LIST OF SELECTED SPACE ENTERPRISES AND SERVICES
This is my draft list of private space enterprises, and related
services. Communications satellite companies are, for the most part, not
included in this list, because that industry is well established. I would
appreciate it if readers would send me corrections and additions so that I can
improve this database.
– Richard F. Hope
– CompuServe 72336,142
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American Rocket Company (AMROC)
847 Flynn Rd.
Camarillo CA 93010
Phone: (805) 987-8970
Business: launch services, rocket construction:
Industrial Launch Vehicle
Contact Person: George Koopman, President
Comment: Rocket is experimental. 1984 launched Dolphin
(suborbital).
Previously Arc Technologies, previously Starstruck, Inc.
Has permission to launch from Vandenberg
Can launch 4000 to LEO, 600 to geostationary orbit: $5-$10
million
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ArianeSpace, Inc.
Suite 875, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington DC 20006
Phone: (202) 728-9075 Tlx ARIANE WSH 897006
Business: launch services
Contact Person:
Comment: Supported by ESA
Successful launches; helps with launch insurance
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Boeing Co. (Boeing Aerospace)
East Marginal Way South
Seattle WA 98108
Phone: (206) 655-2121
Business: space station modules
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Cape York Space Agency
Brisbane Australia
Business: space port
Comment: Queensland agency to investigate a space port
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Celestis Group Inc.
Melbourne FL 32901
Phone: (407) 242-8121
Business: funeral, disposal of dead bodies,
“burial”
Contact Person: James Kuhl
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Conatec Inc. (Conotec ?)
5900 Princess Garden Pkwy
Lanham MD 20706
Phone: (301) 552-1088
Business: suborbital launch services
Contact Person: E. F. “Gene” Kadar, President
Comment: Kadar is ex-NASA Scout rocket expert
Engineering firm — launch is sideline
Complete launcing license, agreement to use White Sands NM
range
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Covington & Burling
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington DC 20013
Phone: (202) 662-6000
Business: law firm, lawyer
Contact Person: David McGiffert, Esq.
Comment: Counsel to Space Enterprise Project, National
Chamber Foundation
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Dula, Shields & Egbert
6960 Texas Commerce Tower
Houston TX 77002
Phone: (713) 227-9000 Twx 910-881-1199
Business: law firm, lawyer
Contact Person: Arthur M. “Art” Dula, Esq.
Comment: Counsel to L-5 Society
US counsel to GLAVKOSMOS
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E’Prime Aerospace Corporation
302 South Washington Ave.
Titusville FL 32780
Phone: (407) 269-0900
Business: launch services
Contact Person: B. G. “Bob” Davis, Wally Boggs
Comment: 1987 launch plans grounded by red tape
Davis is former Boeing engineer
Lawsuits with investors
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Eagle Engineering, Inc.
711 Bay Area Blvd., Suite 315
Houston TX 77598
Phone: (713) 338-2682
Business: consulting engineering, space art
Contact Person: Pat Rawlings, Art Director
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Earth Observation Satellite Co. (EOSAT)
4300 Forbes Blvd.
Lanham MD 20706
Phone: (301) 552-0500 Cust. Svc. 552-0537 or (800) 344-9933
Business: earth images (remote sensing)
Contact Person: Richard Mroczynski, Director of
Public Affairs
Comment: Uses Landsat
Dispute with US government over funding
30 meter resolution on Landsats 4 and 5
Joint venture of RCA Corp. and Hughes Aircraft Co.
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Eastman Kodak, Remote Sensing Division
c/o General Offices, 343 State St.
Rochester NY 14603
Phone: (716) 724-4000
Business: processing remote sensing data
Contact Person: Larry McClain
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ESL, Inc.
7266 Park Circle Dr.
Hanover MD 20706(?)
Phone: (301) 796-5266
Business: processing remote sensing data
Contact Person: Patrick Hu
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External Tanks Corporation (ETCO Inc.)
