Satellite Constellations – NewSpace Index

August 18, 2020

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Organization Launched /
Planned network First
launch Form factor Field Funding Image Orbcomm (OG2) 50 / 52 1991 Microsat, Smallsat, 3U IoT / M2M, AIS Yes Orbcomm Globalstar (Second-Generation) 84 / 24 1998 Satellite Internet, IoT / M2M Yes Globalstar AprizeSat 12 / 12 2002 Microsat IoT / M2M ? AprizeSat SaudiComsat (SaudiComsat) 7 / 24 2004 Microsat IoT / M2M – ExactEarth 68 / 67 2008 Hosted, Microsat AIS – ExactEarth SES (O3b / mPOWER) 20 / 28 2013 Satellite Internet Yes SES Planet (Flock / Dove) 387 / 150 2013 3U Earth observation $183M Planet Spire (Lemur / Minas) 115 / 150 2013 3U Weather, AIS, ADS-B, Earthquake (ELF), Constellation-As-A-Service, GNSS Reflectometry, GNSS Radio Occultation $150M+ Spire Planet (Terra Bella / Skybox) 15 / 24 2013 Smallsat Earth observation Yes, ? Planet Planet (RapidEye) 5 / 5 2008 Smallsat Earth observation Yes, ? Chang Guang (Jilin-1) 14 / ? 2015 Satellite Earth observation, Video Yes Chang Guang Spaceflight (BlackSky) 5 / 60 2016 Microsat Earth observation $253.5M Spaceflight GHGSat 1 / 10 2016 Microsat Emissions monitoring $22.5M GHGSat Satellogic 7 / 90 2016 Microsat Earth observation, Hyperspectral $79M+ Satellogic SpaceWill 5 / 16 2016 Satellite Earth observation ? SpaceWill Hongyun / Xingyun 2 / 156 2017 Smallsat Internet, IoT / M2M ? Hongyun / Xingyun GeoOptics (CICERO) 7 / ? 2017 6U Weather $5.15M GeoOptics Zhuhai Orbita (Zhuhai-1) 12 / 10 2017 Smallsat Earth observation, Hyperspectral Yes Zhuhai Orbita Canon 1 / 100 2017 Microsat Earth observation ? Canon Aireon 75 / 75 2017 Hosted ADS-B $50M Aireon Telesat 2 / 117 2017 Smallsat Internet ? Telesat Satelles 66 / 66 2017 Satellite GNSS, PNT (Position, Navigation, Timing) NanoAvionics 3 / 72 2017 6U, 12U? IoT / M2M, Constellation-As-A-Service $15M+ NanoAvionics Iridium NEXT (NEXT) 75 / 75 2017 Satellite Internet, IoT / M2M Yes Iridium NEXT HEAD Aerospace (Skywalker) 3 / 48 2017 Microsat AIS, ADS-B HEAD Aerospace Helios Wire 2 / 30 2017 6U, 16U IoT / M2M $1M Helios Wire Swarm Technologies 9 / 600 2018 0.25U, 1U IoT / M2M $27.7M Swarm Technologies Kepler Communications 2 / 140 2018 3U, 6U, ? IoT / M2M, Internet, Store-and-Forward $21M+ Kepler Communications ICEYE 5 / 18 2018 Microsat SAR $53M+ ICEYE SpaceX (Starlink) 362 / 4425 2018 Smallsat Internet Yes SpaceX Orbital Sidekick 1 / ? 2018 ? Earth observation, Hyperspectral $4.7M Analytical Space 2 / ? 2018 6U IoT / M2M, Orbital data relay, Optical comms $4M Analytical Space German Orbital Systems 4 / ? 2018 3U IoT / M2M – German Orbital Systems Hiber 2 / 48 2018 6U, 3U IoT / M2M $8M Hiber Fleet Space 4 / 100 2018 3U, 12U, 1.5U, 6U IoT / M2M $11.1M+ Fleet Space Astrocast 2 / 80 2018 3U IoT / M2M $16.7M Astrocast Aistech (DANU, HYDRA) 2 / 150 2018 2U, 6U IoT / M2M, ADS-B, AIS, IR imaging €0.3M Aistech HawkEye 360 3 / 30 2018 Microsat RF spectrum monitoring $99.3M HawkEye 360 Harris Corporation 1 / 12 2018 6U Weather Harris Corporation Capella Space (Whitney) 1 / 40 2018 Microsat SAR $34M Capella Space Hongyan (CASC) 1 / 320 2018 Satellite Internet ? Hongyan (CASC) Reaktor Space 1 / 36 2018 6U, 2U Earth observation, Hyperspectral Reaktor Space Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) 6 / 38 2018 6U IoT / M2M Guodian Gaoke Commsat (Ladybug / Ladybird) 8 / 72 2018 Microsat, 6U, 3U IoT / M2M, AIS $16M Commsat Myriota 1 / 50 2018 3U IoT / M2M $37M Myriota Astranis 1 / ? 2018 Smallsat, CubeSat Internet $108M Astranis Mino Space 5 / ? 