List of spacecraft manufacturers
Satellite manufacturers
Table:
Company

Location

No of satellites launched

Comments

AeroAstro, Inc.

United States

Closed [3]

Amsat

International - United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Brazil India, United Kingdom, Argentina

consortium of amateur satellite constructors

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

United States

Berlin Space Technologies

Germany

Small Satellites (30-150kg) & Components

Blue Canyon Technologies

United States

13

Small spacecraft and components; mission services

British Aerospace

United Kingdom

purchased Marconi Electronic Systems, to form BAE Systems

CBERS

Brazil China

5

Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio

Italy

part of OHB SE

Clyde Space

United Kingdom

CubeSats and Nanosatellites (<10 kg)

EnduroSat

Europe

CubeSats and Nanosatellites

Fairchild Space and Electronics Division

United States

sold to Matra Marconi Space, then sold to Orbital Sciences Corporation

Fokker Space & Systems

Netherlands

then Dutch Space, now part of EADS Astrium Satellites

GAUSS Srl

Italy

9

CubeSats and Small Satellites (<50 kg)

General Electric

United States

then merged into Martin Marietta, now part of Lockheed Martin

GomSpace

Denmark

Cubesats and nanosatellites (<10 kg)

Hawker Siddeley Dynamics

United Kingdom

now part of EADS Astrium Satellites

Dhruva Space[4]

India

Nano Satellites (>8 to <35 kg)

