Are there other companies like SpaceX?

With over $30 billion in annual revenues, Northrop Grumman dwarfs SpaceX and all other competitors. Northrop Grumman is focused mainly on government satellite launches. On Aug 5, 2020, Northrop Grumman developed a new sensor payload that detects missile launches for the US Space Force.

What is the competitive advantage of SpaceX?

SpaceX’s strong competitive advantage over Blue Origin arises from its wealth of flight-proven hardware, including its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and Dragon spacecraft. It is developing a Starship rocket that promises to revolutionize space travel.

Does Bigelow Aerospace have a space program?

Since Bigelow Aerospace does not have rockets or spacecraft to reach its space stations, the company has been working closely with Boeing on potential crew capsules. Boeing received $18 million from NASA this year to support development of its own 7-person spacecraft. SpaceDev/Sierra Nevada Corp.

Where does SpaceX launch its Falcon 9 rockets?

SpaceX’s debut Falcon 9 rocket stands atop its launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in late Feb. 2010 for final tests ahead of its maiden test flight.

What is SpaceX’s SpaceShipTwo?

SpaceShipTwo is designed by veteran aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and the company he founded, Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif. It is a larger version of SpaceShipOne, which successfully flew on suborbital flights in 2004. Click here for SPACE.com’s live coverage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket test flight.

What company makes rockets for NASA?

A veteran hand when it comes to rocket launches, Orbital Sciences has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA to provide eight cargo missions for the International Space Station using its unmanned Cygnus spacecraft and the new Taurus 2 rocket. Orbital is planning the launches in 2011 from Wallops Island in Virginia.