2018 Satellite SAR, ? $17.2M Mino Space Earth-i (Vivid-i) 1 / 15 2018 Microsat Earth observation, Video ? Earth-i LaserFleet 2 / 288 2018 CubeSat Internet, Optical comms $2M? LaserFleet SpaceChain 2 / ? 2018 Hosted Blockchain OHB Italia (EAGLET) 1 / 20 2018 3U Earth observation, AIS OHB Italia ADASPACE 4 / 192 2018 Microsat, CubeSat Earth observation $14.4M+ ADASPACE Spacety 18 / 480 2018 CubeSat? Earth observation $22M+ Spacety OneWeb 74 / 648 2019 Smallsat Internet $3.4B OneWeb Axelspace (GRUS) 4 / 50 2019 Microsat Earth observation $16M Axelspace Orbital Micro Systems 1 / 40 2019 3U? Weather $0.65M Orbital Micro Systems Lacuna Space 1 / 32 2019 3U, 6U IoT / M2M Yes Lacuna Space Blink Astro 1 / ? 2019 3U IoT / M2M – Blink Astro SatRevolution (REC) 1 / 1024 2019 2U, 6U Earth observation $8.9M SatRevolution Lynk 1 / 1000 2019 Hosted, CubeSat? IoT / M2M, Internet, Direct-to-phones, Satellite-to-cell $12M NSLComm 1 / 80 2019 6U Internet, IoT / M2M $9.25M+ NSLComm UnseenLabs 1 / 50 2019 6U RF spectrum monitoring $8.6M UnseenLabs ZeroG Lab (Lingque, Magpie) 2 / 132 2019 6U Earth observation $3.2M ZeroG Lab QianSheng 1 / 20 2019 Microsat Earth observation, IoT / M2M, Hyperspectral, SAR, IR imaging QianSheng iQPS 1 / 36 2019 Microsat SAR $21.3M+ iQPS Alba Orbital 2 / ? 2019 PocketQube Earth observation – Alba Orbital Hera Systems 1 / 50 2019 12U Earth observation $4.2M+ Hera Systems KLEO 2 / 300 2019 Smallsat, Microsat IoT / M2M ? Elbit Systems (NANOVA) 1 / ? 2019 3U IoT / M2M Elbit Systems Ningxia (Ningxia / Zhongi) 5 / ? 2019 Smallsat SIGINT Ningxia Shanghai Lizheng Satellite 1 / 90 2019 Microsat GNSS, IoT / M2M Shanghai Lizheng Satellite AST&Science (SpaceMobile) 1 / 243 2019 Microsat, ? Internet, Direct-to-phones, Space-Based Cellular Broadband $110M+ Fossa Systems 1 / ? 2019 PocketQube IoT / M2M Fossa Systems Sen (EarthTV) 1 / ? 2019 16U Earth observation, Video Sen Stara Space 2 / 120 2019 PocketQube Orbital data relay, Data storage Yes, 7 figures Stara Space Eutelsat (CubeSats) 0 / ? 2020 3U, CubeSat IoT / M2M Eutelsat PlanetiQ 0 / 20 2020 Microsat Weather $23.9M PlanetiQ Kleos Space 0 / 40 2020 CubeSat AIS, Geolocation, RF spectrum monitoring $6.35M Kleos Space Golbriak Space 0 / ? 2020 6U, ? Optical comms, ? Yes Golbriak Space HyperSat 0 / 6 2020 Smallsat Earth observation, Hyperspectral $85M Synspective (StriX) 0 / 25 2020 Smallsat Earth observation, SAR $13.6M Synspective Umbra Lab 0 / 12 2020 Microsat SAR Yes Umbra Lab Loft Orbital (YAM) 0 / 10 2020 Microsat Hosted Payloads, IoT / M2M, Hyperspectral, Earth observation $16.2M Loft Orbital Planet (Pelican) 0 / ? 2020 Smallsat Earth observation Kawa Space 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat Earth observation, Hyperspectral, SAR SpeQtral 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat? QKD, Optical comms $1.9M OQ Technology 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat, 1U? IoT / M2M Yes OQ Technology Smart Satellite 0 / ? 2020 Smallsat, Satellite SAR, ? $1.4M Smart Satellite Scanway 0 / ? 2020 6U Earth observation, IR imaging, Hyperspectral Scanway Horizon Technologies (Amber) 0 / ? 2020 6U, 12U RF spectrum monitoring, SIGINT Horizon Technologies Transcelestial 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat? Orbital data relay, Optical comms $1.8M Bluefield 0 / 22 2020 16U Emissions monitoring $0.25M Bluefield Elecnor Deimos (NEPTUNO) 0 / ? 2020 3U AIS, Maritime Geely 0 / ? 2020 Smallsat Internet $326 Aerial Maritime 0 / ? 