Hughes Aircraft

United States

purchased by Boeing

IHI Corporation

Japan

In-Space Missions

United Kingdom

Launching first satellite in Q3 2019

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The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
AMSAT is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide , but in particular the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation ( AMSAT-NA ) with headquarters at Kensington , Maryland , near Washington , D.C. AMSAT organizations design , build , arrange launches for , and then operate ( command ) satellites carrying amateur radio payloads , including the OSCAR series of satellites . Other informally affiliated national organizations exist , such as AMSAT Germany ( AMSAT-DL ) and AMSAT Japan ( JAMSAT ) .
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 million square kilometres ( 3.85 million square miles ) , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area . Its southern border with the United States , stretching some 8,891 kilometres ( 5,525 mi ) , is the world 's longest bi-national land border . Canada 's capital is Ottawa , and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto , Montreal , and Vancouver . As a whole , Canada is sparsely populated , with most of its land area dominated by forest and tundra . Its population is highly urbanized , with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , and 70 percent residing within 100 kilometres ( 62 mi ) of the southern border . Canada 's climate varies widely across its vast area , ranging from Arctic climate in the north to hot summers in the southern regions , with four distinct seasons . Various indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization . Beginning in the 16th century , British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast . As a consequence of various armed conflicts , France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 . In 1867 , with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation , Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces . This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom .
Germany ( German : Deutschland , German pronunciation : [ ˈdɔʏtʃlant ] ) , constitutionally the Federal Republic of Germany ( German : Bundesrepublik Deutschland , listen ( help·info ) ) , [ f ] is a country in Central and Western Europe . It borders Denmark to the north , Poland and the Czech Republic to the east , Austria and Switzerland to the south , France to the southwest , and Luxembourg , Belgium , and the Netherlands to the west . Germany includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres ( 137,988 sq mi ) , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With 83 million inhabitants , it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia , the most populous state lying entirely in Europe , as well as the most populous member state of the European Union . Germany is a very decentralised country . Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin , while Frankfurt serves as its financial capital and has the country 's busiest airport . Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before AD 100 . Beginning in the 10th century , German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century , northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation . After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire , the German Confederation was formed in 1815 . The German revolutions of 1848-49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights .
Italy ( Italian : Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Italian Republic ( Italian : Repubblica Italiana [ reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna ] ) , is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands . Italy is located in south-central Europe , and it is also considered a part of Western Europe . The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 ( 116,350 sq mi ) and shares land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino . Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ( Campione ) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea ( Lampedusa ) . With around 60 million inhabitants , Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city is Rome ; other major cities are Milan , Naples , Turin , Palermo , Genoa , Bologna , Florence and Venice . Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean , Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures . In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy , the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name , beginning from the classical era , Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy , Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy , while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively . An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC , which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People . The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula , eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe , North Africa and Asia . By the first century BC , the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural , political and religious centre , inaugurating the Pax Romana , a period of more than 200 years during which Italy 's law , technology , economy , art , and literature developed . Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire , whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture , governments , Christianity and the Latin script .
Japan ( Japanese : 日本 , Nippon [ ɲippoꜜɴ ] ( listen ) or Nihon [ ɲihoꜜɴ ] ( listen ) ) is an island country located in East Asia . It is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east , and spans more than 3,000 kilometers ( 1,900 mi ) along the coast of the continent from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Philippine Sea in the south . Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire , Japan encompasses a stratovolcanic archipelago of about 6,852 islands , with five main islands ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and Okinawa ) comprising 97% of the country 's total area of 377,975 square kilometers ( 145,937 sq mi ) . Japan is officially divided into 47 prefectures and traditionally into eight regions . Approximately two-thirds of the country 's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested , and less than one-eighth of land is suitable for agriculture . Consequently , Japan is among the most densely populated and urbanized countries in the world , with over 90% of its population living in urban areas . The largest of these is the metropolitan area centered on the capital city of Tokyo , which is the most populous in the world and home to more than 38 million people . Japan itself is the world 's eleventh most populous country with a population of 126.2 million , of which 97.8% are ethnically Japanese . The kanji ( or Chinese characters ) that make up the name of Japan in the Japanese language mean sun origin ; in the Western world , the country is often known by the sobriquet Land of the Rising Sun . Periods of influence from other regions , primarily China , followed by periods of isolation , particularly from Western Europe , have characterized the history of Japan . While archaeological evidence indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period , the first written mention of the archipelago appears in Chinese texts from the first century AD . Between the fourth and ninth centuries , the kingdoms of Japan became gradually unified under an Emperor and imperial court based in Heian-kyō ( modern Kyoto ) .
