Microgravity Services - Factories in Space

Last updated: 2024-07-31

Name	Service	Status	Description
0-G Launch	Parabolic Flight Service	Early stage	We aim to launch a global network of specially-modified Boeing Space Jets™ to accelerate economical testing & development of technologies before they are launched to Space – first operator to provide both microgravity and air-launch services with the same vehicle.
A-SpaX (Affordable Space Access)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Workspaces	Cancelled, Development	Our reusable space facility provides an infrastructure for manufacturing and research in space! This to produce things for in orbit, but also for use on earth by bringing it back safely!
Above Space (Orbital Assembly)	In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Robotic Space Station	Early stage	Orbital Assembly develops and operates gravity capable space stations on orbit, in cislunar space, and throughout the solar system enabling humanity to work, play, and thrive in the space ecosystem.
AeroG	Parabolic Flight Service	Dormant	Following the Startup Weekend Space Edition in Toulouse in April 2019, we are exploring the needs of users to open zero-g flight to as many people as possible!
Agile Space Industries	Commercial Sample Return, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Concept, Dormant	Launching a Fast Space Future through Lean Rocket Science. We 3D print thrusters and propulsion systems for space vehicles.
Air Zero G (Novespace)	Parabolic Flight Service	Active	Air Zero G is a partnership involving Novespace, a CNES subsidiary, dedicated to scientific parabolic flights for 25 years, and Avico, French airline broker leader.
Airbus	Commercial Space Station	Concept	Airbus is ready to take the next step towards the Space Station of the future: With the Airbus LOOP, a multi-purpose orbital module.
Airbus	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Active	Bartolomeo enables the hosting of external payloads in low-Earth orbit, on-board the International Space Station ISS.
Airbus	Suborbital Space Tourism, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Dormant	S uborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists.
Alpha Space (Aegis Aerospace)	ISS Utilization Service	Active	Owns and operates MISSE, the only commercial external test facility in space.
Apsidal	In-Space Manufacturing, ISS Utilization Service	Development	Fabricating Photonics in Space! Developing a Universal Glass Optics Manufacturing Module capable of processing various types of complex glass in space from which fibers, magnetic fibers, super-continuum sources, capillary optics and adiabatic tapers can be drawn.
Arkisys	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Assembly, Robotic Space Station, Persistent Platform	Development	Arkisys is building one of the first Business Platforms in Space for new Technology Hosting, Satellite Integration, Assembly and Resupply.
ASTRAX Zero Gravity	Parabolic Flight Service	Active	Zero-G flight provider.
ASTROLAB SAS	Commercial Space Station, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	ASTROLAB is developing the first robotic "Laboratory-Station" which will allow researchers to easily conduct experiments in microgravity.
ATMOS Space Cargo	Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	We develop Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs), which function both as heat shields, protecting their precious cargo during re-entry into the atmosphere, and high-velocity parachutes.
Axiom Space	Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module	Development	Axiom Space operates missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Axiom Space is also the builder and future owner and operator of Axiom Station, the successor to the ISS.
Beings Systems	Parabolic Flight Service	Development	Affordable and Accurate Parabolic Testing Flights. 3 Weeks from Qualification to Flight Test.
Bigelow Space Operations	Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats	Dormant	Bigelow Space Operations, will handles sales, customer service and the operations of the commercial space stations that Bigelow Aerospace will manufacture.
Bioreactor Express (Kayser Italia)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service	Active	Bioreactor Express is a service which aims to establish an “express” way to perform scientific and/or technological experiments on board the ISS.
BlackStar Orbital Technologies	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Space Tug, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	SpaceDrone - the BlackStar Satellite represents the next generation of satellite bus architecture built around a reusable mini spaceplane.
Blue Origin	Commercial Space Station	Development	Blue Origin and Sierra Space have partnered to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially owned and operated space station to be built in low-Earth orbit.
Boeing	Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Human Landing System	Demonstrated	The Starliner is a next-generation space capsule that will take people to and from low-Earth orbit. Up to 7 people and reusable up to 10 missions.
Budgie	ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station	Concept	An early stage startup called Budgie's plan is to build a Space Factory on its own, with the first AM Module to launch within 3 years.
Commercial Cargo Spacelines	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Dormant	A space cargo booking company based in Washington, plans regularly to lease an entire cargo bay on the shuttle for around $80 million, and then sublease it to customers such as satellite communications carriers.
Craig Technologies	ISS Utilization Service	Active	On-orbit external experimental facility hosted on the NanoRacks International Space Station External Platform (NREP).
