
Organization |
Launched / Planned network |
First launch |
Form factor |
Field |
Funding |
Image |
Orbcomm (OG2) |
50 / 52 |
1991 |
Microsat, Smallsat, 3U |
IoT / M2M, AIS |
Yes |
 |
Globalstar (Second-Generation) |
84 / 24 |
1998 |
Satellite |
Internet, IoT / M2M |
Yes |
 |
AprizeSat |
12 / 12 |
2002 |
Microsat |
IoT / M2M |
? |
 |
SaudiComsat (SaudiComsat) |
7 / 24 |
2004 |
Microsat |
IoT / M2M |
– |
|
ExactEarth |
68 / 67 |
2008 |
Hosted, Microsat |
AIS |
– |
 |
SES (O3b / mPOWER) |
20 / 28 |
2013 |
Satellite |
Internet |
Yes |
 |
Planet (Flock / Dove) |
387 / 150 |
2013 |
3U |
Earth observation |
$183M |
 |
Spire (Lemur / Minas) |
115 / 150 |
2013 |
3U |
Weather, AIS, ADS-B, Earthquake (ELF), Constellation-As-A-Service, GNSS Reflectometry, GNSS Radio Occultation |
$150M+ |
 |
Planet (Terra Bella / Skybox) |
15 / 24 |
2013 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation |
Yes, ? |
 |
Planet (RapidEye) |
5 / 5 |
2008 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation |
Yes, ? |
|
Chang Guang (Jilin-1) |
14 / ? |
2015 |
Satellite |
Earth observation, Video |
Yes |
 |
Spaceflight (BlackSky) |
5 / 60 |
2016 |
Microsat |
Earth observation |
$253.5M |
 |
GHGSat |
1 / 10 |
2016 |
Microsat |
Emissions monitoring |
$22.5M |
 |
Satellogic |
7 / 90 |
2016 |
Microsat |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral |
$79M+ |
 |
SpaceWill |
5 / 16 |
2016 |
Satellite |
Earth observation |
? |
 |
Hongyun / Xingyun |
2 / 156 |
2017 |
Smallsat |
Internet, IoT / M2M |
? |
 |
GeoOptics (CICERO) |
7 / ? |
2017 |
6U |
Weather |
$5.15M |
 |
Zhuhai Orbita (Zhuhai-1) |
12 / 10 |
2017 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral |
Yes |
 |
Canon |
1 / 100 |
2017 |
Microsat |
Earth observation |
? |
 |
Aireon |
75 / 75 |
2017 |
Hosted |
ADS-B |
$50M |
 |
Telesat |
2 / 117 |
2017 |
Smallsat |
Internet |
? |
 |
Satelles |
66 / 66 |
2017 |
Satellite |
GNSS, PNT (Position, Navigation, Timing) |
|
|
NanoAvionics |
3 / 72 |
2017 |
6U, 12U? |
IoT / M2M, Constellation-As-A-Service |
$15M+ |
 |
Iridium NEXT (NEXT) |
75 / 75 |
2017 |
Satellite |
Internet, IoT / M2M |
Yes |
 |
HEAD Aerospace (Skywalker) |
3 / 48 |
2017 |
Microsat |
AIS, ADS-B |
|
 |
Helios Wire |
2 / 30 |
2017 |
6U, 16U |
IoT / M2M |
$1M |
 |
Swarm Technologies |
9 / 600 |
2018 |
0.25U, 1U |
IoT / M2M |
$27.7M |
 |
Kepler Communications |
2 / 140 |
2018 |
3U, 6U, ? |
IoT / M2M, Internet, Store-and-Forward |
$21M+ |
 |
ICEYE |
5 / 18 |
2018 |
Microsat |
SAR |
$53M+ |
 |
SpaceX (Starlink) |
362 / 4425 |
2018 |
Smallsat |
Internet |
Yes |
 |
Orbital Sidekick |
1 / ? |
2018 |
? |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral |
$4.7M |
|
Analytical Space |
2 / ? |
2018 |
6U |
IoT / M2M, Orbital data relay, Optical comms |
$4M |
 |
German Orbital Systems |
4 / ? |
2018 |
3U |
IoT / M2M |
– |
 |
Hiber |
2 / 48 |
2018 |
6U, 3U |
IoT / M2M |
$8M |
 |
Fleet Space |
4 / 100 |
2018 |
3U, 12U, 1.5U, 6U |
IoT / M2M |
$11.1M+ |
 |
Astrocast |
2 / 80 |
2018 |
3U |
IoT / M2M |
$16.7M |
 |
Aistech (DANU, HYDRA) |
2 / 150 |
2018 |
2U, 6U |
IoT / M2M, ADS-B, AIS, IR imaging |
€0.3M |
 |
HawkEye 360 |
3 / 30 |
2018 |
Microsat |
RF spectrum monitoring |
$99.3M |
 |
Harris Corporation |
1 / 12 |
2018 |
6U |
Weather |
|
 |
Capella Space (Whitney) |
1 / 40 |
2018 |
Microsat |
SAR |
$34M |
 |
Hongyan (CASC) |
1 / 320 |
2018 |
Satellite |
Internet |
? |
 |
Reaktor Space |
1 / 36 |
2018 |
6U, 2U |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral |
|
 |
Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) |
6 / 38 |
2018 |
6U |
IoT / M2M |
|
 |
Commsat (Ladybug / Ladybird) |
8 / 72 |
2018 |
Microsat, 6U, 3U |
IoT / M2M, AIS |
$16M |
 |
Myriota |
1 / 50 |
2018 |
3U |
IoT / M2M |
$37M |
 |
Astranis |
1 / ? |
2018 |
Smallsat, CubeSat |
Internet |
$108M |
 |
Mino Space |
5 / ? |
2018 |
Satellite |
SAR, ? |
$17.2M |
 |
Earth-i (Vivid-i) |
1 / 15 |
2018 |
Microsat |
Earth observation, Video |
? |
 |
LaserFleet |
2 / 288 |
2018 |
CubeSat |
Internet, Optical comms |
$2M? |
 |
SpaceChain |
2 / ? |
2018 |
Hosted |
Blockchain |
|
|
OHB Italia (EAGLET) |
1 / 20 |
2018 |
3U |
Earth observation, AIS |
|
 |
ADASPACE |
4 / 192 |
2018 |
Microsat, CubeSat |
Earth observation |
$14.4M+ |
 |
Spacety |
18 / 480 |
2018 |
CubeSat? |
Earth observation |
$22M+ |
 |
OneWeb |
74 / 648 |
2019 |
Smallsat |
Internet |
$3.4B |
 |
Axelspace (GRUS) |
4 / 50 |
2019 |
Microsat |
Earth observation |
$16M |
 |
Orbital Micro Systems |
1 / 40 |
2019 |
3U? |
Weather |
$0.65M |
 |
Lacuna Space |
1 / 32 |
2019 |
3U, 6U |
IoT / M2M |
Yes |
 |
Blink Astro |
1 / ? |
2019 |
3U |
IoT / M2M |
– |
 |
SatRevolution (REC) |
1 / 1024 |
2019 |
2U, 6U |
Earth observation |
$8.9M |
 |
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+ |
 |
UnseenLabs |
1 / 50 |
2019 |
6U |
RF spectrum monitoring |
$8.6M |
 |
ZeroG Lab (Lingque, Magpie) |
2 / 132 |
2019 |
6U |
Earth observation |
$3.2M |
 |
QianSheng |
1 / 20 |
2019 |
Microsat |
Earth observation, IoT / M2M, Hyperspectral, SAR, IR imaging |
|
 |
iQPS |
1 / 36 |
2019 |
Microsat |
SAR |
$21.3M+ |
 |
Alba Orbital |
2 / ? |
2019 |
PocketQube |
Earth observation |
– |
 |
Hera Systems |
1 / 50 |
2019 |
12U |
Earth observation |
$4.2M+ |
 |
KLEO |
2 / 300 |
2019 |
Smallsat, Microsat |
IoT / M2M |
? |
|
Elbit Systems (NANOVA) |
1 / ? |
2019 |
3U |
IoT / M2M |