Brazil ( Portuguese : Brasil ; Portuguese pronunciation : [ bɾaˈziw ] ) , [ nt 1 ] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil ( Portuguese : República Federativa do Brasil , listen ( help·info ) ) , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . At 8.5 million square kilometers ( 3.2 million square miles ) and with over 211 million people , Brazil is the world 's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous . Its capital is Brasília , and its most populous city is São Paulo . The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states , the Federal District , and the 5,570 municipalities . It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas ; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations , due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers ( 4,655 mi ) . It borders all other countries in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47.3% of the continent 's land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral , who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire . Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808 , when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro . In 1815 , the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal , Brazil and the Algarves .
India ( Hindi : Bhārat ) , officially the Republic of India ( Hindi : Bhārat Gaṇarājya ) , is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by area , the second-most populous country , and the most populous democracy in the world . Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast , it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; [ e ] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north ; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago . Their long occupation , initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers , has made the region highly diverse , second only to Africa in human genetic diversity . Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus river basin 9,000 years ago , evolving gradually into the Indus Valley Civilisation of the third millennium BCE . By 1200 BCE , an archaic form of Sanskrit , an Indo-European language , had diffused into India from the northwest , unfolding as the language of the Rigveda , and recording the dawning of Hinduism in India . The Dravidian languages of India were supplanted in the northern regions . By 400 BCE , stratification and exclusion by caste had emerged within Hinduism , and Buddhism and Jainism had arisen , proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity . Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin . Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity , but also marked by the declining status of women , and the incorporation of untouchability into an organised system of belief .
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK or U.K. ) or Britain , [ note 11 ] is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland . Existing under its current name since 1921 , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland . Otherwise , the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east , the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest , giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland . The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles ( 240,000 km2 ) . The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy . [ note 12 ] The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II , who has reigned since 1952 , making her the world 's longest-serving current head of state . The United Kingdom 's capital and largest city is London , a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million . Other major cities include Birmingham , Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds and Liverpool . The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries : England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland . Their capitals are London , Edinburgh , Cardiff , and Belfast , respectively .
Argentina ( Spanish : [ aɾxenˈtina ] ) , officially the Argentine Republic [ A ] ( Spanish : República Argentina ) , is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west , the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 ( 1,073,500 sq mi ) , [ B ] Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world , the fourth largest in the Americas , the second largest in South America after Brazil , and the largest Spanish-speaking nation . The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces ( Spanish : provincias , singular provincia ) and one autonomous city ( ciudad autónoma ) , Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation ( Spanish : Capital Federal ) as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica , the Falkland Islands ( Spanish : Islas Malvinas ) , and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period . The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in Pre-Columbian times . The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century . Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata , a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776 . The declaration and fight for independence ( 1810-1818 ) was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861 , culminating in the country 's reorganization as a federation of provinces with Buenos Aires as its capital city . The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability , with several waves of European immigration , mainly Italians and Spaniards , radically reshaping its cultural and demographic outlook ; 62.5% of the population has full or partial Italian ancestry , and the Argentine culture has significant connections to the Italian culture .
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. ( commonly Ball Aerospace ) is an American manufacturer of spacecraft , components , and instruments for national defense , civil space and commercial space applications . The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation ( NYSE : BLL ) , with primary offices in Boulder and facilities in Broomfield and Westminster in Colorado , with smaller offices in New Mexico , Ohio , Northern Virginia , Missouri , and Maryland . Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956 , and later won a contract to build one of NASAs first spacecraft , the Orbiting Solar Observatory . Over the years , the company has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific projects and continues to provide aerospace technology to NASA and related industries . Ball Aerospace also has many other products and services for the aerospace industry , including lubricants , optical systems , star trackers and antennas . As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ball Corporation , Ball Aerospace was cited in 2014 as the 88th largest defense contractor in the world . Both parent and subsidiary headquarters are co-located in Broomfield , Colorado .
British Aerospace plc ( BAe ) was a British aircraft , munitions and defence-systems manufacturer . Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough , Hampshire . Formed in 1977 , in 1999 it purchased Marconi Electronic Systems , the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc , to form BAE Systems .