Dawn Aerospace	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Suborbital Testbed	Development	Accessing space in a whole new way, the Dawn Mk-II Aurora is designed for multiple flights per day to 100 km and above.
DEHAS Limited	Commercial Space Station	Early stage	Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.
Deimos One	Suborbital Space Tourism, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Early stage	A 5 hour trip of luxury spaceflight where passengers will enjoy a comfortable, pleasant ride, soaring to a cruising altitude as high as 43 km (27 mi, 140,000 feet) above Earth without the need of a spacesuit.
Downmass	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development, ?	Connecting our existence in space to our lives on Earth. Downmass is a NewSpace company dedicated to bringing all forms of mass back to earth (and beyond).
DSTAR Communications	In-Space Manufacturing, ISS Utilization Service	Development	Create an external material processing platform on the International Space Station with autonomous, high throughput manufacturing capability.
Ecoatoms	In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Medical Support, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Development	We design and build space payloads called ‘Ecos’ {habitats} to manufacture biomedical products. We create the hardware to our clients specifications building from bioreactors to liquid deposition chambers.
ElevationSpace	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	The Space Environment Utilization and Recovery Platform ELS-R is Japan's only service that can conduct research, development and manufacturing in space and recover materials back to Earth.
Exodus Space Systems	Active Debris Removal (ADR), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science	Early stage, ?	We developed the Deployable Toroid Array (DeTA) from start to Carousel Spacelab.
Exodus Star	Commercial Space Station, Space Mining	Concept	Exodus Star provides space habitats in low Earth orbit, this small 268ft diameter rotating space station will provide 1G and less of gravity enabling long term habitation without the negative effects of living in space.
Exos Aerospace	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Development	EXOS is a leading developer and operator of reusable space vehicles.
Firefly Biotech	Microgravity Workspaces, Microgravity Science, ISS Utilization Service, Medical Support	Early stage	Firefly Biotech specialises in advanced technology development, supplying cutting edge approaches that underpin space medicine. Tools and approaches to off-world research, healthcare and diagnostics.
Foton (Photon)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Retired	Foton (or Photon) is the project name of two series of Russian science satellite and reentry vehicle programs.
Frontier Space Technologies	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Early stage	We provide customisable autonomous and miniaturised satellite laboratories for the capture of high-quality experimental data in space, as well as a low-cost, de-orbit solutions, allowing you to operate sustainably.
FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology))	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite	Development	Recoverable and returnable satellites called FSW developed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and launched since 1975. Generation 5 (FSW-5) is planned to be reusable and commercial applications.
Future Space Architecture	Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module	Concept, Pivot	Future Space Architecture is a space architecture research and design Studio with particular competency in Human-Systems Integration and cross-disciplinary coordination.
Galactic Harbour	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Commercial Space Station, Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling	Concept	The Galactic Harbour is the unification of Transportation and Enterprise, a transportation infrastructure delivering cargo to space; routinely and inexpensively
Galactic Suite Design	Commercial Space Station, Commercial Lunar Lander	Dormant	The company develops concepts, design and interiors of habitats and vehicles.
Gateway Space	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Dormant	Microgravity Science. Experiment Set-Ups and Kits on International Space Station, & Low-Earth Orbit for Kids K-12 including ThumbSats and Cubesats.
Gateway Spaceport (Offworld Industries)	Commercial Space Station, Space Station Module, Space Construction Company, In-Space Manufacturing	Concept	Gateway Spaceport was formed to build the first spaceport. Our plan includes developing a robust space construction industry, the first artificial gravity space station, and finally the Gateway.
Gravitics	Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module	Development	Gravitics manufactures advanced space station modules and free-flyers that enable incredible possibilities in space.
Gravitilab (Raptor Aerospace)	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Microgravity Research Payloads	Development	Gravitilab is transforming microgravity testing and space access,
gravityLab	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads	Development	T he spacecraft will be equipped with a motorized boom that can extend and retract a counterweight. By dynamically varying the length of the boom and the rotation rate, the company says it will be able to control the acceleration of gravity inside the spacecraft.
Hamon Industries	Commercial Space Station	Concept	Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.
Hudson Space Systems	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Dormant	Full-stack microgravity research and manufacturing solution. Frequent launches, bespoke payload integration, end-to-end logistics, and reasonable pricing.
IDDK	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Space Laboratory Equipment	Development	We contribute to space utilization by developing bio-experiment platforms on satellites.
