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Top 17 Satellite bus manufacturers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 30 satellite bus manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,420 professional contacts across them, including 318 with verified work emails. Bethesda is the largest hub.

This list covers satellite bus manufacturers 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 17, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
30Companies
3,420Contacts tracked
318Verified emails
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The 17 largest satellite bus manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 17 of 30 satellite bus manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to satellite bus manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,171 contacts →

Partial 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 17, 2026
2Strong evidenceIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000439 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000382 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CesiumAstro builds and delivers space communications systems-at scale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLafayette, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500369 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Reliable.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500292 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Loft builds the space infrastructure that lets any company, government or institution harness the benefits of space.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200237 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Spacecraft represent the most pressing need across the entire aerospace industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLittleton, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200141 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Exoterra Resource LLC, is a Solar Electric Propulsion company based out of Littleton, Colorado.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceNatick, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200126 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We believe ours is a noble cause; to develop and manufacture the best propulsion systems and electronic solutions for spaceflight.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gravitics designs and manufactures tactically responsive space solutions, cargo logistics spacecraft, and space station modules.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Partial evidenceLos Alamitos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NovaWurks is a pioneering spacecraft manufacturer offering end-to-end solutions for government and commercial customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Indirect evidenceGilford, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In this New Space Age access to space is expanding exponentially, opening up new opportunities for innovators and explorers never before imagined.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Partial evidenceBeaverton, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial 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 17, 2026
13Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Samara Aerospace’s mission is to fundamentally change how satellites are designed with our Hummingbird satellite bus, enabled by the revolutionary new pointing control technology…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceCoral Gables, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2009 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 2017 Saturn Satellite Networks (SSN) Inc, a US Delaware Corporation, is managed by an experienced team of satellite design, manufacturing, sales, and operations…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hera Systems is redefining the standards of performance in small satellites to empower critical missions in defense and security.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceHagerstown, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to IOT Systems, LLC The scientists and engineers that made COMSAT Laboratories the powerhouse in satellite communications have come together to create a services company…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMelbourne, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Satellite bus manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
9.3%Verified-email coverage
114.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
6.7%Largest-city concentration · Bethesda
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500
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501-1,000
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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 30 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 satellite bus manufacturers, 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 “satellite bus manufacturers”. 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 satellite bus manufacturers), 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 satellite bus manufacturers, 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, 318 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 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 satellite bus manufacturers, 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 satellite bus manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 30 satellite bus manufacturers 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?

SSL, headquartered in Palo Alto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most satellite bus manufacturers?

Bethesda leads with 2 headquartered companies, followed by Palo Alto (2) and San Francisco (2).

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 318 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 30 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 17, 2026.

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About this data

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.