Top 10 Key Players companies in CubeSat by Most Patent Citation in the United States in 2021 – Discovery

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The CubeSat top 10 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 10 Most Patent Citation CubeSat Key Players in the United States. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2021, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

A CubeSat (U-class spacecraft) is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiples of 10 cm × 10 cm × 11.35 cm (~ 4 in × 4 in × 4.5 in) cubic units. CubeSats have a mass of no more than 1.33 kilograms (2.9 lb) per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are commonly put in orbit by deployers on the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. Over 1000 CubeSats have been launched as of January 2019. Over 900 have been successfully deployed in orbit and over 80 have been destroyed in launch failures.

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1	STARTUP Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.	California, United States	Satellite,Data integration,Lifestyle business, ...[+2]	patent citation: 16
2	Raytheon Co.	Massachusetts, United States	Missile,National security,Aerospace, ...[+2]	patent citation: 14
3	Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.	Virginia, United States	National security,Aerospace,Military technology, ...[+1]	patent citation: 10
4	SolAero Technologies Corp.	New Mexico, United States	Manufacturing capability,Solar cell,Radiation, ...[+2]	patent citation: 7
5	STARTUP Phase Four, Inc.	California, United States	Aerospace,Satellite,Spacecraft, ...[+2]	patent citation: 5
6	CU Aerospace LLC	Illinois, United States	Aerospace,Construction engineering,CubeSat, ...[+2]	patent citation: 4
7	SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.	United States	Software,Spacecraft,Aerospace, ...[+2]	patent citation: 3
8	Triad National Security LLC	Ohio, United States		patent citation: 3
9	The Georgia Tech Research Corp.	United States	Accounting,Association (object-oriented programming),Neurotechnology, ...[+2]	patent citation: 2
10	Astra Space, Inc.	California, United States	Aerospace,Earth observation,Weather monitoring, ...[+2]	patent citation: 2