SpaceRef - Companies and Commerce

Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (AADC) - AADC is a public corporation created in 1992 to develop aerospace related economic and technical opportunities for the State of Alaska. AADC is working with private corporations, government agencies, and universities to develop a comprehensive low earth orbit launch complex and full service satellite ground station facilities. The Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) will be located on Kodiak Island and ground station activities will be concentrated near Fairbanks. [US]

China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) - This is the home page for the developer of the Chinese Long March family of launch vehcles. CALT is responsible for contract negotiation and execution for launch services and for some launch site operations.

Great China Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) - CGWIC was established in 1980 and serves as the exclusive organization authorized by the Chinese Government to provide Long March launch services to the world market. CGWIC is also responsible for trade related to satellite technology and products, acting as the primary foreigh trade and marketing channel for China's aerospace industry.

International Launch Services (ILS) - ILS was formed in June 1995 with the merger of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, the marketing and mission management arm for the Atlas vehicle, and Lockheed-Khrunichev-Energia, International, the marketing and mission management arm for commercial Proton launches. [US]

Kelly Space and Technology - Kelly's piloted Astroliner will provide a cargo delivery service centered initially around deployment of satellites, and, in later generation vehicles, enabling the general public to travel in space. With Kelly Space's Tow Launch Technology, the company will use a modified Boeing 747 to tow the Astroliner from conventional airports anywhere around the globe to its "launch site" at 20,000 feet of altitude. The Astroliner is capable of taking a 10,000 lb. payload into Low Earth Orbit.. [US]

Kistler Aerospace - Kistler Aerospace aims to create the world's first fully reusable aerospace vehicle and become a delivery service to low earth orbit. Kistler's K- 1 vehicles are being designed to operate for 100 flights to space with airfreight efficiency.

Lockheed Martin Astronautics - Provides Titan II and Titan IV expendable launch systems and related business, Atlas and Centaur launch systems, the Athena I and II launch vehicles, and the Multi-Service Launch System (MSLS), Evolved Expendable Launch Systems, which includes development of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), the X-33 prototype and the planned VentureStar single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle. [US]

Microcosm - This company specializes in reducing space mission cost and has experience that covers commercial, military, and scientific missions from small, low-cost programs to multi-billion dollar, multi-satellite constellations and a family of launch vehicles.

Pioneer Rocketplane - Pioneer Rocketplane is building a space launch system based upon rocket powered aircraft and applying in-flight propellant transfer to enable inexpensive satellite launches. The concept calls for the development of the Pathfinder aerial propellant transfer spaceplane and the Pathfinder spaceplane. [US]

Rotary Rocket Company - Rotary is developing Roton, a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) fully reusable, piloted, commercial space vehicle. Roton will takeoff vertically like a conventional rocket. Upon return, the vehicle will glide like an autorotating helicopter and land vertically. [US]

Space Adventures - An adventure travel company specializing in space-related travel packages (launch tours, astronomy adventures, zero-G exposure, suborbital flights, space camps, and more) intended to suit all types and all interests. These tours packages feature appearances by Space Adventures' astronauts and aerospace experts. [US]

TGV Rockets - TGV Rockets plans to develop the first completely reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle. [US]

Universal Space Lines (USN) - Founded by aerospace pioneer Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., USN has built a ground network of tracking stations to provide "cost-effective" space operations and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) services to support "earth-orbiting" assets. [US]

XCOR Aerospace - Founded by the former propulsion experts from the Rotary Rocket Company, XCOR Aerospace will provide liquid rocket engines or rocket-powered vehicles, designed to customer requirements. [US]