List of launch service providers
A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space.[1] There are over 100 launch companies from all over the world.[2] These companies and their launch vehicles are in various stages of development, with some (such as SpaceX, RocketLab, and ULA) already in regular operation, while others are not.[3]
In 2018, the launch services sector accounted for $5.5 billion out of a total $344.5 billion "global space economy".
A document central to successful launch service provision is the Interface Control Document (ICD), a contract that specifies the integration and mission requirements responsibilities across the service provider and the service solicitor.[7]
In some cases, an LSP is not required to launch a rocket. Government organizations such as the military and defense forces may conduct the launch themselves.
Current launch service providers
Corporate
- Antrix Corporation (India)[4]
- Arianespace (France)[4][8]: 34
- Astra (United States)
- Blue Origin (United States)[4]
- CAS Space (China)
- Deep Blue Aerospace (China)
- Eurockot Launch Services (Germany)
- Evolution Space (United States)
- Firefly Aerospace (United States)[4]
- Galactic Energy (China)
- GK Launch Services (Russia, Kazakhstan)[4]
- International Launch Services aka ILS (United States)[8]: 34
- Interstellar Technologies (Japan)
- ISC Kosmotras (Russia)
- i-Space (China)
- Landspace(China)
- LinkSpace (China)[4]
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via MHI Launch Services (Japan)[4]
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group(United States)
- HyImpulse (Germany)
- OneSpace (China)[4]
- Orienspace (China)
- PLD Space (Spain)[4]
- Relativity Space (United States)
- Rocket Factory Augsburg (Germany)
- Rocket Lab (United States/New Zealand)[4]
- Sea Launch (Switzerland)[8]: 34
- Space One (Japan)
- Space Pioneer (China)
- SpaceX (United States)[4][8]: 34
- Starsem (France)
- Stoke Space (United States) [9]
- United Launch Alliance aka ULA (United States)[4]
- Up Aerospace (United States) [10]
- Vector Launch (United States)[4]
- Virgin Galactic (United States)[11]
- Zero 2 Infinity (Spain)
Former Corporate
- Orbital ATK (United States)[4]
- Orbital Sciences Corporation (United States)[8]: 34
- Stratolaunch Systems (United States)[4]
- Virgin Orbit (United States)[4]
Governmental and State-owned
- CALT (China)
- DARPA (United States)[4]
- ExPace (China)[4]
- Glavkosmos (Russia)[12]: 71
- ISA (Iran)[4]
- JAXA (Japan)[4]
- NADA (North Korea)[4]
- NASA (United States)[13]
- NSIL (India)[14]
References
- ^ "Launch Services Definition: 101 Samples". Law Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ "Launch Service Providers". RocketLaunch.org.
- ^ "Launch Database | SpaceFund". Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation: 2018 (Report). United States Government (Federal Aviation Administration). January 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Propulsion Products Catalog" (PDF). Orbital ATK. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Clark, Stephen (14 September 2018). "Engineers say goodbye to society-changing Delta 2 rocket – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ISBN 978-1-62257-303-5. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ a b c d e Moore, Maurice H. (February 2011). Department of Defense Spacelift In A Fiscally Constrained Environment (MS (Master of Military Art and Science) thesis). U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
- ^ https://www.stokespace.com
- ^ https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/rocket-carrying-cremains-crashes-after-launching-from-spaceport-america/article_e0eedfcc-cf87-5596-a11f-33e8c364cf1d.html
- ^ https://www.virgingalactic.com
- JSTOR 24122277. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Heiney, Anna (2018-04-10). "LSP Overview". NASA. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ "Mandate | NSIL". www.nsilindia.co.in. Retrieved 2023-08-02.