Payloads & Instruments — market benchmark
Download as PDF October 2026 edition · 90 KB · CC BY 4.0 — cite with a link362products
185listing 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 | 0.18 – 12 | 0.9 | 89 of 362 | |
| Power, W | 1 – 37.5 | 5.5 | 54 of 362 | |
| Payload capacity, kg | 5.5 – 26.5 | 15 | 7 of 362 thin | |
| Lead time, mo | 1.44 – 6 | 4.5 | 6 of 362 thin | |
| Design life, yr | 4 – 10 | 5 | 15 of 362 | |
| TRL | 9 | 9 | 26 of 362 | |
| Radiation tolerance, krad | 15 – 30 | 30 | 17 of 362 | |
| Largest dimension, mm | 42 – 145 | 88 | 43 of 362 | |
| Data rate, Mbps | 8.75 – 950 | 270 | 8 of 362 thin | |
| Published price, USD eq. | $769 – $4,113 | $2,425 | 8 of 362 thin |
Who lists the most in this category
Bartington Instruments · 28 Dragonfly Aerospace · 8 Raptor Photonics · 7 AmbaSat · 6 Simera Sense · 6 Comat · 6 First Light Imaging · 6 Yuri · 5
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 2026-10-21” (dataset updated continuously).