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The best space industry employers, ranked

First the employers hiring today, ordered by what an application to each is worth, then the full list of every one we follow. Compare pay across every employer, see the highest-paying employers, or browse by kind of work.

Live roles updated 30 Oct 2026, 19:03 UTCEvery pay figure names its source. Latest data pull: 30 Oct 2026.

Top 144 space industry employers to apply to now

One number sets the order: the value of an application. For each of the 144 employers with live openings it multiplies two things. First, how likely an applicant is to get hired there, counted from people who applied (those hired, plus those still in the running). Second, the pay its roles usually state, taken from the rates on its board. Where an employer has thin data of its own, its figures borrow from the all-employer average, more so the thinner its record. No employer pays us for its place: the value alone sets the order. Tap any score to open its parts, or line all 144 up figure by figure.

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    Muon Space payHow to apply

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    Array Labs payHow to apply

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    Anduril payHow to apply

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    $180k/yr
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    Hubble Network payHow to apply

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    Outpost payHow to apply

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    Umbra payHow to apply

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    Cowboy Space payHow to apply

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    Astrolab pay

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    Amazon Leo payHow to apply

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    Johns Hopkins APL pay

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    Portal Space Systems payHow to apply

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    True Anomaly payHow to apply

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    Parsons pay

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    Turion Space payHow to apply

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    Momentus payHow to apply

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    MITRE pay

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    E-Space payHow to apply

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    LeoLabs payHow to apply

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    Inversion Space payHow to apply

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    BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems pay

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    Kymeta pay

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    K2 Space payHow to apply

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    General Galactic payHow to apply

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    Xona Space Systems payHow to apply

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    Loft Federal payHow to apply

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    Albedo payHow to apply

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    Stoke Space payHow to apply

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    Quindar payHow to apply

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    Varda Space Industries payHow to apply

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    Apex payHow to apply

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    Loft Orbital payHow to apply

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    Trinzic pay

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    NASA payHow to apply

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    Viasat pay

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    Skylo payHow to apply

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    Astra pay

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    Impulse Space pay

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    Capella Space payHow to apply

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    BlackSky payHow to apply

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    KBR pay

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    Revolution Space pay

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    Planet payHow to apply

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    Quantum Space payHow to apply

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    Epsilon3 payHow to apply

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    HawkEye 360 payHow to apply

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    Blue Origin payHow to apply

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    Slingshot Aerospace payHow to apply

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    Gravitics payHow to apply

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    Sophia Space pay

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    Vast payHow to apply

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    Voyager Technologies payHow to apply

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    CesiumAstro payHow to apply

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    Reflect Orbital payHow to apply

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    Relativity Space payHow to apply

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    Spire Global payHow to apply

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    Northwood Space payHow to apply

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    Orbit Fab pay

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    GITAI payHow to apply

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    $142k/yr
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    Booz Allen Hamilton payHow to apply

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    Sierra Space pay

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    Firefly Aerospace pay

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    Airbus Defence and Space payHow to apply

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    ArianeGroup pay

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    Arianespace payHow to apply

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    Astroscale pay

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    Axiom Space pay

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    ClearSpace pay

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    Constellr payHow to apply

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    Dawn Aerospace payHow to apply

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    Elveo Mobile payHow to apply

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    European Space Agency (ESA) payHow to apply

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    Eutelsat pay

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    Exolaunch pay

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    Exos Aerospace pay

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    Exotrail payHow to apply

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    Foundational payHow to apply

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    GHGSat pay

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    Hemeria pay

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    HyImpulse pay

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    HyPrSpace payHow to apply

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    ICEYE payHow to apply

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    Isar Aerospace payHow to apply

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    Kepler Communications payHow to apply

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    Leaf Space payHow to apply

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    NewOrbit Space payHow to apply

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    OHB pay

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    Open Cosmos payHow to apply

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    Redwire Space Europe payHow to apply

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    Reflex Aerospace pay

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    Rocket Factory Augsburg payHow to apply

