94 Planetary Resources – An asteroid mining company, whose goal is to establish a new paradigm for resource discovery and utilization that will bring the solar system into humanity’s sphere of influence. Founders: Eric Anderson, Peter Diamandis. Location: Bellevue, Washington. PLDSpace – A Spanish company founded in 2011 in Elche Spain, with the objective of developing low-cost launch vehicles. Currently, the company is developing two models of rockets (Arion 1 and Arion 2) with suborbital and orbital capabilities for the small payloads market. The company targets CubeSats, Micro-g environment, and defense technology payloads. The first commercial launch of the Arion 1 rocket is planned for 2018. Precision Castparts – Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in January 2016, PCC is a worldwide, diver- sified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCC is a market leader in manufacturing complex structural investment castings and forged components for aerospace markets, machined airframe components, highly engi- neered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications, and in the manufacturing airfoil castings for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. PCC also is a leading producer of titanium and nickel super-alloy melted and mill products for the aerospace, chemical processing, oil and gas, and pollution control industries. It manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil and gas applications. RBC Signals – Specializing in real-time space communications technologies and services for satellite operators. Rocket Lab – A US aerospace corporation with a New Zealand subsidiary developing lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program for small payloads such as CubeSats requires dedicated small launch vehicles. This lightweight launch vehicle is to service the small satellites market with high-frequency launch opportunities and is capable of delivering payloads of 150 kg to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. It will begin in May 2017 with commercial flights occurring later in 2017 at a starting price of US$4.9 million. Major investors including Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Data Collective, Promus Ventures, Lockheed Martin, and K1W1. Rocketplane, Ltd. – Is the creator of the Rocketplane XP, a suborbital spacecraft that will launch civilian astronauts more than 330,000 feet above Earth’s atmosphere to experience the sensation of weightlessness and an extraordinary view of planet Earth from space. Rocketplane is taking reservations for suborbital flights. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Established in 2001. Rocketstar – Offers a small satellite launch platform and hypersonic consulting. RUAG Schweiz AG – RUAG Space – Swiss company developing and producing a wide range of prod- ucts for the space industry. Ruag Space Finland Oy Ag – Acquired the space business of the Finnish company Patria. Areas of expertise include spacecraft control electronics, electrical power sub-systems, drive electronic units, and related test equipment. Space operations include satellite programs of the European Space Agency (ESA) such as the earth observation satellites Sentinel-2, Earthcare, and Swarm and the Gaia space telescope. Sitael – A Holding of Angelo Investments. RUAG Space GmbH – Austrian branch supplying space products and related ground support equip- ment in the areas of electronics, mechanics, and thermal hardware. Flight-electronics are supplied to European and US satellite programs. Areas of expertise are on-board electronics (digital signal process- ing), on-board mechanisms (pointing and deployment mechanisms), thermal hardware (multi-layer insulation), and mechanical ground support equipment (containers and trolleys). RUAG Space AB – Specializing in highly reliable, on-board satellite equipment including computer systems, antennas and microwave electronics, and adapters and separation systems for space launchers.