Payloads & Instruments — market benchmark
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389products
184listing sources
$2,425median published price (n=8, low confidence)
Technical parameters
| Parameter | typical rangemiddle half of the market | median | distributionbar = middle half, line = full spread | stated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass, kg | 0.175 – 13.5 | 0.9 | 95 of 389 | |
| Power, W | 1 – 40 | 6 | 57 of 389 | |
| Payload capacity, kg | 5.5 – 26.5 | 15 | 7 of 389 thin | |
| Gain, dB | 1 – 4 | 2 | 7 of 389 thin | |
| Lead time, mo | 3 – 12 | 6 | 27 of 389 | |
| Design life, yr | 4 – 7 | 5 | 34 of 389 | |
| TRL | 9 | 9 | 28 of 389 | |
| Radiation tolerance, krad | 15 – 30 | 30 | 17 of 389 | |
| Largest dimension, mm | 42 – 145 | 88 | 43 of 389 | |
| Data rate, Mbps | 2 – 600 | 140 | 9 of 389 thin | |
| Published price, USD eq. | $769 – $4,113 | $2,425 | 8 of 389 thin |
Who lists the most in this category
Glavkosmos · 30 Bartington Instruments · 28 Dragonfly Aerospace · 8 Raptor Photonics · 7 Simera Sense · 6 First Light Imaging · 6 AmbaSat · 6 Comat · 6
Methodology. Statistics are computed from normalized specifications of catalogued products (subcategories included). The typical range is the middle half of the market — a quarter of products sit below it and a quarter above — which describes the ordinary article better than the extremes: a category may hold both a 12 g separation nut and a 120 kg dispenser. “Stated by” is how many catalogued products carry the parameter at all; rows marked thin rest on fewer than twelve and should be read as an indication. Prices are supplier-published list prices converted to USD at fixed rates (EUR 1.08, GBP 1.27); most space hardware is priced on request, so price coverage is partial by nature. Lead times are parsed from supplier-stated availability. License: CC BY 4.0 — free to cite with a link. Cite as “NewSpace Market Intelligence, retrieved 2026-09-05” (dataset updated continuously).