Consulting, Advisory & Assurance: 85 companies and organisations

Maryland aerospace engineering firm — provides flight dynamics, mission design and launch services support, and develops FreeFlyer software.

Texas space services company — provides engineering for NASA and DoD and commercial in-space test and lunar exploration services.

Virginia engineering firm — provides aerospace research, entry systems, mission analysis and engineering services to NASA and DoD.

Virginia defense and space contractor — provides space systems engineering, mission operations and integration for US national security and NASA.

US space consultancy — provides market research, lunar demand studies, mission concepts and strategic analysis for space organisations.

Huntsville engineering and technical services firm formed from ERC, Axient and Oasis — supports NASA centres and defense/space programmes.

Employee-owned US engineering firm in San Diego — provides structural design, analysis and test services for spacecraft, launch vehicles and aircraft.

Houston engineering services company — supports NASA human spaceflight with mission operations, systems engineering and IT services.

Houston engineering company — provides safety, reliability, mission assurance and engineering services to NASA and aerospace customers.

Space and technology consulting and research firm — produces authoritative annual market reports on commercial space, launch, satellites and defence, and advises government and …

Colorado Springs' premier innovation hub for defence and space tech — hosts the Catalyst Accelerator, BMC3I TAP Lab and 100+ companies serving the US Space Force and DoD ecosystem.

American satellite telecommunications consultancy in Rocky River, Ohio — advises on satellite communications network architecture and procurement.

Florida aerospace and defense contractor — provides engineering, avionics, manufacturing and integration services for NASA and launch programmes.

Think-tank programme at CSIS — analyses space security and counterspace developments and publishes the annual Space Threat Assessment.

American aerospace engineering firm — provides spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, ground systems and mission automation services.

Maryland aerospace engineering firm — provides spacecraft engineering for NASA and develops the Single Person Spacecraft concept.

Houston HUBZone small business — provides engineering, R&D and technical support services to NASA, the Missile Defense Agency and their prime contractors.

Houston-based engineering and government services group — a major NASA contractor supporting human spaceflight, mission operations and space health at JSC.

US defence, intelligence and civil technology contractor headquartered in Reston — owns Dynetics, which builds space launch hardware and lunar systems in Huntsville.

US space engineering company — develops low-cost launch vehicle technology and space mission engineering, known for the SMAD mission design references.

Space policy research centre of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies — publishes studies and hosts forums on US military spacepower.

Nonprofit research and graduate education institute adjacent to NASA Langley — conducts aerospace research, develops new technologies and inspires the next generation of space s…

Houston space engineering firm — provides GNC, flight software, simulation and ISS flight control support near NASA Johnson Space Center.

Ohio non-profit aerospace research consortium — links NASA Glenn, AFRL, universities and industry for R&D, workforce and STEM programmes.

Huntsville engineering firm — provides software, test, telemetry and integration engineering for NASA and defence space programmes.

Satellite and space industry research and advisory firm — provides market analysis, investment research and strategic consulting for satellite operators, manufacturers and inves…

US science and engineering contractor — supports NASA Earth and space science missions with data processing, instrument and mission services.

Ohio engineering company — provides cryogenic, test facility and aerospace engineering services, notably at NASA Glenn and Stennis.

Global non-profit advocate for the space ecosystem — produces the annual Space Symposium, policy advocacy and education programmes connecting industry, government and academia.

American small engineering services firm in Chantilly, Virginia — supports space systems integration and engineering for government programmes.

Provides aerospace engineering, market research, advanced concept development and innovative flight hardware — specialises in small satellite systems, propulsion and hypersonic …

US aerospace engineering services firm — provides systems engineering and programme support for national security, civil and commercial space missions.

Huntsville engineering firm (Teledyne subsidiary) — provides NASA payload operations, space hardware integration and defense engineering services.

Independent nonprofit providing technical expertise and analysis for national security space programs — advises the US Space Force, NRO, NASA and commercial space on systems eng…

NASA-funded virtual institute at Baylor College of Medicine — translates terrestrial biomedical advances into practical space health solutions for long-duration human spaceflight.

Virginia space services firm — provides launch integration, rideshare brokering and mission support for satellite missions.

Non-profit consortium of 100+ universities advancing space science and technology — manages research programs, institutes and facilities for NASA and DoD across astrophysics, pl…

Japanese spaceport services company — plans, develops and operates spaceports and provides rocket launch support and space business consulting.

Japanese space startup planning a commercial space station and offering microgravity life-science R&D and satellite data consulting.

Japanese space operations company — supports Kibo ISS module operations, astronaut training, safety and product assurance, and small satellite development.

Japanese general incorporated foundation — supports space policy, ISS utilisation, outreach and education, and owns the Bisei Spaceguard Center.

Japanese aerospace and defence trading company owned by Mitsui & Co. — brokers rideshare launches and procures satellites and space systems for Japanese customers.

Japanese space services company — provides launch brokerage, ISS deployment and experiment services and in-orbit demonstration support.