In Orbit Aerospace	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Persistent Platform, Robotic Space Station	Development	Orbital platforms hosting your factories and labs. Earth re-entry vehicles to safely return your products.
Independence-X	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage	NewSpace Transportation Systems company provides Re-entry and Launch Services,
Infinity Space	In-Space Manufacturing, Orbital Transportation, Space Tug, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Early stage	We are an international Team who develop cutting-edge space exploration missions and propulsion technology. We are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration and focus on advancing mankind's understanding and utilisation of space.
InspeCity	On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Commercial Space Station, Satellite Life Extension	Development	Meet VEDA (Vehicle for life-Extension and Deorbiting Activities) and its mini-me RIG (Robotic Insert for satellite Guidance)
InterPlanetary Ventures	Commercial Space Station	Dormant, Concept	Goal is to create the terrestrial and space based infrastructure required to support humanity's permanent expansion into the bountiful reaches of our solar system.
Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Development	A Chinese startup is aiming to developing spacecraft capable of supplying China’s space station, with a first small demonstration launch set for 2022.
Intuitive Machines	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Cancelled	Intuitive Machines is completing its lunar program which will provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communications at lunar distance.
Inversion Space	Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Reentry capsule to bring cargo from space back to Earth. Global Delivery of Supplies. Space Station Resupply and Return. Resource Return.
ISS National Lab (CASIS, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space)	In-Space Manufacturing, ISS Utilization Service	Active	Responsible for managing all non-NASA research, and all investigations would require the capacity to utilize microgravity for Earth benefits.
JAMSS (Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation)	Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Science, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Active
Japan LEO Shachu (Mitsui & Co)	Commercial Space Station, Space Station Module	Development	Japan LEO Shachu reportedly plans to develop the “Japan Module” for commercial space stations.
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Lunar Lander	Demonstrated	JAXA demonstrated a small re-entry capsule called HSRC to return payloads from the ISS.
KosmosOne	Robotic Arm, Hardware, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station	Early stage	Development of a Fully Autonomous Space Laboratory.
LaMont Aerospace	Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Early stage	LaMont is a microgravity commerce creation company. The company was founded by former NASA engineers and Life Science researchers to ignite a market that has tremendous economic potential.
LEAP	In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	LEAP provides In-Space Manufacturing as a service for the production of advanced materials (early 2024). LEAP provides logistics to, thru, and from space for commercial and government customers (2024 March).
Leviathan Space Industries	Commercial Space Station	Dormant, Concept	Goal is to build a permanent presence in outer space through a Space Station Network, that will facilitate travel to Mars and the other planets in the Solar system.
Lide Space	Parabolic Flight Service	Demonstrated	LIDE is the first commercial provider of microgravity platforms on sailplane gliders for Science, Education and Fun.
Liftport Group	In-Space Communications Relay, Commercial Space Station, Space Elevator	Early stage	Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades) – Relay between Earth and the Moon; observe the CisLunar environment for Total Space Domain Awareness..
Liquifer Systems Group (LIQUIFER Space Systems)	Space Resources, Resources - Water, Space Architecture, Commercial Space Station, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Miscellaneous	Concept
Luna Design and Innovation	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Dormant, Active	We believe that space is a research platform and help biotech and pharma companies plan research missions to space. Our goal is to advance health for humanity so people can lead full, healthy, and purposeful lives in space and on Earth.
Lunexus Space	In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station	Early stage	Circularizing the Space Economy By Recycling Satellite Photovoltaics in Space
Magnitude.io	ISS Utilization Service	Active	ExoLab is an experiment platform that brings together classrooms and the International Space Station in a collaborative investigation of the effects of microgravity on living things.
Mainstream Engineering Corporation	ISS Utilization Service	Development	In-situ fabrication of spacecraft thermal protection systems (TPS).
Maritime Launch Services	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Development	Maritime Launch Services, headquartered in Nova Scotia, was founded in 2016 as Canada’s first commercial satellite launch company. Maritime Launch Services will place satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits using a medium class launch vehicle.
Maverick Space Systems	Commercial Space Station	Concept	Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.
Max Space	Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats	Development	Max Space is creating expandable habitats for people and storage that are low-cost, have more livable room, and easier to get up into space.
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Point-to-point, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Robotic Space Station	Cancelled, Acquired
MirCorp	Commercial Space Station, Space Entertainment, Commercial Astronaut Services	Dormant	MirCorp was created by visionaries who understood that the time had arrived when the private sector was able to run manned space operations.
