Smallsat Market Taxonomy – Bryce Tech

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Bryce looks at the smallsat market taxonomy from different perspectives:

  • Smallsats by mass class
    • Femto (0.01 – 0.09 kg)
    • Pico (0.1 – 1 kg)
    • Nano (1.1 – 10 kg)
    • Micro (11 – 200 kg)
    • Mini (201 – 600 kg)
  • Smallsats by application type
    • Remote-sensing
    • Technology development
    • Communications
    • Scientific
    • Other/Unknown
  • Smallsats by operator
    • Starlink, Oneweb commercial smallsats
    • Other commercial smallsats
    • Non-profit
    • Government civil
    • Government military
  • Smallsats by operator country
  • Government smallsats by country
  • Government smallsats by government organization
    • Civil
      • … e.g. NASA, NOAA, CSA, JAXA
    • Military
      • … e.g. US DoD, NRO, People’s Liberation Army
  • Academic smallsats by institution
  • Smallsats by country of launch provider
  • Smallsats by launch vehicle category
    • Micro
    • Medium
    • Intermediate
    • Heavy
    • Super Heavy
  • Smallsats by launch vehicle type
    • Falcon
    • Soyuz
    • Antares
    • Electron
    • Vega
    • PSLV
    • Other