Top 10 Key Players companies in CubeSat by Most Patent Filings in the United States in 2018 – Discovery

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The CubeSat top 10 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 10 Most Patent Filings CubeSat Key Players in the United States. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, 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: 9
2	Raytheon Co.	Massachusetts, United States	Missile,National security,Aerospace, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
3	The Georgia Tech Research Corp.	United States	Accounting,Association (object-oriented programming),Neurotechnology, ...[+2]	Patent: 4
4	CU Aerospace LLC	Illinois, United States	Aerospace,Construction engineering,CubeSat, ...[+2]	Patent: 4
5	STARTUP Phase Four, Inc.	California, United States	Aerospace,Satellite,Spacecraft, ...[+2]	Patent: 3
6	Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.	Virginia, United States	National security,Aerospace,Military technology, ...[+1]	Patent: 2
7	Science & Technology Corp.	Virginia, United States	Space Science,Aerospace engineering,Systems engineering, ...[+1]	Patent: 2
8	SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.	United States	Software,Spacecraft,Aerospace, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
9	STARTUP Tendeg LLC	Colorado, United States		Patent: 2
10	Triad National Security LLC	Ohio, United States		Patent: 2