Founded by Ian Fichtenbaum, SpaceRig Systems Inc. is a New York space-logistics company built around the idea that spacecraft infrastructure should travel to operators. Its deployable facilities support responsive mission preparation for spacecraft developers and operators across the United States and Canada, including testing in its containerized “TVAC in a Box.”
Marhold Space Systems LLCFounded by aerospace engineer Frank Marin, Marhold Space Systems is a young space-technology company developing infrastructure for safer, more sustainable orbital operations. Its work is aimed at helping space missions remain useful longer while supporting a future in which development and manufacturing can take place in orbit.BALLSTON LAKE, NY
MSI-DFAT Services, LLCFounded in 1999, Baltimore-based MSI-DFAT Services, LLC invented Direct Field Acoustic Testing and builds the portable systems used to qualify spacecraft and other aerospace hardware for launch noise. Its modular equipment is manufactured in-house, while its engineering crews can bring complete test setups to a customer’s facility or launch site. The company reports more than 25 years in the space industry, over 200 successful acoustic tests, and 16 patents tied to DFAT technology.BALTIMORE, MD
Rocket LabFounded in 2006 by engineer Sir Peter Beck, Rocket Lab is a Long Beach-headquartered space company that designs and manufactures rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and space systems while providing launch and on-orbit mission services. Its Electron small launch vehicle has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit, while the company develops the reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket and operates launch sites in New Zealand and Virginia. Rocket Lab also manufactures space solar power systems in Albuquerque and spacecraft in an 11,000-square-foot Long Beach cleanroom, giving it an unusually vertically integrated path from mission design to orbit.SILVER SPRING, MD
Libration SystemsLibration Systems supports spacecraft from integration and environmental testing through launch operations while also designing and fabricating custom satellite electronics and ground-support hardware. Its aerospace work spans flagship missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope as well as satellite constellations, CubeSats, and scientific balloon projects. Based in Albuquerque and Bowie, the company employs NASA- and IPC-J-certified fabricators and provides training to those standards.BOWIE, MD