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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. List of abbreviations used in this article.
Today many commercial space transportation companies offer launch services to satellite companies and government space organizations around the world. In 2005, there were 18 total commercial launches and 37 non-commercial launches. Russia flew 44% of commercial orbital launches, while Europe had 28% and the United States had 6%. [42]
During this period, no commercial space launches were available to private operators, and no private organization was able to offer space launches. In the 1980s, the European Space Agency created Arianespace , the world's first commercial space transportation company, and, following the Challenger disaster , the American government deregulated ...
Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom Space, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian, the company first flew a spaceflight in 2022: Axiom Mission 1, the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space Station.
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group conglomerate which retains an 11.9% stake through Virgin Investments Limited. [2] It is headquartered in California, and operates from New Mexico. The company develops commercial spacecraft and provides suborbital ...
Website. blueorigin.com. Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., [ 2 ] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[ 3 ] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, [ 4 ][ 5 ] and space technologies [ 6 ] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
The Commercial Crew Program is an economic stimulus program funds technology development related to human spaceflight by private companies. In September 2014 NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing to build crewed spacecraft for low Earth orbit operations.
Website. sncorp.com. Sierra Nevada Corporation (also styled SNC) is an American aerospace, defense, electronics, engineering and manufacturing corporation [4] that specializes in aircraft modification, integration and other space technologies. [5] The corporation contracts with the Defense Department, NASA, and private spaceflight companies.