Nanoracks (Voyager Space)	Commercial Space Station	Development, Cancelled	Nanoracks commercial low-Earth orbit destination, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, is called “Starlab.”
Nanoracks (Voyager Space)	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Commercial ISS Airlock, Microgravity Research Payloads	Active	Core payload hardware is the NanoLab, a powerful box in the CubeSat form factor. After being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), Nanolabs can be used for everything from building plant-growth chambers, studying DNA and radiation exposure, biology and biotechnology testing, materials and physical sciences, and more.
Nexus Aurora	Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats, In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)	Concept	Initially brought together for the Mars Society City State Competition, we now collaborate around the globe to develop solutions to the hardest challenges of space while educating and connecting with one another.
Northrop Grumman	Commercial Space Station	Development	D esign for a modular, commercial destination in low-Earth orbit is built on decades of experience.
Odyssey SpaceWorks	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Research Payloads	Demonstrated, Launched	R&D labs in space enabling observation and engineering of biological systems from Earth.
Offworld Biotech (SImGravity)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science, Microgravity Research Payloads	Early stage	We provide Microgravity Research as a Service (MGRaaS).
Orbital Outpost X (Space Villages)	Commercial Space Station, In-Space Assembly, Hardware	Development	Creating a Space Village in Low Earth Orbit for scientific exploration, low gravity manufacturing and more.
Orbital Paradigm	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform	Development	We design, develop, make, and operate a large in-space robotic persistent platform. Reusable transportation for the future in-space industry.
Orbital Space Technologies	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Microgravity Research Payloads	Development	We push microgravity research through space labs that are cost efficient and innovative.
Orion Span	Commercial Space Station	Dormant, Development	World's First Luxury Space Hotel in orbit 200 miles above the Earth's surface launching in 2021.
PD Aerospace	Suborbital Space Tourism, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Parabolic Flight Service	Development	A completely reusable suborbital spacecraft that is distinctly different from conventional vertical launch rockets and the separate, multiple-engine airframe systems being developed overseas.
ProXopS (L2 Innovations, SEOPS)	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Research Payloads	Demonstrated	Faraday is a flexible platform to fly research inside the International Space Station (ISS) or other habitats.
Pythom	Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Commercial Space Station	Early stage	Pythom is developing a space transportation system that is light, low-cost, and highly responsive.
Radian Space	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	World’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane, delivering people and light cargo to low earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.
Radiant Space Systems	Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station	Early stage	At Radiant Space Systems, Inc., we are developing both manned and robotic space habitats to lower barriers to entry for performing science, manufacturing and tourism in space.
Raven Dynamics	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Early stage	Developing innovative recovery and capsule systems for asset recovery from extreme altitude and atmospheric entry.
Raven Space Systems	In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Development	Our mission is to 3D print entire reentry capsules for high cadence and low-cost cargo return from space.
Reaction Engines	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Concept	Skylon is a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.
Reenter Space (Reentry Systems)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing	Dormant, Early stage	Reenter is building the next generation of spacecraft that will be able to bring space-made products for billions down on Earth.
Relativity Space	Surface Habitats, Space Construction Company, Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing	Concept, Development	Relativity helping build on Mars by initially sending a small 3D-printer for “the first object manufactured on another planet by humanity.
ReOrbital	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Development	Our platform provides 1-10 days on orbit, autonomous control over your research environment, and the ability to iterate directly on the launchpad.
ResearchSat	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Development	To enable researchers around the world to run their experiments in space with our customizable & affordable satellite infrastructures.
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)	Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)	Concept, Development	We are focusing on low cost launch technology within an automotive manufacturing environment.
Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi)	Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Research Payloads	Development, Launched	Initiating an orbital space biology lab around 2025.
ROVIAL	In-Space Assembly, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Space Solar Power	Development	High-power Solar Space Platforms. Catapulting space-based power generation to the magnitude of megawatts.
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)	Commercial Space Station	Development	Built in collaboration with Blue Origin, Sierra Space’s Orbital Reef team also includes aerospace giant Boeing and the contractors Redwire Space and Genesis Engineering.
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	The First-Ever Winged Commercial Spaceplane capable of gentle 1.5G runway landings, ideal for precious cargo, especially human passengers.
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Ghost re-entry systems. In the future re-entering objects from space will be as common as launching to space.
Space Affairs	Parabolic Flight Service, Space Tourism Activities, Space Tourism Support	Active	During our zeroG flights (or parabolic flights) you will make a deep friendship with different g-forces. min. 10 times in a row!