2020 3U? AIS, ADS-B $12.2M Aerial Maritime Karten Space 0 / 14 2020 6U Earth observation, AIS – Karten Space HEO Robotics (ARGUS) 0 / 12 2020 CubeSat SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Asteroid prospecting – HEO Robotics SpaceTime 0 / ? 2020 3U Earth observation, VR/AR $3.3M Sateliot 0 / 100 2020 CubeSat IoT / M2M, Direct-to-phones, Satellite-to-cell $1.1M Sateliot Airbus (Pleiades Neo) 0 / 4 2020 Satellite Earth observation Airbus Astrome (SpaceNet) 0 / 198 2020 Microsat Internet ? Space Systems Engineering 0 / ? 2020 24U (4U x 6U), ? Earth observation – Space Systems Engineering Pixxel 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat Earth observation Seed Galaxy Space (Yinhe) 1 / 1000 2020 Smallsat Internet, 5G Yes Galaxy Space Tekever 0 / 12 2020 16U Earth observation, AIS, ADS-B, IoT / M2M $10M Tekever NuSpace 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat IoT / M2M Seed AT&T 0 / ? 2020 CubeSat? IoT / M2M Inovor (Skyris / Hyperion) 0 / ? 2021 12U SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Earth observation – Inovor ConstelIR 0 / ? 2021 CubeSat? IR imaging, Earth observation ? ConstelIR Omnispace 0 / ? 2021 6U IoT / M2M, 5G OroraTech 0 / 100 2021 3U Weather, IR imaging – OroraTech Trident Space 0 / 48 2021 Smallsat SAR $7M Alya Nanosatellites 0 / ? 2021 6U Earth observation, IoT / M2M Spacety (SAR) 18 / ? 2021 Microsat SAR $22M+ Start Rocket 0 / ? 2021 CubeSat? Orbital Display (Advertising) Start Rocket Cloud Constellation (SpaceBelt) 0 / 10 2021 Smallsat Data storage $100M Cloud Constellation NorthStar 0 / 40 2021 Satellite Earth observation, Hyperspectral, SSA (Space Situational Awareness) $62M UrTheCast (UrtheDaily / OptiSar) 4 / 24 2021 Satellite Earth observation, SAR $182.6M UrTheCast ISISpace (BrightSkies, Spectrolite) 0 / ? 2021 12U Emissions monitoring – ISISpace Maxar (WorldView Legion) 0 / 6 2021 Satellite Earth observation Yes Maxar VEOWARE 0 / ? 2021 Satellite Earth observation ? PredaSAR 0 / 44 2021 Microsat SAR $25M KP Labs 0 / ? 2022 6U Earth observation, Hyperspectral, ? – KP Labs Kineis 0 / 25 2022 Microsat IoT / M2M, AIS $112M Kineis Spacefab.US 0 / ? 2022 Smallsat Earth observation, Astrophotography, Hyperspectral $0.08M Spacefab.US SATLANTIS 0 / ? 2022 Microsat, ? Earth observation $6.2M D-Orbit (NOCTUA) 0 / ? 2022 Smallsat SAR, ? $11M+ D-Orbit 8th Continent Technologies 0 / ? 2022 Smallsat, ? In-Orbit Inspection, SSA (Space Situational Awareness) Laser Light (HALO) 0 / 12 2022 Smallsat Optical comms ? Laser Light Avant Space (Constellation) 0 / 20 2022 16U Orbital Display (Advertising) LyteLoop 0 / ? 2022 Microsat Data storage ? XpressSAR 0 / 4 2022 Satellite SAR ? XpressSAR ISISpace (AMS) 0 / ? 2022 16U Earth observation, IR imaging – ISISpace Methera 0 / 16 2022 Smallsat Internet Seed EOS (SAR) 0 / 12 2022 Microsat SAR Yes EOS Sternula (MARIOT) 0 / 50 2022 CubeSat? IoT / M2M, AIS, VDES Yes Aerospacelab 0 / ? ? Microsat Earth observation $12.5M Efir / Sfera 0 / 640 ? Smallsat Internet, Earth observation ? Asteroid Mining Corp 0 / ? ? CubeSat, ? Asteroid prospecting ? Asteroid Mining Corp R2 Space 0 / ? ? Microsat, ? SAR – ArQit 0 / ? ? CubeSat? QKD, Optical comms – Wyvern 0 / ? ? CubeSat Earth observation, Hyperspectral – Space Union 0 / ? ? CubeSat Orbital data relay – Amazon (Project Kuiper) 0 / 3236 ? Microsat Internet – Apple 0 / ? ? ? Internet, Direct-to-phones – ExoTerra 0 / ? ? ? Earth observation $1.5M Alen Space 0 / ? ? CubeSat Constellation-As-A-Service $1.1M+ LunaSonde (Gossamer) 0 / ? ? ? Minerals prospecting ? Skycraft 0 / 200 ? ? ADS-B, ? $1.5M Orbitare (Space Loop) 0 / ? ? CubeSat IoT / M2M SME Instrument Phase 1 SaraniaSat 0 / ? ? 