Spacecraft Equipment and Software

Organisations which supply equipment and software for use in unmanned spacecraft.

AAC Clyde Space
CubeSat buses; CubeSat structures; CubeSat equipment including: command and data handling subsystems, onboard computers, batteries, power conditioning and distribution units, S and X band patch antennas, TT&C and data transmitters and transceivers, solar arrays; SmallSat reaction wheels

AEM

Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS)
onboard computers; platform data handling and interface units; systems on a chip, hybrids and other components; inertial measurement systems and gyros; reaction control systems; star trackers; LIDARS for rendevous, docking, onorbit servicing and planetary landing; mechanisms; deployable reflector antennas; antenna pointing mechanisms; scanning mechanisms; optical communications pointing mechanisms; mechanisms to deploy antenna booms, solar arrays, instrument baffles and calibration mechanisms; solar arrays; power conditioning and distribution systems; gridded ion, Hall effect and T6 ion thrusters; power converters; solid state recorders; timing subsystems and equipment; thermal straps

Alba Orbital Ltd
PocketQube structures, solar panels, on board computers and development kits

Alén Space
CubeSat buses; CubeSat equipment including: data transmitters, command and data handling subsystems; CubeSat communications payloads for AIS, ADS-B and IoT reception; software defined radio (SDRs)

Antwerp Space
communications subsystems for planetary probes; TT&C transponders; data relay satellite modems; intersatellite communications transceivers; positioning, navigation and timing payloads

APCO Technologies
bus structures; structural subsystems; structural panels; heat pipe panels; heat pipes; mechanisms

Argotec
CubeSat buses; onboard computers; integrated power distribution unit and power supply manager; heat pipes; battery charger; data terminal for lunar communications

ArianeGroup
patch antennas; data down link antennas; re-entry antennas; propulsion systems; thrusters; propellant tanks; propellant and pressurant valves; pressure transducers; solar panel deployment mechanisms

ASP-Equipment (Advanced Space Power Equipment)
power supply units, DC/DC converters, electronic power conditioners, electrical subsystems, solar, Li/Ion batteries with battery management systems, power distribution systems, high voltage electric propulsion supplies, high voltage multipliers, high voltage power supply units, electronic power conditioners for TWTAs

Astra Space, Inc.
electrical propulsion systems

Ball Aerospace
spacecraft buses; reflector antennas; optical, hyperspectral and multispectral imaging instruments; imaging detectors and focal plane array systems; LIDAR and LASER remote sensing instruments; 3D imaging LIDARS; UV, visible light and IR spectrometers; IR radiometers; IR imaging radiometers; gimbals; star trackers; fast steering mirrors; mirror systems; command and data handling systems; attitude determination and control systems; space telescopes for astronomy, planetary imaging and space situational awareness; scientific instruments for astronomy and astrophysics; microwave imagers; optical imaging payloads for Earth observation and planetary observation; visible light cameras; multi-spectral imagers; docking cameras; proximity navigation systems; optical communications terminals; infrared and hyperspectral atmospheric sounding instruments; stellar photometers; electro-optical instruments

Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
developing in-space propulsion systems

Bertin Winlight
lenses; mirrors; prisms; optronics

Bradford Space
propulsion systems; pressure transducers; flow control units; flow meters; thrusters; sun sensors; reaction wheels; acceleration measurement units; thruster control units; power conditioning and distribution units; onboard computers

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CarlisleIT)
cables; cable assemblies; high frequency connectors

China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
bus structures including central tubes and honeycomb sandwich panels; planar antennas; reflector antennas; mechanisms; pyrotechnics; solar arrays; gyros; reaction wheels; magnetotorquers; star trackers; Earth and sun sensors; solar array drive assemblies; antenna pointing mechanisms; thrusters; propellant tanks; pressure transducers; heat pipes; TT&C antennas; GPS antennas; DC/DC converters; antenna feeds; waveguide components; horn antennas; IMUXes and OMUXes; microwave filters; optical imaging instruments

Collins Aerospace
surface temperature sensors; momentum and reaction wheels

CTech
waveguide components, horn and hemispherical antennas, telecommand receivers, telemetry transmitters

