Global Space Companies

Global Space Companies

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Statistics of all 2,630 eligible records from Global Space Companies (published, in the provider's latest data).

Calculated 83 minutes ago from the dataset as it was then; the feed was last checked 92 minutes ago. Dates are grouped in UTC calendar periods.

Overview

Records2,630records
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Covers
All records in scope.
Method
Count of the records in scope (published, in the provider's latest snapshot).
Missing values
Every record in scope counts.
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.

Categories

Records by sectorHow many records have each sector (the 10 most frequent; the rest as Other).
Satellites & Comms: 729 (28%)Space Suppliers & Services: 710 (27%)Earth Observation & ISR: 374 (14%)Stations, ISAM & Lunar: 340 (13%)Launch & Propulsion: 247 (9.4%)Other: 230 (8.7%)2,630records
  • Satellites & Comms 28% 729
  • Space Suppliers & Services 27% 710
  • Earth Observation & ISR 14% 374
  • Stations, ISAM & Lunar 13% 340
  • Launch & Propulsion 9.4% 247
  • Other 8.7% 230

Based on 2,630 of 2,630 records that state a value.

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Records by sector
SectorRecordsShare
Satellites & Comms72927.72%
Space Suppliers & Services71027%
Earth Observation & ISR37414.22%
Stations, ISAM & Lunar34012.93%
Launch & Propulsion2479.39%
Defense, SSA & Ground2308.75%
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Method
Records per value, ranked by count (ties in alphabetical order). The values beyond the top N are added up as "Other". Shares are out of the records that state a value.
Fields
Sector (category)
Missing values
Records without a value are left out of counts and shares and reported as "not stated".
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.
Records by regionHow many records have each region (the 10 most frequent; the rest as Other).
Asia: 962 (37%)Asia962North America: 625 (24%)North America625Europe: 452 (17%)Europe452Not verified: 154 (5.9%)Not verified154Oceania: 152 (5.8%)Oceania152South America: 143 (5.4%)South America143Africa: 109 (4.1%)Africa109Europe / Asia: 33 (1.3%)Europe / Asia33

Based on 2,630 of 2,630 records that state a value.

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Records by region
RegionRecordsShare
Asia96236.58%
North America62523.76%
Europe45217.19%
Not verified1545.86%
Oceania1525.78%
South America1435.44%
Africa1094.14%
Europe / Asia331.25%
About this statistic
Method
Records per value, ranked by count (ties in alphabetical order). The values beyond the top N are added up as "Other". Shares are out of the records that state a value.
Fields
Region (category)
Missing values
Records without a value are left out of counts and shares and reported as "not stated".
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.
Records by funding stageHow many records have each funding stage (the 10 most frequent; the rest as Other).
Unclassified / Not Verified: 2,022 (77%)Public / Listed: 503 (19%)Late-Stage Scaleup (Series C–F): 35 (1.3%)Early Stage (Series A): 29 (1.1%)Growth Stage (Series B & Growth): 27 (1%)Other: 14 (<1%)2,630records
  • Unclassified / Not Verified 77% 2,022
  • Public / Listed 19% 503
  • Late-Stage Scaleup (Series C–F) 1.3% 35
  • Early Stage (Series A) 1.1% 29
  • Growth Stage (Series B & Growth) 1% 27
  • Other <1% 14

Based on 2,630 of 2,630 records that state a value.

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Records by funding stage
Funding stageRecordsShare
Unclassified / Not Verified2,02276.88%
Public / Listed50319.13%
Late-Stage Scaleup (Series C–F)351.33%
Early Stage (Series A)291.1%
Growth Stage (Series B & Growth)271.03%
Seed & Pre-Series A140.5323%
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Method
Records per value, ranked by count (ties in alphabetical order). The values beyond the top N are added up as "Other". Shares are out of the records that state a value.
Fields
Funding stage (category)
Missing values
Records without a value are left out of counts and shares and reported as "not stated".
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.
Records by operational and flight statusHow many records have each operational and flight status (the 10 most frequent; the rest as Other).
Not verified: 2,524 (96%)Not verified2,524Operational: 46 (1.7%)Operational46Flight-proven: 25 (<1%)Flight-proven25In development: 16 (<1%)In development16Flight-tested: 9 (<1%)Flight-tested9In qualification: 5 (<1%)In qualification5Suborbital proven: 4 (<1%)Suborbital proven4In production: 1 (<1%)In production1

Based on 2,630 of 2,630 records that state a value.

