List of private spaceflight companies

Private spaceflight companies include non-governmental or privately owned entities focused on developing and/or offering equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human. This list includes both inactive and active entities.

Commercial astronauts

  • Association of Spaceflight Professionals[1][2]Astronaut training, applied research and development, payload testing and integration, mission planning and operations support (Christopher Altman, Soyeon Yi)[1][3]

Manufacturers of space vehicles

Cargo transport vehicles

Crew transport vehicles

Orbital

  • * - Format: Crewed (Uncrewed), includes failures

Suborbital

  • * - Format: Crewed (Uncrewed), includes failures

Orbital

  • * - Format: Crewed (Uncrewed), includes failures

Suborbital

  • * - Format: Crewed (Uncrewed), includes failures

Launch vehicle manufacturers

Landers, rovers and orbiters

Research craft and tech demonstrators

Propulsion manufacturers

Satellite launchers

Space-based economy

Space manufacturing

Space mining

Space stations

Spacecraft component developers and manufacturers

Spaceliner companies

See also

  • List of government space agencies
  • List of spacecraft manufacturers including the "traditional space" companies
  • NewSpace
  • Private spaceflight
  • Robert Truax
  • Space industry

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