Methane

A

Avio PUBLIC

operating

Manufactures solid and liquid propulsion systems for European space launchers and produces the Vega family of small-lift launch vehicles

B

Blue Origin PRIVATE

operating

Develops reusable heavy-lift launch vehicles, rocket engines, lunar landers, in-space logistics platforms, and satellite communications constellations

I

Impulse Space PRIVATE

operating

Designs and operates orbital transfer vehicles that move payloads between orbits using high-thrust chemical propulsion, delivering to GEO in under a day

I

Innospace PUBLIC

operating

Hybrid rocket-powered small satellite launch vehicles delivering low-cost, customized rapid access to sun-synchronous and low Earth orbit

L

LandSpace PRIVATE

operating

Designs, manufactures, and operates liquid oxygen-methane launch vehicles for commercial satellite deployment

M

MaiaSpace PRIVATE

operating

Develops a partially reusable methane-fueled mini-launcher for small satellite delivery to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits

P

Perigee Aerospace PRIVATE

operating

Develops small-lift methane-fueled launch vehicles and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, composite tanks, and satellite thrusters

R

Relativity Space PRIVATE

operating

Manufactures reusable medium-to-heavy-lift launch vehicles using large-scale metal 3D printing and autonomous robotics

R

Rocket Lab PUBLIC

operating

Designs and manufactures small and medium-lift launch vehicles, satellites, and spacecraft components for commercial, civil, and defense customers

S

SpaceX PUBLIC

operating

Designs and operates reusable launch vehicles, crew and cargo spacecraft, and the Starlink broadband constellation, with a national-security variant

S

Stoke Space PRIVATE

operating

Develops fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift launch vehicles for orbital access, in-space mobility, and cargo return

U

United Launch Alliance

operating

Manufactures and operates the Vulcan Centaur and Atlas V launch vehicles for national security, NASA, and commercial customers

U

Ursa Major Technologies PRIVATE

operating

Designs and manufactures liquid rocket engines, solid rocket motors, and hypersonic propulsion systems for commercial launch and U.S. defense applications

I

i-Space PRIVATE

operating

Develops solid and liquid-fueled launch vehicles including the Hyperbola series, with China's first privately-built orbital rocket and a reusable methane rocket in development