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Records by operational and flight status
Operational and flight statusRecordsShare
Not verified2,52495.97%
Operational461.75%
Flight-proven250.9506%
In development160.6084%
Flight-tested90.3422%
In qualification50.1901%
Suborbital proven40.1521%
In production10.038%
About this statistic
Method
Records per value, ranked by count (ties in alphabetical order). The values beyond the top N are added up as "Other". Shares are out of the records that state a value.
Fields
Operational and flight status (category)
Missing values
Records without a value are left out of counts and shares and reported as "not stated".
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.

Numbers

Funding (USD): summary Small sampleThe typical value and the spread of funding (usd).
Funding (USD): summary
StatisticValue
Values16
SmallestUSD 20 million
First quartile (25th percentile)USD 108.75 million
MedianUSD 188 million
MeanUSD 512.63 million
Third quartile (75th percentile)USD 614.75 million
LargestUSD 2.3 billion
Standard deviation (population)USD 694.46 million
Interquartile rangeUSD 506 million
TotalUSD 8.2 billion

Based on 16 of 2,630 records that state a number; 2,614 do not state it.

About this statistic
Method
Count, minimum, quartiles, median, mean, maximum, population standard deviation and interquartile range of the values. Quantiles interpolate linearly between ordered values ((n − 1)·p).
Fields
Funding (USD) (number (quantity))
Missing values
Records without a value are left out (a zero is a value, never "missing"); values that are not numbers are left out and reported.
Unit
USD
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.
Funding (USD): distribution Small sampleHow the values of funding (usd) are spread, in ranges.
0510USD 20 million – USD 248 million: 10 recordsUSD 248 million – USD 476 million: 0 recordsUSD 476 million – USD 704 million: 3 recordsUSD 704 million – USD 932 million: 1 recordsUSD 932 million – USD 1.16 billion: 0 recordsUSD 1.16 billion – USD 1.39 billion: 0 recordsUSD 1.39 billion – USD 1.62 billion: 0 recordsUSD 1.62 billion – USD 1.84 billion: 0 recordsUSD 1.84 billion – USD 2.07 billion: 0 recordsUSD 2.07 billion – USD 2.3 billion: 2 recordsUSD 20 millionUSD 1.16 billionUSD 2.3 billion

Based on 16 of 2,630 records that state a number; 2,614 do not state it.

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Funding (USD): distribution
FromToRecords
USD 20 millionUSD 248 million10
USD 248 millionUSD 476 million0
USD 476 millionUSD 704 million3
USD 704 millionUSD 932 million1
USD 932 millionUSD 1.16 billion0
USD 1.16 billionUSD 1.39 billion0
USD 1.39 billionUSD 1.62 billion0
USD 1.62 billionUSD 1.84 billion0
USD 1.84 billionUSD 2.07 billion0
USD 2.07 billionUSD 2.3 billion2
About this statistic
Method
Equal-width bins from the smallest to the largest value (each bin includes its lower edge; the last includes the largest value). When positive values span more than three orders of magnitude, bins grow tenfold instead.
Fields
Funding (USD) (number (quantity))
Missing values
Records without a value are left out (a zero is a value, never "missing"); values that are not numbers are left out and reported.
Unit
USD
Calculation
Version 1 of this method.

ISS Research Statistics

Which agencies and research categories are represented, how investigations are associated with listed expeditions, which recur, who participates and how complete the information is.