London space consultancy — provides technical consultancy, mission management and launch brokerage, having placed over 80 small satellites on launches.

London space economics consultancy — provides market analysis, economic evaluation and business intelligence for agencies and space companies.

Southampton space engineering firm — develops and tests electric propulsion systems, hollow cathodes and CubeSat thrusters; part of Aerospazio group.

Plymouth Earth observation consultancy — turns satellite data into water-quality, ocean and agricultural information products and services.

Independent test house in Newry, Northern Ireland — provides vibration, shock and thermal vacuum qualification testing for satellites and space hardware.

UK space skills think tank and consultancy — runs the Space Census, Space Training Catalogue and SpaceCRAFT competency framework.

Ottawa consulting firm — advises clients on satellite telecommunications, RF system design, radar signal processing and Earth observation.

Quebec consortium funding collaborative aerospace and space R&D projects between companies, universities, colleges and research centres.

Canadian engineering software and services firm — provides spacecraft thermal and structural analysis software (Simcenter Space Systems Thermal/TMG) and consulting for space mis…

Canadian space environmental test provider — offers turnkey testing services and expertise to small satellite and space component developers.

Radiation test facility at Canada's TRIUMF accelerator centre in Vancouver — proton beams for single-event-effect testing of electronics for space.

Global architecture, engineering and commissioning consultancy — provides strategic planning, engineering design and construction support for aerospace and defence facilities.

Space strategy and market entry consultancy dedicated exclusively to the space sector — advises on government relations, policy, regulatory affairs and commercial strategy in th…

Trusted space safety assurance and specialist engineering consultancy — safety engineering, space activities licensing, flight mission safety and program management.

Austrian materials testing firm spun off from AIT — performs thermal vacuum, outgassing, tribology and cryogenic testing of space materials and components.

Austrian space policy think tank in Vienna — provides independent analysis and research on European space policy, economics, law and security.

Austrian test laboratory, an AIT subsidiary — provides radiation hardness assurance, Co-60 TID and SEE testing and space weather services for space electronics.

Brazilian aerospace engineering group — designs aircraft structures and, via its subsidiaries, satellite cameras and space payloads; acquired by UAE's EDGE in 2026.

Brazilian space propulsion company — designs propulsion systems for launch vehicles and satellites and offers testing and mission consulting.

Brazilian non-profit foundation — manages space science and technology projects and geotechnology services in partnership with INPE, DCTA and other public institutes.

Toulouse environmental test centre — performs thermal vacuum, vibration, acoustic and EMC qualification testing for satellites and space equipment.

French space consulting and market intelligence firm — provides strategy advice, market research and industry events, formed from Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners.

French Earth observation engineering company — performs mission studies, simulators and geophysical product development for space missions.

German space software firm — develops the ASTOS mission analysis and trajectory optimisation tools plus engineering services for launchers and spacecraft.

German technology and test company — operates the national space test centre in Ottobrunn for environmental testing and AIT of spacecraft.

Space software and engineering firm headquartered in Darmstadt — builds ground segment, mission control and data processing software for ESA and others.

Spanish electronic components engineering firm, part of TÜV NORD Group — provides procurement, testing and qualification of EEE parts for space missions.

Spanish space engineering startup — provides thermal, structural and CFD analysis and heat-transfer products for satellites, payloads and instruments.

Spanish aerospace engineering company — specialises in GNSS and EGNOS-based satellite navigation services and PBN implementation for aviation.

Danish space test equipment supplier — builds electrical ground support equipment, avionics test beds and simulators and provides ISVV for satellite programmes.

Danish antenna engineering firm — develops the GRASP reflector antenna software and other tools and does ESA-funded antenna R&D and consultancy.

Italian SME — provides vacuum-chamber testing and engineering for electric space propulsion, plus EMI/EMC and thermal-vacuum tests.

Italian space engineering SME — supplies mechanical ground support equipment, test adapters and engineering services for satellite programmes.

Dutch space R&D firm — provides satellite systems design, mission analysis and simulation tools, flight data analysis and education.

Dutch aerospace research centre — develops and tests satellites, payloads, launch systems and small-satellite propulsion alongside aviation R&D.

Belgian space engineering and cybersecurity firm — supports mission operations, ground segments and secure systems for ESA, EUMETSAT and EU agencies.

Irish space consultancy in Dublin — provides consulting and project management services to organisations in the space sector.

Africa's leading space industry media and intelligence platform — publishes the African Space Industry Annual Report, market research and news covering 30+ African countries and…

Polish space applications company — develops GNSS and Earth observation services and satellite components, often with ESA funding.

Portuguese safety-critical software and systems engineering company — supplies flight and ground software and verification services to ESA, NASA and space primes.

Slovak space software startup — provides blockchain-based traceability for space supply chains and authenticity checks for Earth observation data.

Stockholm design and space technology transfer firm — designs for space and extreme environments and is ESA's technology transfer broker for Sweden.