Space Applications Services	Robotic Space Station	Concept	Our first application are 3D heart models to study the effects of the space environment and radiation on the heart.
Space Applications Services`(ICE Cubes)	ISS Utilization Service, Lunar Payload Delivery Service	Active, Development	ICE Cubes Service is a simple and cost-effective way for your experiment or technology to fly onboard the International Space Station.
Space BD	In-Space Production, In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service	Active	Space BD provides opportunities to perform experiments on the ISS using various facilities in- and outside the ISS, and support the planning and management of the whole launch campaign of the test object.
Space Cargo Unlimited	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	REV1 is being designed to carry up to 1,000 kilograms of payload for several months in low Earth orbit, where it would dock with a Reusable Orbiting Service Module.
Space Cargo Unlimited (Space-CU, Space Biology Unlimited)	In-Space Manufacturing, ISS Utilization Service, Space-Flown	Demonstrated	Space Cargo Unlimited shipped a crate of red wine to the International Space Station in 2019, and then returned it to Earth last year after a full 12 months aging aboard the station in near zero-G.
Space DOTS	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads	Development	The first smartphone-sized satellites, for active on-orbit testing, in less than 200 g.
Space Entertainment Enterprise	Commercial ISS Module, Space Entertainment	Development	Called SEE-1, the space station module would be “the world’s ﬁrst content and entertainment studios and multipurpose arena in space.
Space Forge	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Microgravity as a service. Rapid, reliable and returnable vehicle to harness the space environment for your needs.
Space Industries Incorporated	Commercial Space Station	Dormant	Space Industries Incorporated was a company formed in the 1980s for the purpose of building a privately owned space station, which was to be called the Industrial Space Facility (ISF).
Space Island Group	Commercial Space Station, Space Tug, Space Tourism Activities, Space Solar Power	Dormant	Dedicated to the development of commerce, research, manufacturing and tourism in space.
Space Islands (Hilton International)	Commercial Space Station, Space Tourism Activities	Dormant	Commercial space station project proposed by Hilton International in 1999 to be constructed from used space shuttle fuel tanks.
Space Pocket (Avaru Space)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service	Demonstrated	Space Pocket is sending samples into Earth orbit for testing and for inspiration.
Space Rider (ESA)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Space Rider aims to provide Europe with an affordable, independent, reusable end-to-end integrated space transportation system for routine access and return from low orbit.
Space Tango	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Active	CubeLabs™ provide a standardized platform for iterative R&D on the International Space Station.
Space Tango	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage, ?	Plans to launch its own miniature, automated orbital research platform in about 2023 named ST-42,
Space Villages (Space Infrastructure Ventures)	Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, Persistent Platform, In-Space Assembly, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), On-Orbit Servicing	Development	Developing and operating a commercial LEO destination. We envision a robotic and crewed station able of growing with the market and provide a range of services to the upcoming LEO economy.
Space Walker	Human Spaceflight, Space Tourism Activities	Development	SPACE WALKER, Inc.(SW) is a new Japanese university start-up developing manned and unmanned suborbital spaceplanes.
SpaceBox	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Development	CubeSat platform for life sciences in space.
Spacehab	Commercial Space Station, Commercial ISS Module, Space Entertainment	Cancelled	Spacehab owns and operates supply and research modules that are carried on NASA's space shuttles. Its modules also supply Russia's Mir space station with items ranging from food to clothing to technical equipment. Spacehab announced a partnership with Energia to develop a commercial module called Enterprise for the station’s Russian segment. Enterprise never moved beyond the concept stage. Spacehab, a Houston-based firm that builds laboratory modules for conducting research in orbit, in 2000 spun off a venture with the Russians called Space Media, which would use a new commercial module, Enterprise, that the company hopes to dock to the space station in order to “develop space-related media and edutainment [sic] opportunities.” The business plan may have been slightly ahead of its time, however. A year later Space Media was laying off staff, and is now biding its time before rushing to put the first studio in orbit.
SpaceLocker	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	Orbital Infrastructure As-a-Service. Space Stations for Satellites. We are building payload hosting solutions.
SpacePharma	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Science	Demonstrated, Active	Our mission is to leverage the miniaturized microgravity lab technology, enabling unprecedented possibilities to develop new drugs in Space.
SpaceWorks Flight (Terminal Velocity)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Launched, Demonstrated, Development	Recoverable RED-4U and RED-25 will offer payload compartments for safe return of space-based manufacturing, medical, and pharmaceutical products. NASA Phase III SBIR awarded in 2016.
