arrow & PlanetSpace | Canadian Arrow | 3 | testing |
| Da Vinci Project | Wild Fire | 3 | development |
| EADS Astrium | TBN (project page) | 4 | |
| Interorbital Systems | Neutrino | ? | development |
| Tachyon | ? | development | |
| Masten Space Systems | XA-2.0 | 2-5 | development |
| Rocketplane | Rocketplane XP | 5 | development |
| Scaled Composites & The Spaceship Company |
SpaceShipOne | 1-3 | successful spaceflight |
| SpaceShipTwo | 2-8 | development | |
| Space Adventures | C-21 | yes | development |
| Explorer | 5 | development | |
| SpaceDev | Dream Chaser | 6-8 | development |
| Starchaser Industries | Nova & Churchill & Skybolt& Thunderstar |
yes | development |
| UP Aerospace | SpaceLoft XL | no | testing |
| XCOR | Xerus | 2 | proposed |
[edit] Orbital vehicles
| Company | Craft | Passenger capability |
Craft status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armadillo Aerospace | OTRAG Rocket derivative | ? | proposed |
| Bigelow Aerospace | Genesis I | no | on orbit |
| Genesis II | no | on orbit | |
| Galaxy | no | canceled | |
| Sundancer | 3 | development | |
| BA 330 | 6 | proposed | |
| Blue Origin | TBA | ? | proposed |
| Canadian Arrow & PlanetSpace | Silver Dart | 8 | proposed |
| Excalibur Almaz | TKS spacecraft derivative | circa 3 | development |
| Interorbital Systems | Sea Star MSLV | ? | development |
| Neptune | ? | development | |
| Kistler Aerospace | K-1 launch vehicle | yes | development |
| Scaled Composites & The Spaceship Company |
SpaceShipThree | yes | proposed |
| SpaceDev | Dream Chaser derivative | circa 6-8 | development |
| SpaceX | Falcon 1 | no | testing |
| Falcon 5 | no | canceled | |
| Falcon 9 & Dragon | 7 | development | |
| t/Space | CXV | 6 | development |
| Venturer Aerospace | S-550 | 6 | proposed |
| Reaction Engines Limited | Skylon | 60 | research |
| XCOR | Xerus derivative | circa 2 | proposed |
[edit] Translunar vehicles
| Company | Craft | Passenger capability |
Craft status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation Services International | ? | yes | development |
| Interorbital Systems | Neptune | ? | ? |
| SpaceX | Dragon | 7 | development |
| t/Space | CXV | 2-3 | proposed |
[edit] Satellite launchers
[edit] Spacestation manufacturers
[edit] Spaceliners
[edit] References
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