Smallsat Market Taxonomy – Bryce Tech

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