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Spacecraft Manufacturer table
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A company that builds satellites or other vehicles designed to operate in space.
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| x Boeing |
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The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Its international headquarters has been in...
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| x Ball Aerospace |
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (commonly Ball Aerospace) is a manufacturer of spacecraft, components, and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corp. ...
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| x Alcatel Alenia Space |
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Alcatel Alenia Space was established on July 1 2005 by the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio and is owned by Alcatel (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). The company is Europe's largest satellite manufacturer.
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| x Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd |
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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, or SSTL, is a spin-off company of the University of Surrey that builds and operates small satellites. Its satellites began as amateur radio satellites known by the UoSAT (University of Surrey SATELLITE) name or by an...
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| x Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
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Space Agency |
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (独立行政法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, Dokuritsu-gyōsei-hōjin Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō), or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution through...
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| x China National Space Administration |
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for the national space program.
The agency was created in 1993 when the Ministry of Aerospace Industry was split into CNSA and...
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| x NGL Prime SpA | Company |
NGL Prime SpA is a technology company created for the purpose of all activities related to future European launchers which are not related to Ariane 5 or Vega or their evolutions. It is a joint venture of EADS SPACE (70%) and Finmeccanica (30%). The...
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| x CNES |
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Space Agency |
The Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris. It operates out of the Centre...
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| x European Space Agency |
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Space Agency |
The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member states. Headquartered in Paris, ESA has a staff of close to 2,000 with an annual budget of...
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| x Finmeccanica |
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Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italian conglomerate. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and...
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| x EADS Astrium |
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EADS Astrium is an aerospace subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), based in Hampshire, England.
In June 2006, EADS Astrium, EADS Space Transportation and EADS Space Services were merged into a single company; EADS...
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| x Italian Space Agency |
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The Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) was founded in 1988 to promote, coordinate, and conduct space activities in Italy. Operating under the Ministry of the Universities and Scientific and Technological Research, the...
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| x German Aerospace Center |
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The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) is the national research center for aviation and space flight of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Space Agency. DLR is a member in the Helmholtz...
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| x Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation |
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The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading 20th century U.S. producer of military and civilian aircraft. Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman with Jake Swirbul and William Schwendler,...
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| x North American Aviation |
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Rocket Manufacturer | Apollo Command/Service Module |
North American Aviation was a major US aircraft manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, and the X-15 rocket plane,...
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| x Bigelow Aerospace |
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Bigelow Aerospace is a North Las Vegas, Nevada space technology startup company that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules. It was founded in 1999 by hotelier Robert Bigelow.
An expandable module is a space structure that has a...
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| x Indian Space Research Organisation |
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Rocket Manufacturer | Chandrayaan |
The Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अन्तरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन Bhāratīya Antariksh Anusandhān Sangaṭn) or ISRO, (Hindi: इसरो Isarō) is India's national space agency. With its headquarters in Bangalore, the ISRO employs approximately...
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