Launch Vehicle Equipment and Software
Organisations which supply equipment and software for use in launch vehicles.
A&R Tarpaulins
payload fairing blankets; acoustic blankets; multi-layer insulation blankets; single-layer insulation blankets; high temperature protective covers
ADR ALCEN
ball bearings
Advanced Technology Institute, LLC (ATI)
primary batteries; rocket nozzles
Aerojet Rocketdyne
main stage and upper stage rocket engines; monopropellant and bipropellant propulsion systems for upper stages for both primary propulsion and for pitch, roll and yaw control
Aerospace Fabrication and Materials, LLC (AFM)
multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets
Airborne Aerospace
composite structures for small launchers
Airborne Systems
parachute assisted booster and engine recovery systems
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS)
sequential electronics; turbo pump speed conditioners; harnesses; on-board computers; pyrotechnic firing units; batteries
Airbus Netherlands B.V.
metal and composite structures; interstage adapters; engine frames;
Air Liquide
cryogenic propellant tanks for liquid hydrogen, methane and oxygen; liquid helium tanks; gas pressure regulators; level gauges; cryogenic cameras; cryogenic temperature and pressure sensors
Aljo GmbH
interface structures; mechanical parts and assemblies
Almatech
deployable landing legs for reusable launchers
American Aerospace Controls (AAC)
voltage and current sensors
Amorim Cork Composites
cork thermal insulation for solid rocket boosters, payload fairings and hot structures; ablative thermal protection systems
Amphenol Aerospace
electrical, electronic and data connectors, media converters, Ethernet switches, fibre optic connectors and cable assemblies
Amphenol CIT
shielding and overbraiding for protection against EMI, abrasion and heat; connectors; filter connectors for EMI protection; high power interconnects; precision RF connectors; RF adapters; fire and moisture resistant RF, microwave, fibre optic, data and power wire and cable; flexible and semi-rigid RF, microwave and fibre optic cable assemblies and harnesses; semi rigid cable; conformable RF cable assemblies
Ananth Technologies Ltd.
navigation, guidance and control systems; TT&C systems; power systems; servo controls; stage electrical harnesses; inertial sensors
Anywaves
GNSS antennas
APC Technology Group PLC
distributor of space qualified RF and microwave components and subsystems, and electronic components
Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation (AASC)
complex composite and metal bonded structural assemblies including payload fairings, adapter cones, and structures for payload dispensers
ArianeGroup
rocket engines; nozzle assemblies; exit cones; fuel and oxidiser tanks; thermal protection systems; launch vehicle antennas
ASB Group
thermal batteries
ASP-Equipment (Advanced Space Power Equipment)
DC/DC converters; spark injectors
Atec, Inc.
cryogenic fuel and oxygen engine valves; access doors; cameras; wire harnesses
Aubert & Duval
forgings in superalloys, titanium, high performance steels and aluminium for propellant tanks, engines, boosters and structural parts
Axon’ Cable
wires, cables, cable assemblies and connectors for data transmission, high data rate links and power distribution
Blue Origin
rocket engines
Boeing
launcher engine sections; launcher avionics; fuel and oxidiser tanks; SLS core stage and upper stages
CDA InterCorp
launch lock motors; propellant and fuel valve actuators; brushless DC motors; AC induction motors; stepper motors; rotary transducers; rotary and linear actuators; rotary sensors
Cerobear
bearings
Chemring Group PLC
pyrotechnic devices including: initiators, separation and explosive bolts, separation nuts, thrusters, pin pullers and pushers, cutters
CITD Engineering and Technologies SL
metallic and carbon fibre composite structures; electrical harnesses
Collins Aerospace
immersion temperature sensors; turbopump speed sensors; level sensors
Craig Technologies
quick disconnect and umbilical release mechanisms
Dynetics
exhaust gas heat exchangers
Elecnor Deimos
guidance, navigation and control system for Orbex’s Prime launch vehicle
IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd.
solid strap-on boosters, gas jet systems, pyrotechnics
Ingenium Aerospace
actuators; DC motors
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), India
inertial navigation systems; attitude reference systems; rate gyro packages; accelerometers
ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), India
design and manufacture of rocket engines; design and manufacture of launch vehicle stages
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), India
design and manufacture of: liquid propulsion stages for launch vehicles, fluid control valves, transducers, sensors, propellant management devices
Kakuda Space Center (KSPC), Japan
liquid propellant rocket engines
Kongsberg
booster attachment and release mechanisms; level conditioners
L3Harris Technologies
cavity backed antennas (data link and telemetry); monopole blade antennas (flight termination and telemetry); microstrip patch antennas (telemetry); autonomous flight termination units (AFTU); booster control and power distribution units; launch vehicle avionics; flight termination systems; ignition and staging controllers (ISC); telemetry units; flight computers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
rocket engines; temperature sensors
MT Aerospace
booster casings; cryogenic propellant tanks for LH2 and LOX; heat shields; launch vehicle landing legs; thruster nozzles
Teófilo Tabanera Space Center (Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera (CETT), Argentina
development of liquid fuel rocket motors; development of launcher avionics; development and production of ablative materials for use in combustion chambers and nozzles
Northrop Grumman
solid strap-on boosters; first, second and third stages for launch vehicles; heat shields; interstage adapters; boattails; nose cones; payload fairings; propellant tanks
Oceaneering Space Systems
thermal protection including: high temperature fabrics and heat shields, cork and foam ablators, flexible thermal curtains and thermal insulation, ceramics
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (PacSci EMC)
hydrogen burn off igniters; safe and arm devices; explosive transfer lines (ETLs); through bulkhead initiators; lanyard pull initiators; expanding tube assemblies (XTAs); pyro cutters; pyrotechnic igniters
Pangea Aerospace
developing aerospike engines for launch vehicles
Parabilis Space Technologies
manufacturer of small launch vehicle upper stages
Paragon Space Development Corporation
manufacturer of the Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS) system (with Thin Red Line) to thermally insulate cryogenic upper stages during launch and orbital operation
Safran Electronics and Defense
inertial guidance systems
SENER Aeroespacial
navigation and flight termination systems
Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)
Zn-Ag batteries
Teledyne Brown Engineering
Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) for the Space Launch System (SLS); ARES I-X Roll Control System (RoCS)
United Electronic Industries (UEI)
monitoring and control subsystems for payload control, data collection and experiment communication
Yuzhmash
rocket engines
