{"list":"Space 100","list_slug":"space","facet":"segment","value":"Platforms","edition":"November 2026","published_at":"2026-11-01T13:18:02.499959+00:00","count":22,"of":100,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/leaders/space/segment/platforms","members":[{"rank":8,"name":"Airbus Defence & Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/airbus-defence-space","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Germany","score":85,"positioning":"Airbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation."},{"rank":12,"name":"Thales Alenia Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/thales-alenia-space","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"France","score":82.5,"positioning":"Thales Alenia Space designs and builds satellites for telecommunications, Earth observation, meteorology, defense and science, 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Systems, now rebranded Lanteris Space Systems, designs and builds satellite platforms and spacecraft for commercial and government customers."},{"rank":55,"name":"EnduroSat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/endurosat","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Bulgaria","score":72,"positioning":"EnduroSat designs and manufactures small-satellite buses and platforms, including its FRAME product line, for customer payloads, technology demonstrations, and commercial fleets."},{"rank":56,"name":"NanoAvionics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nanoavionics","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Lithuania","score":72,"positioning":"NanoAvionics builds and operates microsatellite and CubeSat buses, including the MP42, for commercial, science, Earth-observation and defense missions."},{"rank":57,"name":"York Space 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buses, Aries, Nova and Comet, for communications, orbital computing and defense missions, supplied to customers such as Loft and NEC."},{"rank":75,"name":"Gravitics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gravitics","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"United States","score":67,"positioning":"Gravitics builds and sells Orbital Carriers, including Pathfinder and Diamondback, to the U.S. Space Force and defense contractors for responsive orbital missions."},{"rank":77,"name":"Blue Canyon Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/blue-canyon-technologies","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"United States","score":67,"positioning":"Blue Canyon Technologies builds satellite buses and spacecraft platforms, including 16U CubeSats for the PolSIR mission and a satellite bus designed for Golden Dome missions."},{"rank":81,"name":"Boeing","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/boeing","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"United States","score":66.5,"positioning":"Boeing Space Mission Systems builds and delivers software-defined satellite platforms to commercial operators such as SES and government customers."},{"rank":86,"name":"Aerospacelab","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/aerospacelab","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Belgium","score":66,"positioning":"Aerospacelab 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."},{"rank":90,"name":"GomSpace","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gomspace","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Denmark","score":64.5,"positioning":"GomSpace 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."},{"rank":97,"name":"Argotec","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/argotec","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Italy","score":64,"positioning":"Argotec sells the Hawk Plus satellite platform and spacecraft manufacturing services to satellite operators and constellation customers."},{"rank":99,"name":"SITAEL","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/sitael","category":"Satellites & spacecraft","segment":"Platforms","country":"Italy","score":63,"positioning":"SITAEL develops and manufactures satellite platforms for institutional and commercial space customers."}]}