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Top 20 Key Players companies in CubeSat
by Most Research Publications in the world in 2021

The CubeSat top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Research Publications CubeSat Key Players in the world. 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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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Launch System,Spacecraft propulsion,Space Shuttle,
...[+2]
Literature: 12
2
Ames Research Center
Market research,NASA research,Silicon valley,
...[+2]
Literature: 9
3
Aalborg University Hospital
Denmark
Social science,Public university,Neurotechnology,
...[+2]
Literature: 5
4
South Korea
Hangul,University system,Paralegal,
...[+2]
Literature: 4
5
Literature: 2
6
Madrid, Spain
Literature: 2
7
Literature: 2
8
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Literature: 2
9
Germany
Aerospace,Avionics,National security,
...[+2]
Literature: 2
10
National security,Aerospace,Network security,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
11
Literature: 1
12
Nuevo León, Mexico
Literature: 1
13
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Literature: 1
14
CITY OF ROME, Italy
Aerospace,National security,Systems design,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
15
Literature: 1
16
Aerospace,National security,Missile,
...[+1]
Literature: 1
17
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications,Applied research,Solar cell,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
18
Efficient energy use,Open standard,Operational efficiency,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
19
Israel
National security,Missile,Aerospace,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
20
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Humanity,Cognitive development,Social science
Literature: 1
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