Marconi Electronic Systems ( MES ) , or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998 , was the defence arm of The General Electric Company ( GEC ) . It was demerged from GEC and acquired by British Aerospace ( BAe ) on 30 November 1999 to form BAE Systems . GEC then renamed itself Marconi plc . MES exists today as BAE Systems Electronics Limited , a subsidiary of BAE Systems , but the assets were rearranged elsewhere within that company . MES-related businesses include BAE Systems Submarine Solutions , BAE Systems Surface Ships , BAE Systems Insyte and Selex ES ( now a part of Leonardo S.p.A. ) .
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence , security , and aerospace company . Its headquarters are in London and Farnborough in the United Kingdom with operations worldwide . The company is the largest defence contractor in Europe and among the world 's largest defence companies ; it was ranked as the third-largest based on applicable 2017 revenues . Its largest operations are in the United Kingdom and United States , where its BAE Systems Inc. subsidiary is one of the six largest suppliers to the US Department of Defense . Other major markets include Australia , India , and Saudi Arabia , which account for about 20% of BAE 's overall sales . It is the biggest manufacturer in Britain . The company was formed on 30 November 1999 by the £7.7 billion merger of two British companies : Marconi Electronic Systems ( MES ) - the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc ( GEC ) - and British Aerospace ( BAe ) - an aircraft , munitions and naval systems manufacturer . BAE Systems is the successor to various aircraft , shipbuilding , armoured vehicle , armaments and defence electronics companies , including The Marconi Company , the first commercial company devoted to the development and use of radio ; A.V . Roe and Company , one of the world 's first aircraft companies ; de Havilland , manufacturer of the Comet , the world 's first commercial jet airliner ; Hawker Siddley , manufacturer of the Harrier , the world 's first VTOL attack aircraft ; British Aircraft Corporation , co-manufacturer of the Concorde supersonic transport ; Supermarine , manufacturer of the Spitfire ; Yarrow Shipbuilders , builder of the Royal Navy 's first destroyers ; Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , pioneer of the triple-expansion engine and builder of the world 's first battlecruiser ; and Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering , builder of the Royal Navy 's first submarines . Since its formation it has made a number of acquisitions , most notably of United Defense and Armor Holdings of the United States , and sold its shares in Airbus , Astrium , AMS and Atlas Elektronik . BAE Systems is involved in several major defence projects , including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II , the Eurofighter Typhoon , the Astute-class submarine and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers . BAE Systems is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index .
The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program ( CBERS ) is a technological cooperation program between Brazil and China which develops and operates Earth observation satellites .
China ( Chinese : 中国 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó ) , officially the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , is a country in East Asia and is the world 's most populous country , with a population of around 1.428 billion in 2017 . Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers ( 3,700,000 sq mi ) , it is the third largest country by area . [ j ] Governed by the Communist Party of China , the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , [ k ] five autonomous regions , four direct-controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ) , and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau . China emerged as one of the world 's first civilizations , in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain . For millennia , China 's political system was based on hereditary monarchies , or dynasties , beginning with the semi-mythical Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE . Since then , China has expanded , fractured , and re-unified numerous times . In the 3rd century BCE , the Qin reunited core China and established the first Chinese empire . The succeeding Han dynasty , which ruled from 206 BCE until 220 CE , saw some of the most advanced technology at that time , including papermaking and the compass , along with agricultural and medical improvements . The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty ( 618-907 ) and Northern Song ( 960-1127 ) completed the Four Great Inventions . Tang culture spread widely in Asia , as the new Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and the Horn of Africa . Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution , when the Republic of China ( ROC ) replaced the Qing dynasty . China , as a whole , was ravaged by feudal warlordism and Japan during World War II .
OHB SE is a European multinational technology corporation . Headquartered in Bremen , Germany , the corporation consists of the two business divisions Space Systems and Aerospace + Industrial Products . A key product of the corporation is fully integrated spacecraft . At present OHB is the third largest corporation in Europe 's space sector . The company OHB System AG is a major constituent of the OHB corporation . This company was founded in 1958 as a marine systems outfitter . The name OHB originates from this time ; the name is an initialism of Otto Hydraulic Bremen . However the activities of the company shifted toward space technology in the 1980s after the couple Christa Fuchs and Manfred Fuchs took over ownership of the company .
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere . It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , the Mediterranean Sea to the south , and Asia to the east . The eastern border comprises a long and mixed line of mountain ranges and waterways that would normally define a subcontinent . However , Europe is generally accorded the status of a full continent because of its great physical size and the weight of history and tradition . It is the 6th largest continent in the world . Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres ( 3,930,000 sq mi ) , or 2% of the Earth 's surface ( 6.8% of land area ) . Politically , Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which Russia is the largest and most populous , spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population . Europe had a total population of about 741 million ( about 11% of the world population ) as of 2018 [ update ] . The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent , even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe . Further from the sea , seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast . Europe , in particular ancient Greece and ancient Rome , was the birthplace of Western civilisation .