Data Patterns (India)
satellite bus structures; deployment mechanisms for folded-down antennas and solar arrays; solar panels; electrical power systems; batteries; power distribution systems; onboard computers; ADCS software; payloads for Earth observation, meteorology, remote sensing, aviation and maritime tracking, and science; TT&C transceivers; payload data transmiters; thermal control systems; heat pipes; electrical heaters; temperature sensors; multilayer insulation; monopole, horn, patch, dish and helical antennas; antenna pointing nechanisms; gyroscopes; magnetometers; sun sensors; star trackers; GPS receivers; reaction wheels; magnetorquers; dc/dc converters; inertial control units; data acquisition units and systems

Dawn Aerospace
propulsion systems and thrusters for cubesats and small satellites

D-Orbit SpA
attitude determination and control systems (ADCS), onboard computers, pyrotechnic control systems, propulsion systems

Dynetics
manufacture of propulsion subsystems, power subsystems, power supplies, dc/dc converters, serial buses, power and data cable harnesses; infra red sensors for missile detection and tracking

Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana (EXA)), Ecuador
CubeSat buses; CubeSat equipment including: patch antennas, magnetorquers, command and data handling subsystems, battery packs and solar arrays

Elecnor Deimos
GNSS receivers; on-board processing for autonomous data capture, processing, and prioritization for Earth Observation satellites; attitude determination and control systems

GAUSS Srl (Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems)
spacecraft structures, TT&C systems, onboard computers, power conditioning and distribution systems and solar panels for small satellites

General Dynamics Mission Systems
GPS receivers; TT&C transponders; telemetry SSPAs; TT&C encryption; primary mirror segments, secondary mirrors and optical components for the James Webb Space Telescope

GTD

IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd.
heat shield ablators; thermal protection materials; re-entry capsules; experimental modules; propulsion systems; thrusters; propellant tanks

ILC Dover
impact bags for spacecraft landing systems

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India
spacecraft structures, thermal systems, mechanisms, power systems, attitude and orbit control systems, digital and RF systems, propulsion systems

ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), India
mechanisms; actuators; inertial navigation systems; mechanical and optical gyros; rate gyro packages; acelerometers

Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS), India
attitude sensors; optical systems for remote sensing and meteorological payloads

Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), India
design and manufacture of: propulsion systems for remote sensing and communications satellites, fluid control valves, transducers, sensors, propellant management devices

Space Applications Centre (SAC), India
design and manufacture of communications, navigation and Earth observation payloads; instruments and payloads for scientific satellites and lunar and planetary probes; optical and microwave sensors for satellites

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
magnetometers, magnetotorquers, reaction wheels, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payloads

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
spacecraft structures, thermal systems, mechanisms, power systems, attitude and orbit control systems, digital and RF systems, propulsion systems

Kongsberg
solar array drive mechanisms; antenna pointing mechanisms for LEO data downlink antennas and intersatellite links; drive electronics units; telecommand receivers, telemetry transmitters; frequency synthesisers; reference oscillators; cross-band frequency converters; pre and post processing frequency converters for high throughput satellites (HTS) and very high throughput satellites (VHTS); search and rescue transponders; SAW filters; hybrid amplifiers; data downlink modulators;

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), South Korea
payloads for astronomical satellites; near infrared cameras; near infrared imaging spectrometers

Materion Corporation
beryllium metals and metal matrix composites (MMCs) for use in spacecraft structures, solar array drives, telescope optics, telescope structures, brackets, gimbals, yokes and mirrors; precision optics; beam splitters; multispectral filter arrays

MDA

Media Lario
mirrors for space telescopes (IR to X ray); mirrors and lenses for satellite optical systems; telescopes for Earth observation and astronomical satellites; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging instruments; hyperspectral Earth observation payloads; optical assemblies for laser optical communications; x-ray optical assemblies

Mitsubishi Electric Space Systems
DS2000 spacecraft bus; solar array panels and wings; structural panels; heat pipe panels; lithium-ion batteries; telemetry transmitters; beacon transmitters; solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs); low noise amplifiers (LNAs); receivers; up and down converters

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
reaction control systems (RCS); temperature sensors

MT Aerospace
propellant tanks; satellite central structure

Nanowave Technologies Inc.
low noise amplifiers (LNAs); waveguide filters; integrated SSPA/LNA transmit/receive assemblies; thin film components; transceivers for satcoms and radar payloads

