Satellite Platforms — market benchmark
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338listing sources
$650,000median published price (n=17)
Technical parameters
| Parameter | typical rangemiddle half of the market | median | distributionbar = middle half, line = full spread | stated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass, kg | 3.5 – 193 | 50 | 207 of 715 | |
| Power, W | 21.1 – 629 | 100 | 152 of 715 | |
| Thrust, N | 0.002 – 0.754 | 0.008 | 10 of 715 thin | |
| Specific impulse, s | 220 – 1500 | 1400 | 5 of 715 thin | |
| Payload capacity, kg | 15 – 200 | 50 | 121 of 715 | |
| Capacity, U | 3 – 12 | 6 | 121 of 715 | |
| Gain, dB | -16 – 22 | 12.4 | 5 of 715 thin | |
| Lead time, mo | 2.98 – 9 | 5 | 15 of 715 | |
| Design life, yr | 5 – 7 | 5 | 108 of 715 | |
| TRL | 9 | 9 | 16 of 715 | |
| Radiation tolerance, krad | 10 – 42.5 | 20.3 | 8 of 715 thin | |
| Largest dimension, mm | 275 – 454 | 341 | 52 of 715 | |
| Data rate, Mbps | 1 – 1 000 | 100 | 84 of 715 | |
| Published price, USD eq. | $85,000 – $1,800,000 | $650,000 | 17 of 715 |
Who lists the most in this category
SPUTNIX · 32 Space Inventor ApS · 15 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau · 14 NanoAvionics · 12 Blue Canyon Technologies · 11 Artemis Space · 9 Pumpkin, Inc. · 9 GomSpace · 9
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).