Spacecraft Component Manufacturers
| Company | Location | Components built | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Technology Consortium | Oxnard, CA United States | Mars Pathfinder Airbag Retraction Actuator Planetary Gearboxes, Mars Pathfinder Camera Pointing Mechanisms, Stardust Scan Mirror Mechanism, Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS) Robot Arm Brush Motors, MVACS Camera Pointing Mechanisms, Genesis Array Deployment Mechanism, Shuttle Radar Topography Mapper (SRTM) Mast Deployment Actuators, SRTM Harmonic Drive Actuators, A2100 & A2100M Bus Antenna Pointing Mechanism Linear Actuators, Orbview 3 & 4 Antenna Gimbals, Sirius Satellite Radio Antenna Gimbal Motors, Champollion Cryogenic Comet Drill Actuator, TES Filter Wheel Actuator, Mars Odyssey Mission PanCam Mast Deployment Actuator, Mars Odyssey PanCam Azimuth Twist Capsule and Actuator Assembly, Mars Odyssey PanCam Elevation Actuator, Mars Odyssey Drill Mechanism Gearboxes, and Mars Phoenix Camera Pointing Mechanisms | Asset sale to competitor in 2000, Original corporation renamed to Rocketstar Robotics Inc in 2006 |
| Andrews Space | Seattle, WA United States | ||
| EADS Astrium Satellites | Europe | ||
| Final Frontier Construction LLC | Ashton, MD United States | Scaled examples of Gershin Class and Shia Class inverse truss hulls with artificial gravity capability | |
| Pumpkin, Inc | San Francisco, CA United States | CubeSat Kits | |
| Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace | Kongsberg Norway | Kongsberg Adaptive Rotational Mechanism Assembly in configuration as Solar Array Drive Mechanism (SADM),used on Rosetta (spacecraft), Mars Express, Venus Express, Sentinel 1, Sentinel 3 and BepiColombo MTM.
Drive electronics for Sentinel 1 and BepiColombo MTM. Booster attachment struts, including separation function,for Ariane 5. |
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| Rocketstar Robotics Inc | Camarillo, CA United States | Space Interferometry Mission Optical Shutter Mechanisms | |
| Thortek Laboratories, Inc. | Irvine, KY United States | merged with SpaceDev | |
| Starsys | Sparks, NV United States | merged with SpaceDev | |
| SpaceDev | Sparks, NV United States | ||
| Clyde Space | United Kingdom | Power System Electronics, Batteries, Solar Panels, Attitude Control Systems |
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