1877 Broadway, Suite 405
Boulder CO 80302
Phone: (303) 444-6221
Business: space shuttle external tanks; Space
Phoenix
Contact Person: Randolph Ware, President; Thomas F. Rogers
Comment: Plans to warehouse shuttle external tanks in space
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Fairchild Space Company
20301 Century Blvd.
Germantown MD 20874
Phone: (301) 428-6000
Business: government contractor, spacecraft and
space subsystems
Comment: Leasecraft
Multi Mission Modular spacecraft, used for Landsats 4 & 5
Parent = Fairchild Industries, Inc.
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General Dynamics Corp.
Pierre Laclede Center
St. Louis MO 63105
Phone: (314) 889-8200
Business: launch services, rockets
Comment: Atlas-Centaur (~ 3500-5200 lbs to geostationary
orbit)
Government contractor
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General Electric Co. (Astro-Space Division)
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield CT 06431
Phone: (203) 373-2431
Business: space station systems
Comment: Designed TIROS-N satellite, to be used for Landsat 6
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Geostar Corporation
Princeton NJ 08542
Business: satellite radiodetermination
Contact Person: Gerard O’Neill
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GLAVKOSMOS
c/o USSR Embassy, 1706 18th St., NW
Washington DC
Business: launch services, earth images (remote
sensing)
Comment: Soviet space agency
Rockets: Kosmos, Soyuz, Proton, developing Energya
Fine resolution earth imaging
US counsel = Art Dula
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Global Outpost, Inc.
Business: Unpressurized space platform from shuttle
external tank
Contact Person: Tom Taylor
Comment: Taylor did studies on external tanks for NASA and
Martin Marietta
Company started Jan. 1988
Written up in July 1988 Space Week
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Globesat Inc.
1780 North Research Pkwy
Logan Utah 84321
Phone: (801) 753-2303
Business: manufactures small satellites for
scientists
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Great Wall Industrial Corp.
c/o Embassy of People’s Republic of China
2300 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington DC
Business: launch services
Contact Person: Zhang Jiqing, Vice Chairman
Comment: Rocket: Long March
Chinese Ministry of Astronautics Industry is parent
Uses People’s Insurance Co. of China for launch insurance
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Horizon Space Products
20 Birch Rd.
Malvern PA 19355
Phone: None
Business: payload devices
Contact Person: Steven Gondo, President
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Instrumentation Technology Associates
109 Great Valley Pkwy
Malvern PA 19355
Phone: (215) 647-6260
Business: microgravity research
Contact Person: John Cassanto, President
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Intospace
Prinzenstrasse 17
3000 Hanover 1 Federal Republic of Germany
Phone: 05-1112-1090
Business: launch vehicles
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Lady Base One Corporation
Business: plans to implement a moonbase
Contact Person:
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LTV Aerospace & Defense Co.
2001 Ross Ave., P.O. Box 655003
Dallas TX 75265
Phone: (214) 266-2011
Business: Scout rocket small payload launch
services
Contact Person: Jack Whitelaw, manager of NASA
programs
Comment: Manufacturer of Scout rocket
Only NASA launches so far
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Martin Marietta Corp.
6801 Rockledge Dr.
Bethesda MD 20817
Phone: (301) 897-6000
Business: launch services, rockets
Comment: Titan (lifts ~ 10,000 lbs)
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McDonnell Douglas Corp. (McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co.)
P.O. Box 516
St. Louis MO 63166
Phone: (314) 232-0232
Business: launch services, rockets
Comment: Delta 2 (~ 3200 – 4100 lbs to geostationary orbit)
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The National Chamber Foundation
1615 H Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20062
Phone: (202) 463-5552
Business: foundation of National Chamber of
Commerce
Contact Person: Mr. Gregg Fawkes, Principal
Researcher
Comment: Space Enterprise Project
Also, Ms. Kathryn Little, Ast. VP, Manager of Space
Enterprise Project
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Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST)
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Washington DC
Business: government approvals for space launches
Contact Person: Courtney Stadd, Director
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Orbital Sciences Corporation
12500 Fair Lake Circle
Fairfax VA 22033
Phone: (703) 631-3600
Business: orbital transfer; Transfer Orbit Stage
(TOS)
Contact Person: David Tompson
Comment: Contracted for 1992 NASA Mars Observer
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Orbital Transport Services
1 East Camelback Rd.
Phoenix AZ 85012
Phone: (602) 256-6356
Business: mass driver launch
Contact Person: Paul Roth, Bruce Roth
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Pacific American Launch Systems
115 Constitution Dr.
Menlo Park CA 94025
Phone: (415) 323-3500
Business: small payload launch services
Contact Person: Gary Hudson
Comment: Hudson also involved with Hannah of Space Services
Inc.