6U Earth observation, Hyperspectral, IR imaging $5M+ Space Forms 0 / ? ? CubeSat SSA (Space Situational Awareness), In-Orbit Inspection – ConnectX (FIRST) 0 / ? ? ? Data storage – Xona Space Systems 0 / ? ? ? GNSS, PNT (Position, Navigation, Timing) – BHDynamics 0 / ? ? PocketQube IoT / M2M – Bitlinq Space 0 / ? ? CubeSat? Internet, IoT / M2M – Innova Space 0 / ? ? PocketQube IoT / M2M – Exo Space 0 / ? ? CubeSat? In-Orbit Computing – Chandah Space 0 / 20 ? ? SSA (Space Situational Awareness), In-Orbit Inspection, Earth observation, IR imaging, Astrophotography – Channel Logistics (Space Eyes) 0 / 5 ? ? SAR, AIS – QEYnet 0 / ? ? Microsat QKD, Optical comms ? SatelliteVu 0 / ? ? Microsat Earth observation, IR imaging – Scepter 0 / ? ? Microsat Emissions monitoring ? Skyloom 0 / ? ? Microsat Orbital data relay, Optical comms $0.1M PointView (Athena) 0 / ? ? ? Internet – Solar.Space 0 / ? ? ? Wireless Energy Supply ? SpaceAble 0 / ? ? CubeSat SSA (Space Situational Awareness) ? SpaceAble UTOWAVE (SpaceDust) 0 / ? ? PocketQube Internet – Live Earth 0 / 3 ? Satellite Earth observation, IR imaging – HySpecIQ (HySpec) 0 / 2 ? Satellite Earth observation, Hyperspectral – Artemis Space (BEACON) 0 / ? Dormant? CubeSat IoT / M2M – Koolock 0 / ? Dormant? CubeSat Earth observation, IR imaging, Weather – SRT Marine 0 / 6 Dormant? 6U AIS – B612 Foundation (Sentinel) 0 / ? Dormant? Microsat Asteroid tracking ? LeoSat 0 / 108 Dormant Satellite Internet, Store-and-Forward $50M+ LeoSat Sky and Space 3 / 200 Cancelled? 8U, 6U, 3U IoT / M2M $29.1M Sky and Space Astro Digital (Landmapper) 5 / 25 Cancelled 6U, 16U Earth observation $16.7M+ Astro Digital EarthNow 0 / 500 Cancelled Smallsat Earth observation $6.6M EarthNow 4Skies 0 / ? Cancelled Microsat IoT / M2M – 4Skies HyperCubes 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat? Earth observation, Hyperspectral – Dunvegan Space (BitSat) 0 / 24 Cancelled 3U IoT / M2M, Data storage ? Audacy 1 / 3 Cancelled Smallsat, 3U Orbital data relay $13.1M Audacy ISISpace (TRITON) 0 / 16 Cancelled 3U AIS – Outernet 0 / 200 Cancelled 1U, 3U Internet $0.7M Outernet Deep Space Industries (BitSat) 0 / ? Cancelled 6U Asteroid prospecting $3.5M+ NARA 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat SAR – EarthCube 0 / 10 Cancelled CubeSat Earth observation, IR imaging $4.5M+ Ragnarok Industries 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat Internet, IoT / M2M – 406 Aerospace 0 / ? Cancelled ? Weather – Rupercorp 0 / ? Cancelled 6U Earth observation – ConsenSys Space 3 / 10 Cancelled 12U Earth observation, IR imaging, Hyperspectral $50M+ ConsenSys Space Macro Aerospace 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat? Data storage – Tyvak 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat IoT / M2M $36M+ GomSpace 0 / 10 Cancelled 6U IoT / M2M, SSA (Space Situational Awareness) – GomSpace Promethean Labs 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat Emissions monitoring – Dauria Aerospace 2 / 8 Cancelled 6U Earth observation $30M+ Dauria Aerospace Vissidus Technologies 0 / ? Cancelled CubeSat Space debris removal, On-orbit servicing – Xoterra Aerospace 0 / 88 Cancelled CubeSat Earth observation – Galaktika (Pulsar) 0 / ? Cancelled Microsat IoT / M2M ? Ursa Space Systems 0 / ? Cancelled Microsat SAR ?

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