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    Satellogic pay

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    Sidus Space pay

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    Spaceium payHow to apply

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    SpaceWorks Enterprises pay

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    Star Catcher payHow to apply

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    Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) payHow to apply

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    $141k/yr

    Synspective pay

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    $141k/yr

    Telesat payHow to apply

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    $141k/yr
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    $141k/yr

    Thales Alenia Space payHow to apply

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    The Aerospace Corporation pay

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    The Exploration Company payHow to apply

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    ThrustMe pay

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    Vaya Space pay

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    Venus Aerospace payHow to apply

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    Vyoma pay

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    Leidos pay

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    Starfish Space payHow to apply

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    SES pay

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    Katalyst Space Technologies payHow to apply

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    Boeing pay

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    Intuitive Machines pay

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    Overview Energy payHow to apply

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    RTX pay

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    SpaceX payHow to apply

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    General Dynamics Mission Systems pay

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    ispace payHow to apply

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    Vantor pay

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    Rendezvous Robotics payHow to apply

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    AST SpaceMobile payHow to apply

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    Mission Control Space Services pay

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    SEAKR Engineering pay

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    Northrop Grumman payHow to apply

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    L3Harris pay

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    Blue Canyon Technologies pay

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    Terran Orbital payHow to apply

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    AeroVironment (AV) pay

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    United Launch Alliance pay

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    Redwire pay

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    Virgin Galactic pay

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    Iridium pay

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    Rocket Lab payHow to apply

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    Teledyne pay

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    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory payHow to apply

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    Lockheed Martin payHow to apply

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    Amentum pay

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    Ursa Major payHow to apply

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    CACI pay

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    Lunar Outpost pay

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    Moog pay

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    Peraton pay

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    US Space Force payHow to apply

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    Astranis payHow to apply

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    AstroForge pay

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    Benchmark Space Systems pay

Where does the hire chance come from? At a referral partner, from its own list of the applicants we sent, followed stage by stage until an offer. Everywhere else, from applicants who reported back how far they reached. An application still open is scored at its remaining odds of an offer, and those odds shrink as the wait grows. Typical pay uses the same rates as every other pay figure here; a role with no stated rate is set at the average. How the ranking works.

Every space industry employer we track

Launch & propulsion

Building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable rocket.

Astra logo

Astra

Launch vehicles and engines

36 open

Rockets and rocket engines, built in Alameda, California.

Blue Origin logo

Blue Origin

Launch and lunar landers

1,454 open

Builds the New Shepard and New Glenn rockets and the Blue Moon lunar lander.

How to get hired

Builds reusable rockets that make access to space more reliable and routine.

Firefly Aerospace logo

Firefly Aerospace

Launch and lunar landers

121 open

Launches, lands and operates space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond.

ArianeGroup logo

ArianeGroup

Launchers (with defense work)

203 open

Prime contractor of the Ariane 6 rocket, with its defense work on the same board.

Arianespace logo

Arianespace

Launch services

1 open

Sells and runs launches on Europe's Ariane 6 rocket.

Dawn Aerospace logo

Dawn Aerospace

Spaceplanes and propulsion

24 open

Develops reusable spaceplanes and refuellable satellite propulsion.

Exolaunch logo

Exolaunch

Launch services and satellite deployers

8 open

Books rides to orbit for small satellites and builds the deployers that release them.

Exos Aerospace logo

Exos Aerospace

Reusable suborbital rockets

1 open

Reusable suborbital rockets that fly research payloads.

HyImpulse logo

HyImpulse

Hybrid-propellant small launchers

33 open

Small rockets driven by hybrid motors that burn paraffin.

HyPrSpace logo

HyPrSpace

Hybrid rocket propulsion

5 open

Hybrid rocket engines for small launch vehicles.

Builds launch vehicles to give satellites access to space from Europe.

Rocket Factory Augsburg logo

Rocket Factory Augsburg

Small satellite launch

44 open

German launch company building the RFA One rocket.