Plans for Liberty and Phonix rockets.
Phoenix would be reusable.
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Payload Systems
66 Central St.
Wellesley MA 02181
Phone: (617) 235-2465
Business: preflight tests
Contact Person: George Economy, Managing Director
Comment: Company has access to MIR
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QSI Corporation
Logan UTAH 84321
Business: small computer
Contact Person: Jim Elwell, President
Comment: Rugged computer, used for 4-5 GAS canisters, costs
$1500-2000
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Richland Community College
Decatur IL 62521
Business: plans for ejecting GAS canister
Contact Person: Dr. Frank Wiesenmeyer, Associate
Prof. Electronics
Comment: Preparing Educational Door to Space and Technology
(EDSAT)
GAS canister radio project
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SOLAREX Corporation
MD
Business: solar panels
Comment: Confidential advice to EDSAT team on solar panel
construction
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Space Data Corporation
1333 West 21st St.
Tempe AZ 85282
Phone: (602) 966-1440
Business: suborbital launch services
Contact Person: Ken Frazier
Comment: 30 different rockets, all suborbital to date
All government contracts, but would like to enter commercial
area
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Space Expeditions Inc.
3131 Elliott
Seattle WA 98109
Phone: (206) 284-9881
Business: space tourism
Contact Person: T. C. Swartz
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Space Industries Inc.
711 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston TX 77013
Phone: (713) 338-2676
Business: Industrial Space Facility
Contact Person: Joseph P. Allen; Maxime Faget;
James D. Calaway, VP
Comment: Alt. address: 711 W. Bay Area Blvd., Webster, TX
77598
Alt. phone: (703) 979-7915
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Space Services, Inc.
7015 Gulf Freeway
Houston TX 77013
Phone: (713) 649-1716
Business: launch services
Contact Person: Donald “Deke” Slayton, David
Hannah, Charles Chafer (Sa
Comment: Slayton is a former astronaut
Conestoga rocket, successful test 1982
Hannah with Gary Hudson in 1981, failed launch of Percheron
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Space Studies Institute
P.O. Box 82
Princeton NJ 08542
Phone: (609) 921-0377 FAX (609) 921-0389
Business: research foundation
Contact Person: Gerard O’Neill, Greg Maryniak
Comment: Moonbase, colonies, solar power, glass composites,
mass driver
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SPACEHAB, Inc.
600 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington DC 20024
Phone: (202) 488-3483
Business: habitat module
Contact Person: Robert Citron; Richard Jacobson,
President
Comment: Fits space shuttle
Formed 1983 by Center for Space Policy and Space Development
Corp.
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Spot Image
Business: earth images (remote sensing)
Contact Person: David Julyan, VP Sales & Marketing
Comment: Multispectral: 20 meter resolution; panchromatic:
10 meter resolution
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Third Millennium (MMI)
918 F St.
Washington DC 20013(?)
Phone: (202) 347-5060
Business: proposed launch services
Comment: Proposal for reusable Space Van
Business actually based in Reno, Nevada
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Weber State College
Ogden UTAH 84401
Phone:
Business: plans for satellite manufacture for
ejecting GAS canister
Contact Person: Prof. Robert Twiggs
Comment: Launched NUSAT 1 in 1985: radar discrimination
Done by Weber State, Utah State & New Mexico State
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World Space Foundation
P.O. Box Y
South Pasedena CA 91030-1000
Phone: Tlx 650-179-1116; MCI Mail: Solarsail
Business: research foundation
Contact Person: Robert L. Staehle, President
Comment: Solar sail research; asteroid astronomy
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Orbital Transport Services
1 East Camelback Rd.
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