People and Organizations

Distinct organizations
2,111
Top 5 organizations cover
24.5%25.5% of investigations with a known organization
Top 10 organizations cover
36.3%37.7% of investigations with a known organization
OrganizationsDistinct investigations per organization: developers, organizations listed as investigators, and investigator affiliations.
NASA Johnson Space Center: 209 (7%)NASA Johnson Space Center209Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology: 148 (4.9%)Lowell Center for Space Scien…148Space Tango, Inc.: 140 (4.7%)Space Tango, Inc.140Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): 134 (4.5%)Japan Aerospace Exploration A…134BioServe Space Technologies: 114 (3.8%)BioServe Space Technologies114NASA Ames Research Center: 105 (3.5%)NASA Ames Research Center105ZIN Technologies Incorporated: 90 (3%)ZIN Technologies Incorporated90Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBP RAS): 83 (2.8%)Institute of Medical and Biol…83European Space Agency (ESA): 82 (2.7%)European Space Agency (ESA)82NASA Glenn Research Center: 77 (2.6%)NASA Glenn Research Center77Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: 74 (2.5%)Japan Aerospace Exploration A…74NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: 67 (2.2%)NASA Marshall Space Flight Ce…67Valley Christian High School: 59 (2%)Valley Christian High School59NASA Kennedy Space Center: 50 (1.7%)NASA Kennedy Space Center50Nanoracks LLC: 49 (1.6%)Nanoracks LLC49
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Organizations
OrganizationInvestigationsShare (%)
NASA Johnson Space Center2097
Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology1484.9
Space Tango, Inc.1404.7
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)1344.5
BioServe Space Technologies1143.8
NASA Ames Research Center1053.5
ZIN Technologies Incorporated903
Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBP RAS)832.8
European Space Agency (ESA)822.7
NASA Glenn Research Center772.6
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency742.5
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center672.2
Valley Christian High School592
NASA Kennedy Space Center501.7
Nanoracks LLC491.6
  • Concentration is the deduplicated union of the top organizations' investigations ÷ all investigations in scope; an investigation shared by two top organizations counts once.
Principal investigatorsDistinct investigations per principal investigator (names as resolved; spelling variants stay separate until an alias is reviewed).
Vladimir Sychev: 36 (1.2%)Vladimir Sychev36Vladimir Fortov: 35 (1.2%)Vladimir Fortov35A. Markov: 25 (<1%)A. Markov25Tatiana Alyokhova: 21 (<1%)Tatiana Alyokhova21Alexei Voloshin: 20 (<1%)Alexei Voloshin20Jeff Goldstein: 20 (<1%)Jeff Goldstein20Lev Desinov: 18 (<1%)Lev Desinov18G. Scherbakov: 16 (<1%)G. Scherbakov16Michelle Lucas: 14 (<1%)Michelle Lucas14Olivia Holzhaus: 14 (<1%)Olivia Holzhaus14Catriona Jamieson: 13 (<1%)Catriona Jamieson13Sheila Thibeault: 13 (<1%)Sheila Thibeault13V Petrov: 13 (<1%)V Petrov13K. Boiko: 12 (<1%)K. Boiko12Miria Finckenor: 11 (<1%)Miria Finckenor11
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Principal investigators
InvestigatorInvestigationsShare (%)
Vladimir Sychev361.2
Vladimir Fortov351.2
A. Markov250.8
Tatiana Alyokhova210.7
Alexei Voloshin200.7
Jeff Goldstein200.7
Lev Desinov180.6
G. Scherbakov160.5
Michelle Lucas140.5
Olivia Holzhaus140.5
Catriona Jamieson130.4
Sheila Thibeault130.4
V Petrov130.4
K. Boiko120.4
Miria Finckenor110.4
  • Top 15 of 2170 shown.
DevelopersDistinct investigations per developer organization.
NASA Johnson Space Center: 188 (6.3%)NASA Johnson Space Center188Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology: 148 (4.9%)Lowell Center for Space Scien…148Space Tango, Inc.: 140 (4.7%)Space Tango, Inc.140Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): 129 (4.3%)Japan Aerospace Exploration A…129BioServe Space Technologies: 114 (3.8%)BioServe Space Technologies114NASA Ames Research Center: 90 (3%)NASA Ames Research Center90ZIN Technologies Incorporated: 90 (3%)ZIN Technologies Incorporated90European Space Agency (ESA): 82 (2.7%)European Space Agency (ESA)82NASA Glenn Research Center: 66 (2.2%)NASA Glenn Research Center66NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: 60 (2%)NASA Marshall Space Flight Ce…60Valley Christian High School: 50 (1.7%)Valley Christian High School50Axiom Space, Inc.: 48 (1.6%)Axiom Space, Inc.48NASA Kennedy Space Center: 46 (1.5%)NASA Kennedy Space Center46Nanoracks LLC: 45 (1.5%)Nanoracks LLC45United States Department of Defense Space Test Program: 34 (1.1%)United States Department of D…34
