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Top 25 Communications satellite operators based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 149 communications satellite operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,806 professional contacts across them, including 5,677 with verified work emails. Herndon is the largest hub.
This list covers communications satellite operators headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest communications satellite operators based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Viasat, we go above and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,435 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At SES, we believe that space has the power to make a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,171 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SSL, based in Palo Alto, California, is a leading provider of advanced spacecraft systems, with broad expertise to support commercial and government satellite operators and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 629 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ST Engineering iDirect is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 491 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Astranis builds low-cost satellites for high orbits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Globalstar empowers its customers to connect, transmit and communicate in smarter ways easily, quickly, securely, and affordably, offering reliable satellite and terrestrial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Comtech Telecommunications Corp.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Eagle is a leading provider of satellite-based broadband connectivity, television and entertainment services, content and data analytics to aviation, maritime, enterprise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Skyloom is a U.S-based telecommunications company developing a portfolio of proprietary lasercom solutions to radically enhance space-based communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “iDirect Government delivers secure satellite-based voice, video and data applications with anytime and anywhere connectivity in the air, at sea and on land.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “E-Space is a global space company focused on bridging Earth and space with the most sustainable low earth orbit (LEO) network that is expected to reach over one hundred thousand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EMC specializes in mission-critical communications and content for organizations and people on the move in the most remote locations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coverage and connectivity you can depend on, anywhere, anytime.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “World-Link Communications is an award-winning provider of maritime satellite communications services trusted by companies from around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 25 years, Globalsat Group has been at the forefront of mobile satellite services (MSS) across the Americas, serving a broad spectrum of industries including energy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Florida – USA, FMC GlobalSat is a global provider of best-in-class satellite and wireless solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Teltrium is a technical services company that provides systems engineering and project execution support and capabilities to satellite communications and spectrum management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advanced SATCOM.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At X2nSat, our mission is to provide clients with highly reliable wireless network and communication solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Microspace Communications Corporation is a leading provider of Wireless Connectivity, Satellite Broadcast and Video services for enterprise applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Optimal Satcom is the leading provider of enterprise systems and services for the planning and management of satellite capacity, SATCOM network design and optimization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SatellitePhoneStore.com is the online store for Connecta Satellite Solutions, llc When communication is critical, nothing is more reliable than Satellite Networks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are fundamentally changing the economics of the satellite communications industry by designing and manufacturing low incremental cost, rapidly deployed, high bandwidth, volume…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1990, Advanced Satellite Communications has provided a full range of cutting-edge services, from HD satellite DIRECTV systems to integrated security and access control…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: communications satellite operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names communications satellite operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of communications satellite operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name communications satellite operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Communications satellite operators based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 149 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among communications satellite operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “communications satellite operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names communications satellite operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among communications satellite operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,677 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names communications satellite operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many communications satellite operators are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 149 communications satellite operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Viasat, headquartered in Carlsbad, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most communications satellite operators?
Herndon leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (4) and Mclean (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,677 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 149 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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