What the industry sells besides hardware

A satellite programme buys far more than parts. 1958 services are catalogued here from 556 companies in 51 countries: design and analysis, assembly and environmental testing, mission operations, ground stations, launch brokerage, regulatory work. Engineering and testing alone account for more than a third of everything on offer.

Counted from catalogue records, not estimated. As of 2026-09-05. Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0) — download as CSV.

By kind of service

Service Offers Companies Countries Share
Engineering & design 412 254 42 21%
Testing & environmental qualification 268 174 36 14%
Mission operations 169 116 34 9%
Other services 166 133 32 8%
Assembly & integration 161 141 32 8%
Imagery & Earth observation data 140 76 27 7%
Communications services 129 79 23 7%
Launch services & brokerage 112 84 26 6%
Ground segment & stations 99 74 31 5%
Mission support 56 37 16 3%
Consulting & advisory 52 37 19 3%
Software 49 38 16 3%
Training 45 43 20 2%
Contract manufacturing 38 31 9 2%
Licensing & regulatory 23 23 14 1%
Transport & logistics 21 19 8 1%
In-space servicing & assembly 14 8 5 1%
Insurance 3 3 3 0%

Where the services are

Country Offers Companies Offers per company
United States 634 186 3.4
Germany 138 37 3.7
India 113 32 3.5
United Kingdom 102 30 3.4
Spain 91 25 3.6
France 85 25 3.4
Australia 68 17 4.0
Italy 66 17 3.9
Canada 61 17 3.6
Poland 51 13 3.9
Japan 51 17 3.0
China 43 13 3.3
Singapore 33 8 4.1
Netherlands 33 9 3.7
Switzerland 27 8 3.4
Denmark 23 5 4.6
Sweden 22 7 3.1
Russia 22 6 3.7
South Africa 21 5 4.2
Norway 20 4 5.0
Israel 20 6 3.3
Belgium 19 5 3.8
South Korea 18 5 3.6
Finland 18 5 3.6
Ireland 17 5 3.4

Top 25 of 51 countries. The full list is in the CSV. A company is counted in the country of its headquarters, and services are frequently delivered across borders — so read this as where the capability sits, not where the work is performed.

See also: browse the services themselves · supply chain geography · segment landscape