|
 |
Ningxia (Ningxia / Zhongi) |
5 / ? |
2019 |
Smallsat |
SIGINT |
|
 |
Shanghai Lizheng Satellite |
1 / 90 |
2019 |
Microsat |
GNSS, IoT / M2M |
|
 |
AST&Science (SpaceMobile) |
1 / 243 |
2019 |
Microsat, ? |
Internet, Direct-to-phones, Space-Based Cellular Broadband |
$110M+ |
|
Fossa Systems |
1 / ? |
2019 |
PocketQube |
IoT / M2M |
|
 |
Sen (EarthTV) |
1 / ? |
2019 |
16U |
Earth observation, Video |
|
 |
Stara Space |
2 / 120 |
2019 |
PocketQube |
Orbital data relay, Data storage |
Yes, 7 figures |
 |
Eutelsat (CubeSats) |
0 / ? |
2020 |
3U, CubeSat |
IoT / M2M |
|
 |
PlanetiQ |
0 / 20 |
2020 |
Microsat |
Weather |
$23.9M |
 |
Kleos Space |
0 / 40 |
2020 |
CubeSat |
AIS, Geolocation, RF spectrum monitoring |
$6.35M |
 |
Golbriak Space |
0 / ? |
2020 |
6U, ? |
Optical comms, ? |
Yes |
 |
HyperSat |
0 / 6 |
2020 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral |
$85M |
|
Synspective (StriX) |
0 / 25 |
2020 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation, SAR |
$13.6M |
 |
Umbra Lab |
0 / 12 |
2020 |
Microsat |
SAR |
Yes |
 |
Loft Orbital (YAM) |
0 / 10 |
2020 |
Microsat |
Hosted Payloads, IoT / M2M, Hyperspectral, Earth observation |
$16.2M |
 |
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 |
 |
Smart Satellite |
0 / ? |
2020 |
Smallsat, Satellite |
SAR, ? |
$1.4M |
 |
Scanway |
0 / ? |
2020 |
6U |
Earth observation, IR imaging, Hyperspectral |
|
 |
Horizon Technologies (Amber) |
0 / ? |
2020 |
6U, 12U |
RF spectrum monitoring, SIGINT |
|
 |
Transcelestial |
0 / ? |
2020 |
CubeSat? |
Orbital data relay, Optical comms |
$1.8M |
|
Bluefield |
0 / 22 |
2020 |
16U |
Emissions monitoring |
$0.25M |
 |
Elecnor Deimos (NEPTUNO) |
0 / ? |
2020 |
3U |
AIS, Maritime |
|
|
Geely |
0 / ? |
2020 |
Smallsat |
Internet |
$326 |
|
Aerial Maritime |
0 / ? |
2020 |
3U? |
AIS, ADS-B |
$12.2M |
 |
Karten Space |
0 / 14 |
2020 |
6U |
Earth observation, AIS |
– |
 |
HEO Robotics (ARGUS) |
0 / 12 |
2020 |
CubeSat |
SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Asteroid prospecting |
– |
 |
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 |
 |
Airbus (Pleiades Neo) |
0 / 4 |
2020 |
Satellite |
Earth observation |
|
 |
Astrome (SpaceNet) |
0 / 198 |
2020 |
Microsat |
Internet |
? |
|
Space Systems Engineering |
0 / ? |
2020 |
24U (4U x 6U), ? |
Earth observation |
– |
 |
Pixxel |
0 / ? |
2020 |
CubeSat |
Earth observation |
Seed |
|
Galaxy Space (Yinhe) |
1 / 1000 |
2020 |
Smallsat |
Internet, 5G |
Yes |
 |
Tekever |
0 / 12 |
2020 |
16U |
Earth observation, AIS, ADS-B, IoT / M2M |
$10M |
 |
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 |
– |
 |
ConstelIR |
0 / ? |
2021 |
CubeSat? |