Vaya Space logo

Vaya Space

Hybrid propulsion and small launch

2 open

Hybrid rocket propulsion for small launch vehicles and use in orbit.

Venus Aerospace logo

Venus Aerospace

Detonation rocket engines

28 open

Rotating detonation rocket engines for space launch and hypersonic flight.

Boeing logo

Boeing

Space and launch (part of an aerospace prime)

172 open

Starliner, the SLS core stage, the X-37B and the Space Station, inside an aerospace prime.

SpaceX logo

SpaceX

Launch and satellite broadband

2,265 open

Designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

Builds and flies the Atlas V and Vulcan rockets for national security, NASA and commercial customers.

Virgin Galactic logo

Virgin Galactic

Suborbital spaceflight

77 open

Winged spaceships that carry people to the edge of space.

Rocket Lab logo

Rocket Lab

Launch and spacecraft

492 open

Builds the Electron and Neutron launch vehicles and spacecraft and their components.

Ursa Major logo

Ursa Major

Rocket propulsion

115 open

American-built propulsion: liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors.

Spacecraft & stations

Muon Space logo

Muon Space

Satellite constellations

136 open

Designs, builds and operates mission-optimized satellite constellations.

Anduril logo

Anduril

Space surveillance, satellites and space ground systems (the space business of a defense technology company)

77 open

Anduril's space business: spacecraft, orbital and ground systems engineers in Costa Mesa, Colorado Springs and northern Virginia.

Outpost logo

Outpost

Space logistics and return

14 open

Reusable infrastructure for space logistics and manufacturing.

Cowboy Space logo

Cowboy Space

Orbital power and computing

65 open

Satellites and rockets for solar-powered computing in low Earth orbit.

Astrolab logo

Astrolab

Planetary rovers

43 open

Rovers that carry cargo and crews on the Moon and Mars.

Johns Hopkins APL logo

Johns Hopkins APL

A university research lab that builds and flies NASA and national security spacecraft

36 open

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory's Space Exploration Sector, which built New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe and DART, hiring in Laurel, Maryland.

Portal Space Systems logo

Portal Space Systems

Maneuverable spacecraft

20 open

Supernova, a spacecraft that changes orbit on solar thermal propulsion.

True Anomaly logo

True Anomaly

Space security

199 open

Spacecraft and software for space security.

Turion Space logo

Turion Space

Spacecraft and space awareness

15 open

Spacecraft for space domain awareness and in-space services.

Momentus logo

Momentus

In-space transport

9 open

Orbital transfer vehicles and in-space infrastructure services.

Inversion Space logo

Inversion Space

Reentry vehicles

83 open

Making space a transportation layer for Earth.

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems logo

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems

Spacecraft and instruments (part of a defense prime)

105 open

Spacecraft, instruments and mission systems from the former Ball Aerospace, now inside BAE Systems.

K2 Space logo

K2 Space

Satellite manufacturer

212 open

Building the largest satellites in orbit.

General Galactic logo

General Galactic

Water-based propulsion

18 open

Spacecraft propulsion that runs on water.

Albedo logo

Albedo

Very-low-orbit imaging satellites

5 open

Very-low-Earth-orbit satellites for high-resolution imagery.

Varda Space Industries logo

Varda Space Industries

In-space manufacturing and reentry

119 open

The first orbital manufacturing and reentry platform.

Apex logo

Apex

Satellite buses

127 open

Mass-manufacturing productized satellite platforms.

NASA logo

NASA

The US civil space agency: science missions, human spaceflight, aeronautics and technology

5 open

The US space agency, hiring civil servants at its headquarters and its centers in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, California, Ohio, Virginia and Mississippi.

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Impulse Space logo

Impulse Space

In-space transfer vehicles

212 open

Transfer vehicles that carry satellites past the orbit their rocket leaves them in.

Revolution Space logo

Revolution Space

Electric propulsion for satellites

3 open

Small electrospray thrusters for satellites, from the company once called Accion Systems.

