Spacecraft & integration
Satellite platforms and payload integration.
53 suppliers / hosts · 36 linked projects. Supplier rows show recorded work in this category and its subcategories. Full profiles include other capabilities.
1–25 of 53 suppliers / hosts
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| Organization | Supplies / hosts | Linked projects | Relationship records | Latest disclosure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAC Clyde Space | Satellite bus · Payload integration | 1 projectKP Labs Intuition-1 | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | KP Labs |
| Above: Orbital Inc.Payload hosting | Payload integration | 1 projectOrbitsEdge Edge1 | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | OrbitsEdge |
| ADA Space (国星宇航) | Satellite bus · Compute & storage | 2 projectsPazhou Intelligent Computing ConstellationThree-Body Computing Constellation | 2 records0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage2 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Yusuan Xinghe (Guangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (宇算星河) |
| Apex | Satellite bus | 0 projects | 2 records1 contract / order record includedRecord coverage0 project-linked · 2 other supply / hosting records | Loft Orbital |
| ARES Shield AI | Spacecraft protection systems | 1 projectLonestar data centers | 1 record1 contract / order record includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Lonestar Data Holdings |
| Asteres Technologies | Payload integration | 0 projects | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage0 project-linked · 1 other supply / hosting records | Parsimoni |
| Astro Digital US, Inc. | Satellite bus | 1 projectStarcloud | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Date not supplied |
| AstrolabPayload hosting | Payload integration | 1 projectHPE Spaceborne Computer-4 | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| Bjarke Ingels Group | Payload industrial design | 1 projectLonestar data centers | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Lonestar Data Holdings |
| BlackSky | Satellite bus | 1 projectAltair-Next Gen | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Marlan Space |
| Cosmic Shielding Corporation | Payload industrial design · Spacecraft protection systems | 1 projectAethero Deimos | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Aethero |
| D-OrbitPayload hosting | Satellite bus · Payload integration+3 work typesLaunch integration · Mission operations · Data services | 7 projectsNaviCode CaravelROQuET quantum photonic processor | 21 records2 contract / order records includedRecord coverage7 project-linked · 14 other supply / hosting records | NaviGate S.r.l. |
| DPhi SpacePayload hosting | Payload integration · Data services | 1 projectSatlyt federated satellite computing | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Date not supplied |
| Element U.S. Space & Defense | Payload integration | 1 projectSidus LizzieSat computing program | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Sidus Space |
| EnduroSatPayload hosting | Satellite bus · Payload integration+2 work typesLaunch integration · Mission operations | 3 projectsAethero TitanEdge SpAIce onboard AI research+1 more projectsPlanetek Hellas OPTISAT | 3 records0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage3 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Aethero |
| Firefly AerospacePayload hosting | Payload integration · Mission operations+1 work typesLunar payload delivery | 1 projectStarcloud | 1 record1 contract / order record includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Starcloud |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)Payload hosting | Payload integration · Launch capacity | 1 projectTakeMe2Space MOI program | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Date not supplied |
| Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS)Payload hosting | Payload integration · Mission operations+1 work typesResearch & feasibility studies | 1 projectJAXA D-OBEC / QPS-SAR12 | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Date not supplied |
| JSC OKB Fifth Generation | Satellite bus | 1 projectRUVDS RUVDSSat1 | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | RUVDS |
| Kepler CommunicationsPayload hosting | Satellite bus · Payload integration+2 work typesOptical links · Mission operations | 1 projectAxiom Orbital Data Centers | 3 records1 contract / order record includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 2 other supply / hosting records | Axiom Space |
| Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace | Satellite bus · Communications+1 work typesGround stations & ground segment | 1 projectKIRK | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | KIRK |
| Loft OrbitalPayload hosting | Payload integration | 0 projects | 2 records0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage0 project-linked · 2 other supply / hosting records | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
| Maris-Tech | Payload integration · Compute & storage | 1 projectSidus LizzieSat computing program | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Sidus Space |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid Space CentrePayload hosting | Payload integration | 1 projectMadari PHI-2 demonstrator | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Madari Space Limited |
| MomentusPayload hosting | Payload integration | 1 projectSatlyt federated satellite computing | 1 record0 contract / order records includedRecord coverage1 project-linked · 0 other supply / hosting records | Date not supplied |
Projects with recorded relationships
These are evidenced connections, not a list of open tenders. An undisclosed supplier does not establish an available contract.
Aethero · Historical launch; current status unconfirmed
Confirmation of commissioning results, mission completion or current status; no dated next event disclosed.
Aethero · Launch planned
Aethero's current platform and company pages and explicit partnership-release update target SpaceX Bandwagon-6 no earlier than Q2 2027. This supersedes its October 2026 and Transporter-19 targets. Launch and commissioning remain unconfirmed.
Marlan Space / Loft Orbital · Operator-reported onboard AI workload
Further commissioning and measured application-service results for Altair1, plus delivery dates for subsequent satellites.
Axiom Space · ARC communications validated
Develop the separate ISS data-center node targeted for 2027 and expand interoperability with the two dedicated nodes.