IR imaging, Earth observation |
? |
 |
Omnispace |
0 / ? |
2021 |
6U |
IoT / M2M, 5G |
|
|
OroraTech |
0 / 100 |
2021 |
3U |
Weather, IR imaging |
– |
 |
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) |
|
 |
Cloud Constellation (SpaceBelt) |
0 / 10 |
2021 |
Smallsat |
Data storage |
$100M |
 |
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 |
 |
ISISpace (BrightSkies, Spectrolite) |
0 / ? |
2021 |
12U |
Emissions monitoring |
– |
 |
Maxar (WorldView Legion) |
0 / 6 |
2021 |
Satellite |
Earth observation |
Yes |
 |
VEOWARE |
0 / ? |
2021 |
Satellite |
Earth observation |
? |
|
PredaSAR |
0 / 44 |
2021 |
Microsat |
SAR |
$25M |
|
KP Labs |
0 / ? |
2022 |
6U |
Earth observation, Hyperspectral, ? |
– |
 |
Kineis |
0 / 25 |
2022 |
Microsat |
IoT / M2M, AIS |
$112M |
 |
Spacefab.US |
0 / ? |
2022 |
Smallsat |
Earth observation, Astrophotography, Hyperspectral |
$0.08M |
 |
SATLANTIS |
0 / ? |
2022 |
Microsat, ? |
Earth observation |
$6.2M |
|
D-Orbit (NOCTUA) |
0 / ? |
2022 |
Smallsat |
SAR, ? |
$11M+ |
 |
8th Continent Technologies |
0 / ? |
2022 |
Smallsat, ? |
In-Orbit Inspection, SSA (Space Situational Awareness) |
|
|
Laser Light (HALO) |
0 / 12 |
2022 |
Smallsat |
Optical comms |
? |
 |
Avant Space (Constellation) |
0 / 20 |
2022 |
16U |
Orbital Display (Advertising) |
|
|
LyteLoop |
0 / ? |
2022 |
Microsat |
Data storage |
? |
|
XpressSAR |
0 / 4 |
2022 |
Satellite |
SAR |
? |
 |
ISISpace (AMS) |
0 / ? |
2022 |
16U |
Earth observation, IR imaging |
– |
 |
Methera |
0 / 16 |
2022 |
Smallsat |
Internet |
Seed |
|
EOS (SAR) |
0 / 12 |
2022 |
Microsat |
SAR |
Yes |
 |
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 |
? |
 |
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) |
? |
 |
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+ |
 |
Sky and Space |
3 / 200 |
Cancelled? |
8U, 6U, 3U |
IoT / M2M |
$29.1M |
 |
Astro Digital (Landmapper) |
5 / 25 |
Cancelled |
6U, 16U |
Earth observation |
$16.7M+ |
 |
EarthNow |
0 / 500 |
Cancelled |
Smallsat |
Earth observation |
$6.6M |
 |
4Skies |
0 / ? |
Cancelled |
Microsat |
IoT / M2M |
– |
 |
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 |
 |
ISISpace (TRITON) |
0 / 16 |
Cancelled |
3U |
AIS |
– |
|
Outernet |
0 / 200 |
Cancelled |
1U, 3U |
Internet |
$0.7M |
 |
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+ |
 |
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) |
– |
 |
Promethean Labs |
0 / ? |
Cancelled |
CubeSat |
Emissions monitoring |
– |
|
Dauria Aerospace |
2 / 8 |
Cancelled |
6U |
Earth observation |
$30M+ |
 |
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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