Quantum Space logo

Quantum Space

Maneuverable spacecraft

21 open

Builds Ranger, a spacecraft that moves between orbits.

Gravitics logo

Gravitics

Space station modules

19 open

Orbital carriers, cargo systems and commercial space station modules.

Vast logo

Vast

Space stations

181 open

Developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure.

Voyager Technologies logo

Voyager Technologies

Space stations and defense

170 open

Defense, national security and space technology, including the Starlab space station.

CesiumAstro logo

CesiumAstro

Satellite communications hardware

282 open

Software-defined radios, phased-array payloads and satcom terminals for space and defense.

Sierra Space logo

Sierra Space

Spaceplanes and satellites

172 open

Builds the Dream Chaser spaceplane, satellites and the ground systems that run them.

Airbus Defence and Space logo

Airbus Defence and Space

Satellites and space systems (part of Airbus)

128 open

Satellites, exploration hardware and laser terminals, built inside the Airbus group.

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Axiom Space logo

Axiom Space

Space stations and spacesuits

125 open

Building a commercial space station and the next generation of spacesuits.

ClearSpace logo

ClearSpace

Orbital servicing and debris removal

29 open

In-orbit servicing missions: inspection, life extension and debris removal.

European Space Agency (ESA) logo

European Space Agency (ESA)

Europe's intergovernmental space agency: science, Earth observation, navigation and launcher missions

36 open

Europe's space agency, hiring engineers, scientists and graduate trainees at its centres in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium and France.

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Exotrail logo

Exotrail

Orbital transfer and electric propulsion

44 open

The spacevan orbital transfer vehicle and electric propulsion for satellites.

Hemeria logo

Hemeria

Space and defense equipment

17 open

Satellites, space equipment and stratospheric balloons, beside land and naval defense work.

NewOrbit Space logo

NewOrbit Space

Very low orbit satellites

10 open

Satellites designed for very low Earth orbit, far closer to the ground than most.

OHB logo

OHB

Satellites and launcher structures

227 open

European satellites from Bremen, plus launcher structures from MT Aerospace in Augsburg.

Open Cosmos logo

Open Cosmos

Satellite missions as a service

38 open

Designs, launches and runs satellite missions for customers, and sells their data through DataCosmos.

Redwire Space Europe logo

Redwire Space Europe

Space infrastructure (the European arm of Redwire)

9 open

The European arm of Redwire, with teams in Belgium, Poland and Luxembourg.

Reflex Aerospace logo

Reflex Aerospace

Satellites built to order

16 open

Satellites built to order for radar, optical imaging, reconnaissance and communications missions.

Sidus Space logo

Sidus Space

Satellites and space hardware manufacturing

15 open

Builds its LizzieSat satellites and machines precision parts for other space companies.

Spaceium logo

Spaceium

Orbital refueling stations

10 open

Robotic stations in orbit that refuel and repair spacecraft.

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) logo

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)

Small satellites (an Airbus company)

16 open

Small satellites, payloads and ground systems from Guildford, owned by Airbus.

Thales Alenia Space logo

Thales Alenia Space

Satellites and space infrastructure (Thales and Leonardo)

66 open

Satellites, payloads and space station modules, a joint venture of Thales and Leonardo.

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ThrustMe logo

ThrustMe

Iodine electric propulsion

1 open

Electric thrusters for satellites that run on solid iodine.

Starfish Space logo

Starfish Space

Satellite servicing

12 open

Satellite servicing spacecraft that dock with satellites in orbit.

Katalyst Space Technologies logo

Katalyst Space Technologies

Robotic servicing spacecraft

27 open

Robotic spacecraft that maneuver, dock with and service other satellites.

Intuitive Machines logo

Intuitive Machines

Lunar landers and space services

77 open

Builds lunar landers and the navigation and communications services around them.

