22 of the 100 companies on the Space 100 are in the Platforms segment of Satellites & spacecraft, from 8 countries. The highest ranked is Airbus Defence & Space, rank 8 of 100 with a score of 85. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the space landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Airbus Defence & SpaceAirbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Germany | 85 |
| 12 | Thales Alenia SpaceThales Alenia Space designs and builds satellites for telecommunications, Earth observation, meteorology, defense and science, including IRIS², Sentinel-1 NG and MTG. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | France | 82.5 |
| 20 | Muon SpaceMuon Space designs, builds and operates satellites and spacecraft platforms, including Halo, Quickbeam and Condor-Ultra, for customer constellations. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 81 |
| 22 | K2 SpaceK2 Space designs and manufactures large satellite buses, including its Mega and planned Giga lines, for government and commercial spacecraft customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 80.5 |
| 23 | Millennium Space SystemsMillennium Space Systems designs and builds spacecraft platforms, including the Resolute mid-class platform and Epoch satellites, and is producing multiple spacecraft for government missions. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 80 |
| 26 | The Exploration CompanyThe company sells Nyx reusable cargo capsules for commercial and institutional orbital logistics, including cargo transport to and return from the ISS. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | France | 79.5 |
| 28 | RedwireSeeker is Redwire’s space-rated camera and navigation-sensor line, sold to spacecraft and constellation builders for imaging and attitude determination. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 79 |
| 30 | Loft OrbitalLoft Orbital builds, integrates, launches, and operates satellite platforms for customer missions and constellations, including EarthDaily, Altair, and its 50-satellite AI constellation program. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 78.5 |
| 32 | OHBOHB develops, builds and integrates satellite platforms for institutional and commercial customers, including IRIS2 platforms, MTG weather satellites and Galileo hardware. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Germany | 78 |
| 33 | Maxar Space SystemsMaxar Space Systems, now rebranded Lanteris Space Systems, designs and builds satellite platforms and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 78 |
| 55 | EnduroSatEnduroSat designs and manufactures small-satellite buses and platforms, including its FRAME product line, for customer payloads, technology demonstrations, and commercial fleets. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Bulgaria | 72 |
| 56 | NanoAvionicsNanoAvionics builds and operates microsatellite and CubeSat buses, including the MP42, for commercial, science, Earth-observation and defense missions. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Lithuania | 72 |
| 57 | York Space SystemsYork Space Systems designs and manufactures satellite platforms, including its S-CLASS spacecraft and newly unveiled LX/V-Class very-low-Earth-orbit platform. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 71.5 |
| 61 | AstranisAstranis designs and manufactures small geostationary broadband satellites, including dedicated satellites for customers such as stc Group and its MicroGEO product line. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 71 |
| 72 | Apex SpaceApex Space builds standardized satellite buses, Aries, Nova and Comet, for communications, orbital computing and defense missions, supplied to customers such as Loft and NEC. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 67.5 |
| 75 | GraviticsGravitics builds and sells Orbital Carriers, including Pathfinder and Diamondback, to the U.S. Space Force and defense contractors for responsive orbital missions. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 67 |
| 77 | Blue Canyon TechnologiesBlue Canyon Technologies builds satellite buses and spacecraft platforms, including 16U CubeSats for the PolSIR mission and a satellite bus designed for Golden Dome missions. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 67 |
| 81 | BoeingBoeing Space Mission Systems builds and delivers software-defined satellite platforms to commercial operators such as SES and government customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | United States | 66.5 |
| 86 | AerospacelabAerospacelab designs and builds satellite platforms, including the VSP-50, VSP-150 and VSP-300 buses, and complete satellites for constellations such as Telesat Lightspeed and IRIS2. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Belgium | 66 |
| 90 | GomSpaceGomSpace develops and supplies small-satellite platforms and buses, including platforms used in Weather Stream’s GEMS2-Amethyst satellite and power systems supplied for D-Orbit missions. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Denmark | 64.5 |
| 97 | ArgotecArgotec sells the Hawk Plus satellite platform and spacecraft manufacturing services to satellite operators and constellation customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Italy | 64 |
| 99 | SITAELSITAEL develops and manufactures satellite platforms for institutional and commercial space customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms | Italy | 63 |
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Airbus Defence & Space ranks highest (rank 8 of 100, score 85). The Platforms segment (Satellites & spacecraft) holds 22 of the 100 companies on the Space 100: Airbus Defence & Space, Thales Alenia Space, Muon Space, K2 Space and Millennium Space Systems and 17 more. Ranking from the Space 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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