Ames Research Center (ARC)
design and manufacture of space biology payloads for the ISS and for satellites; entry systems for re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and entry into the atmospheres of other planets such as Mars and Venus

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
design and manufacture of instruments for scientific spacecraft

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
design and manufacture of instruments for scientific spacecraft

National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)), Brazil
platforms and payloads for Earth observation and remote sensing

NEC

Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), The Netherlands
X-ray filters; X-ray calibration sources; X-ray detector arrays and read-out; X-ray transmission gratings; terahertz imaging cameras; terahertz mixers; transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters; optical mechanisms control unit; infra red spectrometers

Northrop Grumman
satellite buses; bus structures; towers; structural subsystems; structural panels; antenna reflectors; precision optical support structures; precision pointing mechanisms; mechanisms and actuators; deployable booms and masts; articulating masts; solar arrays; solar array drive assemblies; apogee kick motors; propellant tanks; thrusters; radiometers; hyperspectral imaging systems; heat pipes; radiators; multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets; cryogenic cooling systems

NPC Spacemind
CubeSat structures (from 1U to 12U); CubeSat solar panels; deorbiting sails; CubeSat electrical power systems; CubeSat buses

Oceaneering Space Systems
robotic systems

Officina Stellare
telescopes for Earth imaging

Optical Surfaces
space telescope mirrors; grisms; lenses; mirrors for optical instruments

Orion Space Solutions, LLC (OSS)
SmallSat power distribution units; ionospheric sounding dual frequency GNSS receivers; remote sensing sensors

Orora Technologies GmbH (OroraTech)
thermal imaging cameras

Parabilis Space Technologies
small spacecraft buses; bus structures; propulsion systems; thrusters; power systems

PlanetiQ
GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) receivers

RAL Space
blackbody calibration targets; terahertz cryogenic receivers; GaAs Schottky diodes; optical filters; frequency multipliers; spectrometers; mixers; multi-layer insulation; photomixers; quasioptical components; terahertz and millimetre wave receivers and radiometers; charge coupled device (CCD) detectors; CMOS active pixel sensors; Earth observation cameras; X-ray spectrometers

Rocket Lab
star trackers; reaction wheels; TT&C radios; flight software; solar panels

SCOUT Space Inc.
flight software for autonomous spacecraft operation including pose estimation, relative navigation, docking assistance, multi-object threat detection and collision avoidance; in-orbit inspection systems for autonomous approach and docking

SENER Aeroespacial
deployable systems; high precision pointing and positioning systems; sweeping systems; gripping and release systems; rotary actuators; filter wheels; instrument power supplies; instrument control electronics; proximity electronics for detectors; antennas; attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS); guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems; dc/dc converters

Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)
spacecraft buses; solar arrar drive assemblies; AIS receiver systems; microwave imagers; avionics computers; integrated control and data equipment; sun sensors; star sensors; inertial sensors; reaction wheels; Li-ion batteries; TT&C systems; heat pipes; solar cells; solar arrays; TT&C antennas; data transmission antennas; solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs); data transmission units

Sierra Space
deployable booms; electrical power systems; solar arrays, solar array drive assemblies; precision pointing mechanisms

Space and Earth Observation Centre
atmospheric sensors, microprocessors and flight software

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)
CubeSat, microsat and smallsat buses; propulsion systems for CubeSats and small satellites

SpaceWorks Enterprises Inc.
re-entry capsules for payload return from space/orbit and for use as a thermal protection system testbed; docking and connection devices

SpeQtral
encryption units using quantum keys

SpinLaunch
12U Cubesat and 200kg spacecraft buses; Hall thrusters; star trackers; magnetotorquers; electrical power systems; battery packs; solar panels; reaction wheels

Spire Global
CubeSat buses

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)
CubeSat and small satellite buses; GNSS receivers; reaction wheels

Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)
onboard computers; power control units; GPS receivers; fibre optic gyros; Earth observation payloads

Teledyne e2v
microelectronics including: analogue to digital converrters (ADCs), digital to analogue converters (DACs), microprocessors, DDR4 RAM

TNO

UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC)
instruments for space telescopes

VPT

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