General Dynamics Mission Systems logo

General Dynamics Mission Systems

Satellite and space ground systems (a General Dynamics business)

19 open

Satellite ground systems, space systems and secure communications for the Space Force, inside General Dynamics.

ispace logo

ispace

Lunar landers and rovers

62 open

Lunar landers and rovers, with teams in Japan, the United States and Luxembourg.

Rendezvous Robotics logo

Rendezvous Robotics

Self-assembling structures in orbit

22 open

Modular tiles that join themselves together into large structures in orbit.

SEAKR Engineering logo

SEAKR Engineering

Space electronics

14 open

Flight electronics and payload processors built for space.

Northrop Grumman logo

Northrop Grumman

Space systems (part of a defense prime)

471 open

Satellites, space telescopes, cargo spacecraft and rocket boosters, inside a defense prime.

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L3Harris logo

L3Harris

Space systems (part of a defense prime)

145 open

Satellites, space sensors and rocket engines, inside a defense and aerospace prime.

Blue Canyon Technologies logo

Blue Canyon Technologies

Small satellite buses (an RTX business)

15 open

Small satellite buses, spacecraft systems and components, an RTX business.

Terran Orbital logo

Terran Orbital

Satellite manufacturer

28 open

Satellite manufacturer, a Lockheed Martin company.

AeroVironment (AV) logo

AeroVironment (AV)

Spacecraft avionics, attitude control and satellite ground terminals (part of a defense technology company)

55 open

AV's Space Technologies group in Albuquerque, the former BlueHalo space business: spacecraft avionics, attitude control and the BADGER satellite ground terminal.

Redwire logo

Redwire

Space infrastructure: solar arrays, structures, sensors and in-space manufacturing

29 open

Redwire's US space infrastructure business: solar arrays, spacecraft structures and systems, with roles in Littleton, Colorado, Goleta, California and Chantilly, Virginia.

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Teledyne

Space imaging sensors and launch vehicle hardware (part of an industrial technology group)

71 open

Teledyne's space work: the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System in Huntsville, and imaging sensors and instruments for space in California and the UK.

NASA's lab for robotic space exploration, managed by Caltech.

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Lockheed Martin logo

Lockheed Martin

Satellites, the Orion spacecraft and missile warning systems (part of a defense prime)

178 open

Lockheed Martin Space builds GPS and missile warning satellites, NASA's Orion crew capsule and deep space probes.

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Lunar Outpost logo

Lunar Outpost

Lunar rovers and robotics

33 open

Rovers and robotic infrastructure for the Moon.

Moog logo

Moog

Satellite buses, spacecraft avionics, propulsion and launch vehicle actuation (part of an aerospace and defense supplier)

15 open

Moog's space business: METEOR and METEORITE satellite buses, spacecraft avionics, propulsion and mechanisms, built in New York, Colorado, Arizona and California.

Astranis logo

Astranis

Satellite manufacturer and operator

184 open

Designs, builds and operates high-orbit satellites for sovereign connectivity.

AstroForge logo

AstroForge

Asteroid mining spacecraft

14 open

Spacecraft built to reach asteroids and, in time, mine them for platinum-group metals.

Thrusters and propulsion systems that let satellites move and hold their orbits.

Space data & services

Array Labs logo

Array Labs

Radar satellites

33 open

Radar satellites and the 3D images of Earth built from them.

Hubble Network logo

Hubble Network

Satellite Bluetooth network

16 open

A satellite network that connects Bluetooth devices directly to space.

Umbra logo

Umbra

Radar imaging satellites

25 open

Radar satellites and the imagery they collect, plus satellite systems built to order.

Amazon Leo logo

Amazon Leo

A low Earth orbit broadband constellation (Amazon's, formerly Project Kuiper)

687 open

Amazon's satellite internet constellation, formerly Project Kuiper: satellites, launches, ground stations and the terminals customers use.

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Parsons logo

Parsons

Space domain awareness, satellite operations and Space Force ground systems (part of a government contractor)

7 open

Parsons's space work: space situational awareness, spacecraft operations, navigation and timing, and launch operations for the Space Force and other national security space programs.