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Developers
DeveloperInvestigationsShare (%)
NASA Johnson Space Center1886.3
Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology1484.9
Space Tango, Inc.1404.7
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)1294.3
BioServe Space Technologies1143.8
NASA Ames Research Center903
ZIN Technologies Incorporated903
European Space Agency (ESA)822.7
NASA Glenn Research Center662.2
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center602
Valley Christian High School501.7
Axiom Space, Inc.481.6
NASA Kennedy Space Center461.5
Nanoracks LLC451.5
United States Department of Defense Space Test Program341.1
  • Top 15 of 1232 shown.
Organizations working with several agenciesOrganizations listed on investigations of more than one sponsoring agency.
Organizations working with several agencies
OrganizationAgencies
NASA Johnson Space Center5
Astrium GmbH3
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)3
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)3
European Space Agency (ESA)3
Institute for Biomedical Problems3
Institute of Biomedical Problems3
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)3
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS)3
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center3
M.E3
NASA Ames Research Center3
Tel Aviv University3
Thales Alenia Space3
Thales Alenia Space - Italia3
Organizations listed togetherPairs of organizations listed on the same investigation at least twice (strongest first).
Organizations listed together
OrganizationOrganizationShared investigations
NASA Glenn Research CenterZIN Technologies Incorporated45
Lowell Center for Space Science and TechnologyValley Christian High School44
Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)35
Johnson Space CenterNASA Johnson Space Center16
NASA Ames Research CenterNASA Johnson Space Center15
Higher OrbitsSpace Tango, Inc.14
Shubnikiv Institut of Crystallograhy of Russian Academy of SciencesShubnikiv Institut of Crystallograhy of Russian Academy of Sciences (IC RAS)14
Lowell Center for Space Science and TechnologyNational Center for Earth and Space Science Education13
Space Tango, Inc.Valley Christian High School13
NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Langley Research Center10
NASA Langley Research CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight Center10
Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Goddard Space Flight Center9
BioServe Space TechnologiesUniversity of Colorado9
NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight Center9
Magnitude.ioSpace Tango, Inc.8
Aurora Flight Sciences CorporationMassachusetts Institute of Technology8
Naval Research LaboratoryUnited States Department of Defense Space Test Program8
NASA Ames Research CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight Center7
NASA Johnson Space CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight Center7
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNASA Ames Research Center7
BioServe Space TechnologiesNASA Ames Research Center7
NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight Center7
NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Goddard Space Flight Center6
NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Langley Research Center6
NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Johnson Space Center5
NASA Ames Research CenterNASA Langley Research Center5
Aurora Flight Sciences CorporationNASA Ames Research Center5
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)NASA Ames Research Center4
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)NASA Johnson Space Center4
NASA Ames Research CenterNASA Glenn Research Center4
NASA Ames Research CenterNASA Goddard Space Flight Center3
Lowell Center for Space Science and TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology2
NASA Ames Research CenterUniversity of Colorado2
BioServe Space TechnologiesNASA Marshall Space Flight Center2
BioServe Space TechnologiesNASA Johnson Space Center2
NASA Johnson Space CenterUniversity of Colorado2
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNASA Goddard Space Flight Center2
NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Johnson Space Center2
NASA Johnson Space CenterNASA Langley Research Center2
NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterUnited States Department of Defense Space Test Program2
NASA Ames Research CenterZIN Technologies Incorporated2
NASA Ames Research CenterUnited States Department of Defense Space Test Program2
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyZIN Technologies Incorporated2
  • Only the strongest pairs are shown.

