SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is a Japanese direct broadcast satellite television company that operates the SKY PerfecTV! satellite network (including the JCSat satellites, the SuperBird satellites, the Horizons satellites).

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is the result of the merger of JSAT Corporation, SKY Perfect Communications, Inc., and Space Communications Corporation in October 2008. It is the core operating company of the SKY Perfect JSAT Group.

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is built on the strengths available from a hybrid business, operating both a stable space & satellite business and a proven, high-growth multi-channel pay TV business under one roof, while at the same time building services and  capacity to compete in the satellite communications market.

JSAT Corporation (JSAT) is satellite operator (Japan).

JSAT Corp. has a fleet of communications satellites in orbit. According to a 2004 report, JSAT was the fifth largest satellite operator in the world. JSAT was the first private-sector satellite communications operator in Japan (JCSat satellites). In October 2008 JSAT, was merged with SKY Perfect Communications, Inc., and Space Communications Corporation, resulting in the creation of the SKY Perfect JSAT Group.

The JCSat satellites are telecommunications satellites operated by the company 'SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation' (Japan).

The Angara rocket family is a family of space-launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.

(May 2013:) The rockets, which are to provide lifting capabilities between 2,000 and 40,500 kg into low earth orbit, are intended to become the mainstay of the Russian unmanned launcher fleet in the future and replace several existing systems.

Sputnix Ltd is a Russian company with activity in the field of small spacecraft Attitude Control and Determination Systems (ACDS).

Sputnix Ltd proposes design, development and test for ACDS systems. Another important activity of Sputnix is to design and manufacture a small spacecraft platform called TabletSat – a 10-12 kg SC platform for implementation of technological experiments in space.

It is a subsidiary company of the SCANEX Research and Development Center (ScanEx – the leading Russian company on the remote sensing market, specializing in receiving of Earth observation images from space, its thematic processing and distribution).

Sputnix Ltd's activity was initiated by the ScanEx Satellite Technology Division. This division developed a three-axes stabilization Attitude Control and Determination System (ACDS) for a small satellite Chibis-M. The Chibis-M spacecraft was successfully launched into orbit on 25 January 2012. Sputnix Ltd was established in 2011.

Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation is a spacecraft technology and robotics company located in New York, USA.

Honeybee Robotics has particular expertise in developing and operating small mechanical tools used on Mars missions. Some of the robotic devices it has developed and successfully demonstrated on Mars include:

• The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) instruments used on both Mars Exploration Rovers.
• The Icy Soil Acquisition Device (ISAD), sometimes called the "Phoenix Scoop", a soil scoop and a precision ice-sampling tool successfully demonstrated on the 2008 Mars Phoenix Lander mission,
• The Sample Manipulation System and Dust Removal Tool used on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which landed in August 2012.
• In addition, they are developing tools to be used to live and work on the moon as part of NASA's Constellation program.

Honeybee Robotics delivers flight-qualified products, from specialized mechanical components to precision positioning and deployment systems. It also offesr a range of engineering services, from specification development to design, build, test, and integration of a final product. 

Honeybee Robotics was established in 1983.

The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is a not-for-profit unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation.

SDL's mission is to solve technical challenges faced by the military, science community, and industry through:

• Serving MDA and the DoD as the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for electro-optical sensor systems research and development.
• Designing and delivering electro-optical and space environment sensors and subsystems for over 400 rocket-borne and space-based payloads.
• Pioneering efficient and effective calibration and characterization techniques and facilities.
• Innovating CubeSat busses and small-scale components that provide large-scale benefits to the customer.
• Enabling significant advances in data compression, processing, and exploitation.
• Developing real-time reconnaissance data visualization hardware and software for operational military applications.

NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for over 85 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

Within NRL, the Naval Center for Space Technology has the mission to preserve and enhance a strong space technology base and provide expert assistance in the development and acquisition of space systems for naval missions, activities of the Naval Center for Space Technology extend from basic and applied research through advanced development in all areas of Navy space program interest. These activities include developing spacecraft, systems using these spacecraft, and ground command and control stations.

The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is an array of geosynchronous satellites being developed for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to provide global satellite communications (SATCOM) narrowband (64 kbit/s and below) connectivity for communications use by the United States and allies.

The MUOS System is an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (300 MHz to 3 GHz frequency range) SATCOM system, primarily serving the DoD. The MUOS will replace the legacy UHF Follow-On (UFO) system, before that system reaches its end of life, to provide users with new capabilities and enhanced mobility, access, capacity, and quality of service. Intended primarily for mobile users (e.g. aerial and maritime platforms, ground vehicles, and dismounted soldiers), MUOS will extend users' voice, data, and video communications beyond their lines-of-sight.
The MUOS operates as a global cellular service provider to support the war fighter with modern cell phone-like capabilities, such as multimedia. It converts a commercial third generation (3G) Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cellular phone system to a military UHF SATCOM radio system using geosynchronous satellites in place of cell towers.

The O3b Satellite Constellation is a satellite constellation designed for telecommunications and data backhaul from remote locations.

This new constellation is scheduled for deployment in 2013 and will initially be made up of 8 satellites with plans to extend this to 16. 

The constellation is owned and operated by O3b Networks, Ltd.