Fairchild Industries was created from a name change from Fairchild-Hiller Corporation , division and subsidiaries : Fairchild Aircraft Marketing Company , Fairchild Aircraft Services Division , Fairchild Republic Division , Fairchild Space and Electronics Division , Fairchild Stratos Division , Burns Aero Seat Company , Inc. , Fairchild Arms International , Ltd. , Fairchild Aviation ( Asia ) Ltd. , Fairchild Aviation ( Holland ) N.V. , Fairchild-Germantown Development Company , Inc. and S.J . Industries , Inc . Prior to 1971 Fairchild Industries was a term used to include many of the companies of its founder Sherman Mills Fairchild . The successor corporation is now the Fairchild Corporation . Most of the assets of the original Fairchild Industries Inc. have been sold and the company has a new focus . The last major asset sold was Fairchild Fasteners , a Sherman Fairchild company , which was sold to Alcoa for 657 Million on December 3 , 2002 and is now called Alcoa Fasteners . In the summer of 2006 , the Fairchild Corporation sold a shopping mall they had built on the Republic Airport property of Fairchild Hiller for 95 Million . They still own property at Republic Airport from Fairchild Hiller .
Matra Marconi Space ( MMS ) was a Franco-British aerospace company .
Orbital Sciences Corporation ( commonly referred to as Orbital ) was an American company specializing in the design , manufacture and launch of small- and medium- class space and rocket systems for commercial , military and other government customers . In 2014 Orbital merged with Alliant Techsystems to create a new company called Orbital ATK , Inc. , which in turn was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018 . Orbital Sciences Corporation today is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman and is known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems . Orbital was headquartered in Dulles , Virginia and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol ORB . Orbital 's primary products were satellites and launch vehicles , including low-Earth orbit , geosynchronous-Earth orbit and planetary spacecraft for communications , remote sensing , scientific and defense missions ; ground- and air-launched rockets that delivered satellites into orbit ; missile defense systems that were used as interceptor and target vehicles ; and human-rated space systems for Earth-orbit , lunar and other missions . Orbital also provided satellite subsystems and space-related technical services to government agencies and laboratories . On April 29 , 2014 , Orbital Sciences announced that it would merge with Alliant Techsystems to create a new company called Orbital ATK , Inc . The merger was completed on February 9 , 2015 and Orbital Sciences ceased to exist as an independent entity . On September 18 , 2017 , Northrop Grumman announced plans to purchase Orbital ATK for $ 7.8 billion in cash plus assumption of $ 1.4 billion in debt , and on June 6 , 2018 , the acquisition was completed , and Orbital ATK became Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems .
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder , Anthony Fokker . The company operated under several different names , starting out in 1912 in Schwerin , Germany , moving to the Netherlands in 1919 . During its most successful period in the 1920s and 1930s , it dominated the civil aviation market . Fokker went into bankruptcy in 1996 , and its operations were sold to competitors .
The Netherlands ( Dutch : Nederland , [ ˈneːdərlɑnt ] ( listen ) ) , informally Holland , is a country in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean . In Europe , it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom . Together with the Caribbean Netherlands - Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba - it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The official language is Dutch and a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian . In the north and east of the country , Low Saxon is also spoken , and in the southeast , Limburgish . In the Caribbean Netherlands English and Papiamento are recognised languages . The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague , Utrecht and Eindhoven . Amsterdam is the country 's most populous city and nominal capital , while The Hague holds the seat of the States General , Cabinet and Supreme Court . The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest seaport in Europe , and the busiest in any country outside Asia . Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands , and the third busiest in Europe . The country is a founding member of the EU , Eurozone , G10 , NATO , OECD and WTO , as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union . It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts , many of which are centered in The Hague , which is consequently dubbed 'the world 's legal capital ' .
Astrium was an aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ( EADS ) that provided civil and military space systems and services from 2006 to 2013 . In 2012 , Astrium had a turnover of €5.8 billion and 18,000 employees in France , Germany , the United Kingdom , Spain and the Netherlands . Astrium was a member of Institute of Space , its Applications and Technologies . In late 2013 Astrium was merged with Cassidian , the defence division of EADS and Airbus Military to form Airbus Defence and Space . EADS itself was reorganized as the Airbus Group , with three divisions that include Airbus , Airbus Defence and Space , and Airbus Helicopters .
G.A.U.S.S . Srl ( also known as GAUSS Srl ) is an Italian limited liability private company specialized in the development and launch of small satellites , CubeSats and PocketQubes . The company name is an acronym for Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems . The company 's small satellites are used as launch platforms for third-party satellites . As a private company , it has successfully launched two small satellites , UniSat-5 and UniSat-6 . G.A.U.S.S . Srl business is mainly related to the design and realization of microsatellites , which are also intended as CubeSat , PocketQube and releasing platforms . Several universities and research centers around the world have launched their satellites through the company 's UniSat launching platforms , thus letting G.A.U.S.S . being a small satellites launch provider . G.A.U.S.S . Srl activities include structural design , realization and integration of the main subsystems and payloads and all the ground segment operations .
General Electric Company ( GE ) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York City and headquartered in Boston . As of 2018 [ update ] , the company operates through the following segments : aviation , healthcare , power , renewable energy , digital industry , additive manufacturing , venture capital and finance and lighting . In 2018 , GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 18th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue . In 2011 , GE ranked among the Fortune 20 as the 14th-most profitable company but has since very severely underperformed the market ( by about 75% ) as its profitability collapsed . Two employees of GE - Irving Langmuir ( 1932 ) and Ivar Giaever ( 1973 ) - have been awarded the Nobel Prize .
The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation . The combined company became a leader in chemicals , aerospace , and electronics . In 1995 , it merged with Lockheed Corporation to form Lockheed Martin .
Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American global aerospace , defense , security , and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests . It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995 . It is headquartered in North Bethesda , Maryland , in the Washington , D.C. , area . Lockheed Martin employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide as of January 2020 . Lockheed Martin is one of the largest companies in the aerospace , defense , security , and technologies industry . It is the world 's largest defense contractor , based on revenue for fiscal year 2014 . In 2013 , 78% of Lockheed Martin 's revenues came from military sales ; it topped the list of US federal government contractors and received nearly 10% of the funds paid out by the Pentagon . In 2009 , US government contracts accounted for $ 38.4 billion ( 85% ) , foreign government contracts for $ 5.8 billion ( 13% ) , and commercial and other contracts for $ 900 million ( 2% ) . Lockheed Martin operates in four business segments : Aeronautics , Missiles and Fire Control ( MFC ) , Rotary and Mission Systems ( RMS ) , and Space . The company has received the Collier Trophy six times , including in 2001 for being part of developing the X-35/F-35B LiftFan Propulsion System and most recently in 2018 for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System ( Auto-GCAS ) . Lockheed Martin is currently developing the F-35 Lightning II and leads the international supply chain , leads the team for the development and implementation of technology solutions for the new USAF Space Fence ( AFSSS replacement ) , and is the primary contractor for the development of the Orion command module . The company also invests in healthcare systems , renewable energy systems , intelligent energy distribution , and compact nuclear fusion .
Denmark ( Danish : Danmark , pronounced [ ˈtænmak ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Denmark , [ N 10 ] [ N 2 ] is a Nordic country in Northwest Europe . Denmark proper , which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries , consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , [ N 2 ] with the largest being Zealand , Funen and the North Jutlandic Island . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations , Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway , [ N 11 ] and is bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of Denmark also includes two autonomous territories in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 ( 16,573 sq mi ) , land area of 42,394 km2 ( 16,368 sq mi ) , and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 ( 853,509 sq mi ) , and a population of 5.8 million in Denmark proper ( Danish egentlige Danmark ) ( as of 2020 [ update ] ) . The unified kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 8th century as a proficient seafaring nation in the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea . Denmark , Sweden , and Norway were ruled together under one sovereign ruler in the Kalmar Union , established in 1397 and ending with Swedish secession in 1523 . The areas of Denmark and Norway remained under the same monarch until 1814 , Denmark-Norway . Beginning in the 17th century , there were several devastating wars with the Swedish Empire , ending with large cessions of territory to Sweden . After the Napoleonic Wars , Norway was ceded to Sweden , while Denmark kept the Faroe Islands , Greenland , and Iceland . In the 19th century there was a surge of nationalist movements , which were defeated in the First Schleswig War .
Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production . Hawker Siddeley combined the legacies of several British aircraft manufacturers , emerging through a series of mergers and acquisitions as one of only two such major British companies in the 1960s . In 1977 , Hawker Siddeley became a founding component of the nationalised British Aerospace ( BAe ) . Hawker Siddeley also operated in other industrial markets , such as locomotive building ( through its ownership of Brush Traction ) and diesel engine manufacture ( through its ownership of Lister Petter ) . The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index .
Dhruva Space is a private Space company based in Hyderabad , India . Dhruva Space is engaged in development of small satellite platforms . It has collaboration with Berlin Space Technologies for manufacturing miniaturized satellites in India . In 2014 Dhruva Space signed a deal with AMSAT India to develop HAMSAT-2
The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Glendale , California as a division of Hughes Tool Company . The company was known for producing , among other products , the Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose aircraft , the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft , and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile . Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1985 and was put under the umbrella of Hughes Electronics , now known as DirecTV , until GM sold its assets to Raytheon in 1997 .
The Boeing Company , commonly known as Boeing ( /ˈboʊɪŋ/ ) , is an American multinational corporation that designs , manufactures , and sells airplanes , rotorcraft , rockets , satellites , telecommunications equipment , and missiles worldwide . The company also provides leasing and product support services . Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers ; it is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2018 revenue , and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value . Boeing stock is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average . Boeing is incorporated in Delaware . Boeing was founded by William Boeing in Seattle , Washington on July 15 , 1916 . The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1 , 1997 . Then chairman and CEO of Boeing , Philip M. Condit , assumed those roles in the combined company , while Harry Stonecipher , former CEO of McDonnell Douglas , became president and COO . The Boeing Company has its corporate headquarters in Chicago , Illinois . Boeing is organized into five primary divisions : Boeing Commercial Airplanes ( BCA ) ; Boeing Defense , Space & Security ( BDS ) ; Engineering , Operations & Technology ; Boeing Capital ; and Boeing Shared Services Group . In 2017 , Boeing recorded US $ 93.3 billion in sales , ranked 24th on the Fortune magazine Fortune 500 list ( 2018 ) , ranked 64th on the Fortune Global 500 list ( 2018 ) , and ranked 19th on the World 's Most Admired Companies list ( 2018 ) . In 2019 , Boeing 's global reputation , commercial business , and financial rating suffered after the 737 MAX was grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes in late 2018 and early 2019 .
IHI Corporation ( 株式会社IHI , Kabushiki-gaisha IHI ) , formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. , Ltd. ( 石川島播磨重工業株式会社 , Ishikawajima Harima Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha ) , is a Japanese company which produces ships , aircraft engines , turbochargers for automobiles , industrial machines , power station boilers and other facilities , suspension bridges and other transport-related machinery . IHI turbochargers , commonly used in passenger automobiles , are manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima . Boeing and GE Aviation have subcontracted parts of several models of jet aircraft out to IHI . It is listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange section 1 .