Beijing Xingchen Future Space Technology Research Institute / Beijing Orbital Chenguang Technology · In orbit
Publish on-orbit test results
Agenium Space-led consortium · Onboard AI workflow demonstrated
End-of-program reporting after November 2026. A proposed ALMAGEST application is not an awarded follow-on.
EDGX · First payload operational data reported
Verify published orbital test results and progress of the booked 2027 missions.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Launch planned
Planned late-2026 launch on the Griffin-1 mission, followed by deployment near the lunar south pole if the mission lands successfully.
Thales Alenia Space / Microsoft · In-orbit operation demonstrated
Clarification of mission continuation and additional applications after the January 2026 operating report.
JAXA / iQPS · In-orbit demonstrations
Further results from the selected AI apps and confirmation of continuing demonstration operations; no firm next event date disclosed.
KIRK joint venture (Helsing and OHB) · In development — joint venture and consortium announced
Develop the system and disclose a flight configuration and confirmed deployment schedule. The predecessor partnership targeted 2029, but the May and June 2026 announcements do not reaffirm a deployment date.
KP Labs · Operator-reported in-orbit demonstration
Check material official mission results or changed availability. No additional dated milestone is established.
KP Labs · Operator-reported orbital demonstration
Check material official mission results or changed availability. No additional dated milestone is established.
KP Labs · Operator-reported orbital experiments
Check material official mission results or changed availability. No additional dated milestone is established.
Lonestar Data Holdings · Demonstration program
First StarVault payload is planned aboard LizzieSat-4 on SpaceX Bandwagon-6, alongside LizzieSat-5, no earlier than April 2027. Timing depends on qualification, integration and launch readiness.
Madari Space Limited · Selected for hosted demonstration
Await a dated PHI-2 payload integration, launch or test announcement from MBRSC/UNOOSA/Madari. No confirmed event date disclosed.
NaviGate · Reported in-orbit demonstration
Pilot deployments with operators and integrators are being discussed. No dated next deployment is disclosed.
Smartlink AI Limited / Orbit AI · Launched demonstrator with attributed AI claims
Further dated mission and technical results. No confirmed next event date disclosed.
Orbital · In development
Develop Orbital-1 toward the announced 2028 flight target; the separate hosted GPU demonstration is targeted for 2027.
OrbitsEdge / Above: Orbital Inc. · Announced demonstrator
Confirm a revised mission schedule or primary launch and commissioning evidence for the named Edge1 / Prometheus Spark demonstration; the original NET Q1 2026 target has elapsed.
Yusuan Xinghe (宇算星河) · Launched — first two satellites, broader validation outstanding
Check official results of the A-group orbital model validation and announcements for subsequent groups. No verified date is available.
Planetek Italia / D-Orbit / AIKO · In-orbit operation demonstrated
No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development.
Planetek Hellas · Launched experimental mission
Await OPTISAT commissioning and measured SCOT20/onboard-processing results from Planetek Hellas, ESA or TESAT. No dated next milestone disclosed.
Privateer · Historical launched prototype
Further dated mission and technical results. No confirmed next event date disclosed.
Google / Planet · Operator-reported onboard AI inference
Continue in-orbit TPU thermal-stress and radiation tests, followed by the separate twin-satellite interconnect experiment planned for 2027.
University of Vienna / CNR-IFN / DLR · In-orbit operation demonstrated
No next mission milestone disclosed in the September 2026 paper.
RUVDS · Open-testing phase reported
Further dated mission and technical results. No confirmed next event date disclosed.
Satlyt · Operator-reported single-spacecraft software tests
Validate computing work shared across separate spacecraft. Obtain official results and host mapping for the media-reported October2026 scheduling test.
Sidus Space · Expanded qualification; joint launch planned
LizzieSat-4 and LizzieSat-5 are targeted to launch together on SpaceX Bandwagon-6 no earlier than April 2027, subject to qualification, integration and rideshare readiness.
NTT / SKY Perfect JSAT · In development
Develop the first GEO relay spacecraft and LAIDEN demonstrations targeted by 2029; JAXA-supported network work extends approximately to March 2031, subject to stage gates.
Spiral Blue · Historical service demonstrated
Current service availability, active host inventory and further customer results; no confirmed next deployment date.
Starcloud · Demonstration program
Starcloud-2 commercial follow-on: late-2026/October launch targets in partner and executive announcements, with limited customer access and full operation targeted by 2027.
TakeMe2Space · MOI-1A reported lost. MOI-1B planned.
Operator targets MOI-1B for November 2026. Launch and results remain unconfirmed. The exact date and cause of the MOI-1A loss remain undisclosed.
Zhejiang Lab / ADA Space / partners · Satellites launched
Publish group-02 commissioning and onboard computing results. No dated result is established.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications / Spacety · Research satellites launched
Publish further phase-two launches and current experiment/server availability; no exact next launch date is established
Fudan University / Shanghai space-computing partners · Development — remote-sensing satellite; initial cluster planned
Build and validate the initial cluster; its complete launch schedule remains unconfirmed.
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