SpaceX	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Dormant	DragonLab was planned as a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from space.
Spartan Space	Commercial Space Station, Space Suits & Garments	Concept	Develop an inflatable LEO habitat concept called Orbital EUROHAB (O-HAB).
STaARS (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems)	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads	Dormant	Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems, Inc. (STaARS) has established a rapid time to flight, high throughput, advanced biotechnology, biomedical and life science research program on the International Space Station.
Starflight Dynamics	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Robotic Space Station, Microgravity Research Payloads, In-Space Manufacturing	Development	Foundational technologies for in-space industries. By harnessing the limitless potential of the "business park space", we are building the industrial infrastructures of tomorrow.
Starlab (Voyager Space, Airbus)	Commercial Space Station	Development	Starlab is planned to be the first continuously crewed, free-flying commercial space station.
Stoke Space	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Development	STOKE delivers satellites directly to their final orbit using 100% reusable rockets. They’re low-cost, on-demand, and designed to fly daily.
Synodic Space Labs (Synodic Space Settlement)	Commercial Space Station	Concept	We primarily focus on research, design, and development of a stellar space settlement system. It would be able to inhabit around 12500 people simultaneously.
Teledyne Brown Engineering	ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Hardware	Active	MUSES is Earth-observation platform that will be installed on the exterior of the International Space Station and support up to four remote sensing instruments, or other payloads, simultaneously.
Telespazio UK	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Launch Service Brokerer	Active
Thales Alenia Space	In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Commercial Space Station	Demonstrated	Europe’s very first 3D printer in space launched in 2015. POP3D Portable On-Board Printer is a small 3D printer that requires very limited power and crew involvement to operate.
The Exploration Company	Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander	Development	The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates Nyx, a modular and reusable orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit.
The Fairchild Space Company	Commercial Space Station, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Dormant, Cancelled	Planned to spent $150 million on its first ''leasecraft,'' to be launched by 1988. The platform, one of three planned, is seen as ''an industrial park in space, a place where people can make things or observe the earth. ''We will supply the heat, light and the communications - the real estate out there.''
ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital)	Commercial Space Station, Space Construction Company, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), On-Orbit Servicing, Space Tug	Development	ThinkOrbital delivers a large, scalable and cost-efficient space structure for the New Space economy. Our ThinkPlatforms are based on mature technologies available today, configured for single-launch, autonomous assembly in-orbit, re-imagining opportunities for satellite servicing, space debris processing, in-space manufacturing, on-orbit storage, refuelling, space tourism and research.
Toucan Space	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service	Active	Toucan Space is the first company in the world allowing people to send any object to space or the International Space Station.
Vanguard Space Industries	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)	Early stage, Dormant	VSI’s mission is to provide holistic microgravity solutions that are hassle free, reliable and accessible to our customers.
Varda Space Industries	In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Production, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)	Demonstrated, Development	Space factories for Earth-bound products. Varda Space Industries is building the world's first commercial zero-gravity industrial park at scale. In the near-term, Varda is laser-focused on manufacturing things off Earth that are highly valued on Earth. Over the long-term, Varda can build the infrastructure needed to enable humanity to industrialize space.
VAST	Commercial Space Station, Commercial Astronaut Services, Space Tourism Activities	Development	Vast in developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system.
Vellon Space	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Commercial Space Station	Early stage	Vellon Space is a space technology startup, building "Vellon Space-Lab" a reusable unmanned orbiting space station for facilitating space experiments, manufacturing, technology demonstration, and explorations.
Virgin Galactic	Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Suborbital Space Tourism, Point-to-point	Active	We are the world’s first commercial spaceline, and our purpose is to connect people across the globe to the love, wonder and awe created by space travel.
Voyager Space	Miscellaneous	Cancelled, Reorganized	Starlab is planned to be the first continuously crewed, free-flying commercial space station.
Way4Space (ArianeGroup)	Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Development
XCOR Aerospace	Suborbital Space Tourism, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)	Dormant	The Lynx was planned to be capable of carrying a pilot and a passenger or payload on sub-orbital spaceflights over 100 kilometres (62 mi).
Yuri	Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Hardware, Microgravity Science	Active	Our mission is to engineer end-to-end solutions to provide biotech products formed in space. Yuri enables groundbreaking discoveries by making microgravity accessible.
Zero Gravity Solutions	In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)	Dormant, Development	A zero gravity biotechnology company commercializing the unique capabilities of the ISS platform.

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