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Launch Manifest × Payload Mass · manifest through Apr 8, 2026

5,492 tonnes of disclosed payload mass have reached orbit since January 2024 — 92% of it on SpaceX vehicles

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SpaceX flew 330 of the 503 completed flights on the tracked manifest and carried 92% of the disclosed mass; the other 16 providers lifted 424 t between them. 75 of those flights — 70 of them in the single CASC row for China 2025 batch (~70 flights total) — disclose no payload mass, so they count toward the flight total and add nothing to the tonnage or to any mass share.

SpaceXFalcon 9 · 5,068 t
330 flights
CASCLong March · 56 t
80 flights
Rocket LabElectron · 5 t
28 flights
ArianespaceAriane 6 · 96 t
13 flights
ULAVulcan Centaur · 110 t
12 flights
Others12 providers · 157 t
40 flights
Payload mass on file for 428 of 503 completed flights · manifest current through Apr 8, 2026
Space Economy Stack · 14 layers tracked

Which layer of the stack is worth most

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Layer sizings are this site’s own published estimates — the source file carries no citation field. Communications is still the largest layer at $45.0B of $148B tracked; the fastest-growing are the smallest.

Satellite CommunicationsSpaceX (Starlink) · Amazon Kuiper · OneWeb (Eutelsat) · 8 cos
$45B
10%CAGR
Space DefenseLockheed Martin · Northrop Grumman · L3Harris · 7 cos
$30B
7%CAGR
Satellite ManufacturingAirbus Defence & Space · Northrop Grumman · Maxar · 8 cos
$22B
8%CAGR
LaunchSpaceX · Rocket Lab · Blue Origin · 8 cos
$18B
12%CAGR
Earth ObservationPlanet Labs · Maxar · ICEYE · 8 cos
$8B
14%CAGR
Space Data & AnalyticsOrbital Insight · HawkEye 360 · Slingshot Aerospace · 6 cos
$6B
16%CAGR

Ownership Structure

Companies →
159 companies · by ownership status

Capital Momentum

Funding →
venture + strategic · trailing 12 months
Oct 25Sep 26
trailing 12 months through Sep 26 · USD-disclosed rounds2026 YTD $3.7B
Company Landscape · 159 companies tracked

The field, by segment

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Launch is still the largest single bucket (30 of 159), but the next three segments together outnumber it more than two to one (63).

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