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About This Data

Source
ISS Experiments
Last import
2026-10-16 08:23:43 UTC
Statistics built
2026-10-16 08:24:50 UTC
Population
3,004 distinct investigations in scope of 3,004 in the catalog, identified by identity_key.
Reporting periods
Unit: listed expedition label (single or paired, as the source lists it). Paired labels are kept as listed; "0" and other special values are kept apart until a reviewed reference gives them a meaning.
Counting
Counts are distinct investigations. Period totals overlap and are never added together; calendar totals count each investigation once per year.
People and organizations
Names are parsed conservatively (entries are split on line breaks and semicolons, never on commas) and kept as written next to their normalised form. Spelling variants stay separate until an administrator reviews an alias. Nationality is never inferred from the sponsoring agency.
Limitations
The catalog lists investigations by reporting period; it does not record when work happened, how much it cost or whether it succeeded. A listing is not an outcome.

ISS Commercial Activity and Opportunities

Which investigations have documented commercial participation or objectives, which companies take part in which roles, how participation changes, which services and facilities support it, and where the evidence suggests opportunities to investigate.

Commercial Overview

Qualifying investigations
564Documented commercial participation
Companies
10
Investigations with reviewed classifications
0of 3,004
Awaiting review
42.3%of investigations have only suggestions
  • Definition: Documented commercial participation. Counts use reviewed classifications and source facts; unreviewed suggestions are not counted.
Investigations by commercial definitionEach definition is a separate dimension of evidence.
Investigations by commercial definition
DefinitionInvestigationsShare of catalog (%)
Documented commercial participation56418.8
Documented commercial objectives00
Documented commercial services00
Documented paying customers00
Documented production development00
Source-labeled commercial records50.2
  • Definitions overlap: an investigation can meet several. Never add them together.
Qualifying investigations by agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): 507 (90%)National Aeronautics and Spac…507European Space Agency (ESA): 53 (9.4%)European Space Agency (ESA)53Canadian Space Agency (CSA): 2 (<1%)Canadian Space Agency (CSA)2Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): 2 (<1%)Japan Aerospace Exploration A…2
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Qualifying investigations by agency
AgencyInvestigationsShare (%)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)50789.9
European Space Agency (ESA)539.4
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)20.4
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)20.4
Qualifying investigations by end marketParticipation counting: an investigation in several markets counts in each.
Unclassified: 564 (100%)Unclassified564
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Qualifying investigations by end market
End marketInvestigationsShare (%)
Unclassified564100

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About This Data

Source
ISS Experiments
Last import
2026-10-16 08:23:43 UTC
Statistics built
2026-10-16 08:24:50 UTC
Population
3,004 distinct investigations in scope of 3,004 in the catalog, identified by identity_key.
Reporting periods
Unit: listed expedition label (single or paired, as the source lists it). Paired labels are kept as listed; "0" and other special values are kept apart until a reviewed reference gives them a meaning.
Counting
Counts are distinct investigations. Period totals overlap and are never added together; calendar totals count each investigation once per year.
People and organizations
Names are parsed conservatively (entries are split on line breaks and semicolons, never on commas) and kept as written next to their normalised form. Spelling variants stay separate until an administrator reviews an alias. Nationality is never inferred from the sponsoring agency.
Commercial evidence
Each commercial dimension is recorded separately with its state, review status and evidence basis. Public counts use reviewed classifications and source facts only. Absence of evidence is unknown, never a negative. No revenue, market size, profitability, return or success probability is estimated.
Limitations
The catalog lists investigations by reporting period; it does not record when work happened, how much it cost or whether it succeeded. A listing is not an outcome.

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Data credits

  • Data: Global Space Companies research workbook