Segments

12-tag taxonomy · 588 articles · 859 entity assignments

Every article in NewSpace.fyi is classified by an LLM into exactly one of these twelve NewSpace market segments, and entities accumulate segment chips across every article that mentions them. Use this reference to understand what each tag covers and to jump straight into a filtered feed or entity index.

Launch / LV · Launch

LAUNCH-LV
146
articles
126
entities

Launch vehicles, propulsion stages, engines, pads, and the full mission lifecycle from countdown to payload separation. Covers expendable and reusable vehicles across small, medium, and heavy classes.

e.g. Falcon 9 · Starship · New Glenn · Electron · Neutron · Vulcan

Spacecraft Bus · Bus

BUS-PLATFORM
31
articles
72
entities

Satellite bus platforms, structural chassis, power and thermal subsystems, payload adapters, and reaction-wheel-class avionics that customers integrate payloads onto.

e.g. Apex Aries · Terran Orbital · York · LEOStar · Lockheed LM 400

EO & SAR · EO·SAR

EO-SAR
58
articles
109
entities

Earth observation — optical, hyperspectral, thermal, and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Imagery contracts, downlink architecture, and analytics platforms that turn pixels into intel.

e.g. Planet · Capella · ICEYE · Maxar · Satellogic · Pixxel

RF & SIGINT · SIGINT

SIGINT-RF
2
articles
8
entities

Radio-frequency intelligence — geolocation, spectrum monitoring, GNSS reflectometry/radio occultation, and on-orbit RF payload sensing for civil and defense customers.

e.g. HawkEye 360 · Spire · Kleos · Aurora Insight

SatCom & OISL · Comms

D2D-COMMS
81
articles
128
entities

Satellite communications — broadband constellations, direct-to-device (D2D) cellular-from-orbit, optical inter-satellite links (OISL), and ground gateway infrastructure.

e.g. Starlink · Kuiper · OneWeb · AST SpaceMobile · Iridium · SES

ISAM · ISAM

ISAM
22
articles
40
entities

In-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing — life-extension, refueling, on-orbit assembly, and microgravity manufacturing of fiber, pharma, and semiconductor materials.

e.g. Astroscale · Northrop MEV · Starfish · Varda · Astrobotic

Space Mobility · OTV

OTV-MOBILITY
21
articles
50
entities

Orbital transfer vehicles, in-space tugs, last-mile delivery, kick stages, and propulsion systems that move payloads between orbits or extend host-vehicle range.

e.g. Impulse Space · Momentus · D-Orbit · Launcher Orbiter

SSA & SDA · SSA

SSA-SDA
7
articles
20
entities

Space situational and space domain awareness — debris tracking, conjunction warning, custody, rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), and threat characterization.

e.g. LeoLabs · Slingshot · True Anomaly · ExoAnalytic · Privateer

Edge Compute · AI

EDGE-AI
8
articles
67
entities

On-orbit compute and AI inference — radiation-tolerant GPUs, payload processors, and software platforms that run models at the edge instead of downlinking raw data.

e.g. Aethero · Loft Orbital · Ramon.Space · ExoLaunch

Crew & ECLSS · Crew

CREW-ECLSS
45
articles
59
entities

Human spaceflight — crewed vehicles, EVA suits, environmental control & life-support (ECLSS), commercial habitats, and lunar surface mobility.

e.g. Dragon · Orion · Starliner · Artemis · Vast Haven · Axiom

Space Finance · Finance

FINANCE-VC
42
articles
69
entities

Capital flows — venture rounds, IPOs, SPAC mergers, M&A, earnings calls, public-market moves, and analyst coverage of the space sector.

e.g. Series rounds · IPO filings · acquisitions · earnings

Policy & Regs · Policy

POLICY-REG
125
articles
111
entities

Policy, regulation, and licensing — FCC/ITU spectrum, FAA launch authorization, ITAR/EAR export control, debris rules, and bilateral space treaties.

e.g. FCC orders · FAA Part 450 · ITU filings · NDAA · ITAR

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