MITRE logo

MITRE

A not-for-profit research organization running federally funded centers, including space systems engineering for the Space Force

11 open

MITRE's space work: systems engineering for the Space Force and space programs at its Colorado Springs and El Segundo sites.

E-Space logo

E-Space

Low-orbit satellite platform

106 open

A low-orbit satellite platform that links large numbers of small devices.

LeoLabs logo

LeoLabs

Orbit tracking radar

27 open

Radar network and data for tracking objects in low Earth orbit.

Kymeta logo

Kymeta

Flat-panel satellite terminals

9 open

Flat, electronically steered antennas that link vehicles and remote sites to satellites.

Xona Space Systems logo

Xona Space Systems

Satellite navigation

51 open

Navigation infrastructure: centimeter-level positioning from low Earth orbit.

Loft Federal logo

Loft Federal

National security space missions

14 open

Mission autonomy, edge processing and secure mission execution for national security space.

Quindar logo

Quindar

Mission operations software

17 open

Software for operating satellites and space missions.

Loft Orbital logo

Loft Orbital

Space infrastructure as a service

66 open

Space infrastructure that lets any organization fly a mission.

Trinzic logo

Trinzic

Space and national security engineering (KBR's government business)

11 open

KBR's government engineering business, supporting NASA human spaceflight and space security missions.

Viasat logo

Viasat

Satellite communications

253 open

Satellite broadband and secure communications for consumers, airlines, businesses and governments.

Skylo logo

Skylo

Satellite-to-device connectivity

24 open

Satellite connectivity for ordinary phones and devices.

Capella Space logo

Capella Space

Radar imaging satellites (an IonQ company)

12 open

Radar satellites that image the ground at night and through cloud, now part of IonQ.

BlackSky logo

BlackSky

Earth observation

36 open

Space-based intelligence from real-time low-orbit satellite imagery.

KBR logo

KBR

Engineering and operations for NASA's human spaceflight and military space programs (part of a government contractor)

127 open

KBR's space work: NASA human spaceflight support at Johnson Space Center, Stennis Space Center operations and space systems engineering for the Space Force.

Planet logo

Planet

Earth observation

96 open

Daily satellite imagery and insights about our changing planet.

Epsilon3 logo

Epsilon3

Operations software

3 open

Software that helps teams plan and track complex operations.

HawkEye 360 logo

HawkEye 360

RF geolocation from space

20 open

Satellites that detect and geolocate radio-frequency signals.

Slingshot Aerospace logo

Slingshot Aerospace

Space domain awareness

11 open

Space operations intelligence and autonomy.

Sophia Space logo

Sophia Space

Orbital computing

6 open

Passively cooled compute modules that carry processors in orbit.

Reflect Orbital logo

Reflect Orbital

Sunlight-reflecting satellites

17 open

Satellites with mirrors that redirect sunlight to places on Earth.

Spire Global logo

Spire Global

Space-based data

32 open

Space-based intelligence for government, weather and climate, and aviation.

Northwood Space logo

Northwood Space

Ground stations

60 open

Phased-array ground stations that take space missions further, faster.

Orbit Fab logo

Orbit Fab

In-space refueling

4 open

Refueling in orbit: fuel shuttles and a refueling port for satellites.

Booz Allen Hamilton logo

Booz Allen Hamilton

Space systems engineering and operations for the Space Force and intelligence space programs (part of a government contractor)

76 open

Booz Allen's space work: systems engineers, space vehicle architects and orbital operators supporting Space Systems Command and national security space programs.

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Astroscale logo

Astroscale

On-orbit servicing

43 open

On-orbit services: debris removal, life extension and inspection.

Constellr logo

Constellr

Thermal infrared satellites

25 open

Thermal infrared satellites that measure land surface temperature.

Elveo Mobile logo

Elveo Mobile

Satellite-to-phone connectivity

23 open

Satellite connectivity for ordinary phones, formed by the merger of Lynk Global and Omnispace.

