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
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS)
sequential electronics; turbo pump speed conditioners; harnesses; on-board computers; pyrotechnic firing units; batteries
ArianeGroup
rocket engines; nozzle assemblies; exit cones; fuel and oxidiser tanks; thermal protection systems; launch vehicle antennas
Blue Origin
rocket engines
Boeing
launcher engine sections; launcher avionics; fuel and oxidiser tanks; SLS core stage and upper stages
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CarlisleIT)
cables; cable assemblies; high frequency connectors
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
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