Eutelsat logo

Eutelsat

Satellite operator (GEO and OneWeb)

76 open

Geostationary satellites plus the OneWeb constellation in low Earth orbit.

Foundational logo

Foundational

Satellite laser ranging network

29 open

Laser ranging stations on the ground that measure exactly where satellites are.

GHGSat logo

GHGSat

Emissions-monitoring satellites

1 open

Satellites and aircraft that measure methane and carbon dioxide at industrial sites.

ICEYE logo

ICEYE

Radar imaging satellites

177 open

Synthetic-aperture radar satellites and the intelligence drawn from them.

An optical data-relay network in orbit for real-time data delivery.

Leaf Space logo

Leaf Space

Ground station network

11 open

A network of ground stations that connects satellite operators to their spacecraft.

Satellogic logo

Satellogic

Earth observation satellites

16 open

Earth-observation satellites and the imagery they collect.

SpaceWorks Enterprises logo

SpaceWorks Enterprises

Entry systems and space engineering software

5 open

Entry systems for returning payloads to Earth, space operations technology and engineering software.

Star Catcher logo

Star Catcher

Power beaming to satellites

40 open

A space-based power network that beams light to satellites.

Synspective logo

Synspective

Radar satellites (StriX)

14 open

Small radar satellites from Japan and the ground data products made from their images.

Telesat logo

Telesat

Satellite operator

52 open

Canadian satellite operator, building the Lightspeed low-orbit constellation.

The Aerospace Corporation logo

The Aerospace Corporation

Federally funded space research center (nonprofit)

423 open

Nonprofit research center for the space enterprise, working mainly for the US Space Force and the NRO.

Vyoma logo

Vyoma

Space traffic and domain awareness

1 open

Tracks satellites and debris so operators can steer clear of collisions.

Leidos logo

Leidos

Space systems engineering, satellite payloads and NASA mission support (part of a government contractor)

30 open

Leidos's space work: satellite and payload engineering for the Space Force and intelligence space programs, and support at NASA centers, from Huntsville to Kennedy Space Center.

SES logo

SES

Satellite operator (GEO and MEO)

119 open

Runs satellites in geostationary and medium Earth orbit, Intelsat's fleet now included.

Overview Energy logo

Overview Energy

Space-based solar power

2 open

Satellites that beam solar energy down to existing solar farms.

RTX logo

RTX

Space sensors and ground systems (part of a defense prime)

66 open

Space sensors, payloads and satellite ground systems, inside a defense and aerospace prime.

Vantor logo

Vantor

Earth observation

132 open

Earth-imaging satellites and geospatial intelligence, formerly Maxar Intelligence.

AST SpaceMobile logo

AST SpaceMobile

Satellite-to-phone broadband

255 open

BlueBird satellites with broadband directly to standard smartphones.

Mission Control Space Services logo

Mission Control Space Services

Space robotics software and rovers

8 open

Autonomy software and lunar rovers for robots working in space.

Iridium logo

Iridium

Satellite communications operator

48 open

Operates a global voice and data network of low earth orbit satellites.

Amentum logo

Amentum

Launch site, test and engineering services at NASA centers (part of a government contractor)

203 open

Amentum's space work: technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center launch site, at Houston and in Huntsville.

CACI logo

CACI

Flight software and space systems engineering for NASA and the military (part of a government contractor)

58 open

CACI's space work: Orion and Moon base flight software and space vehicle engineering for NASA at Johnson Space Center, and space systems for the military.

Peraton logo

Peraton

Space and mission operations (a government contractor)

9 open

Spacecraft operations, sounding rocket engineering and satellite ground systems for NASA and the Space Force.

US Space Force logo

US Space Force

The US military space service: satellite operations, launch ranges and space systems acquisition

41 open

The civilian side of the US Space Force: engineers, program managers and specialists at Space Systems Command and the space bases in California, Colorado and Florida.

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