• HobbySpace Companies Lists
• NewSpace Global - information and rankings of NewSpace firms for investors, businesspersons, analysts, etc.
  • NewSpace Watch - daily news from NewSpace industry
• AstroExpo - an "online array of space components, suppliers, service providers, industry news and conference listings."
  
• Ben Huset's Commercial Space
• Canadian Space Directory
  
• The New Commercial Space Companies
• Space Technology - space industry resources including company listings, major projects, conferences & exhibition schedule, etc.
  
• Yahoo! - Aerospace & Defense
  
• Yahoo! - Communications Services Companies

The Colony Fund
Space investment fund group with a 30 year time frame on returns. "The Colony Fund offers a fiscal foundation for investment in emerging commercial Space enterprises and establishes a foothold in what is planned to be preeminent market sectors of the 21st century. "

Stellar Ventures
Stellar Ventures is the "corporate incubator/ venture capital arm of Stellar Solutions Inc., a leading supplier of technical engineering expertise to the satellite and space industry. "

• Projects - ELF Sensing
• Quakefinder.com

• Space Angels Network
  • "Space Angels 2.0" Gravitate Toward an Online Deal Source Launched by Space Angels Network - Earth Times - Oct.25.07
• Bezos Expeditions - Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, funds a wide range of projects, including the space launch company Blue Origin, and gives updates on them at this site.
• ESA- Small Space Business Programs
  • ESI - (European Space Incubator) - "offering entrepreneurs in Europe increasing opportunities to create their own companies in the non-space sector. The European Space Incubator's aim is to find and foster these entrepreneurs. Establish your start-up company in new services or applications emerging from the creative use of space technologies or systems in non-space sectors!"
  • ESA/EC to boost space-related entrepreneurs - ESA Portal - Sept.13.02
  • ESA - Technology Transfer Programme
  • T4Tech - Space 4 People
• Near Earth LLC - "a leading provider of Investment Banking and Advisory Services to companies and investors in the satellite, media and telecom sectors"
  • Whitepapers
  • EVA Interviews Hoyt Davidson, Managing Partner of Near Earth LLC - Out of the Cradle - Feb.11.10
  • Small Aerospace Companies: Space Activities in North America and Europe - Near Earth LLC - Jan.09 (50 pages, pdf)
  • In Treacherous Financial Markets & An Unstable Economy Here is how Near Earth can help (pdf) - Near Earth LLC - Dec.08
• Rocket Mind - Space business and related aerospace information and resources.

Brokers are intermediaries who attempt to matchmake "buyers' and "sellers". In the space industry this business now includes a number of activities. For example, a broker might match surplus satellite transponder time to companies in need, e.g. TV and radio stations, or match extra space on a rocket to someone with a satellite in need of a ride to orbit.

The sites below provide interesting information on the space industry in general such as charts of the satellites current operating in geostationary orbit.

Futron
Aerospace management consulting group. They sometimes offer segments reports and older reports on their website.

Teal Group
Teal Group publishes studies on various aerospace industries.

• Carmel Group
• Commercial Space Technologies - consultancy that specializes in small launchers and the arranging of launches of small satellites. They also represent clients in the countries of the Former Soviet Union
• FuturaSpace Consulting Services
• HE Space Operations - "consultancy services in the Engineering, Scientific and Commercialisation/Business Development disciplines."
• Near Earth LLC. - Satellite, Media And Telecom Investment Banking
  
• Northern Sky Research
• Open Sky Technologies Fund - ESA backed fund, managed by a private firm, that invests in space technology related companies:
  • Venture capital fund backs business opportunities from space - ESA - Aug.23.10
• Redshit Ventures - previously Spacevest venture capital fund. Backs mostly non-space related firms.
• spacecluster.com
• Space Investor

Commercial Space Markets List
Jim Kingdon maintains the list of current and proposed space business areas.

Commercial Space Transportation Study
Major study funded by NASA and released in 1997 that surveyed in some depth a large range of proposed space businesses. These ranged from Advertising in space to Space Solar Power.

• HobbySpace - Aerospace Calendars
• HobbySpace - Activist Meetings
• Space Conferences & Exhibitions Calendar at Space Technology

Office of Space Commercialization
Dept of Commerce office that monitors developments in commercial space:

• Entrepreneural New Space
• Space Transportation

FAA - Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
The AST office provides a number of annual and quarterly studies on the status of commercial space:

• The Economic Impact of Commercial Space Transportation on the U.S. Economy - FAA - April 2008 (pdf)
• The Economic Impact of Commercial Space Transportation on the U.S. Economy - FAA - Feb.2006
• Reports and Studies
• COMSTAC Reports - Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts GEO & LEO Forecasts, etc
• Spaceworthy, Inc. - consulting on FAA regulations

The Space Report - The Guide to Global Space Activity
Annual space business reviews from the Space Foundation.

• The Space Report Tour
• Reports:
  • 2010 Executive Summary (pdf)
  • 2006 space expenditures of $220 billion show 18% increase - EETimes.com - Oct.10.07
  • The Space Report 2007 - The Space Foundation - Oct.10.07

• Satellites & Science Probes in Space History Section
• Tech Museum | The Satellite Site! - info and Java demos about satellites
• Communications Satellites Short History - NASA History Office
• Satellite Communications - A short course for grades 7-12 - Dr. Regis Leonard - NASA
• The Space Awareness Alliance Satellite Page - this site at theSpaceConnection provides a good introduction to the satellite industry and its many applications.
• European Space Agency
  • ESA Telecom
  • Artemis - advanced telecom experimental satellite
  • ESA - Satellite Applications - Telecommunications
• Links2Go Satellites
• Eutelsat is a large European satellite services company that operates a large satellite fleet. It's website offers a lot of background information on satellites.
• NASA Experimental Communications Satellites 1958-1995 - Daniel R. Glover / NASA
• Japan's Satellite, Cable, VOD, PPV, Broadband Internet--Video Convergence
• Sat101- What is a Satellite - Boeing ( pdf)
• Visions from Above: Satellites in Our Lives - California Space Authority (CSA)- - overview of the many types of satellites and their benefits
• Space Age Communication and You - Space.com - series - Nov.03
  - series about satellites
  • Satellite Navigation: GPS Grows Up, Market Booms - Space.com - Nov.5.03
  • Satellite Radio: How it Works - Space.com - Nov.12.03
  • Satellite Radio: Business is Booming - Space.com - Nov.12.03
  • Satellite Showdown: Dueling Radio Services Reviewed - Space.com - Nov.13.03 .
  • Satellite TV: Upstart Creates Crowd - Space.com - Nov.19.03
  • Your Future: Never out of Touch - Space.com - Nov.26.03
• Satellite Industry Association
  • Commercial Satellite Industry Revenues Jump 16% In 2007: Satellite Industry Association Issues Global Satellite Statistics - Satellite Industry Association (SIA) - June.11.08 (pdf)
• Global Satellite Communications Technology and Systems (1998) - tutorials and reference materials
• Articles
  • Dishes keeping the UK connected - BBC - Oct.15.04
  • How It Works: Satellite TV Spreads Its Signals Across the Landscape - The New York Times - Oct.15.04
    

• Governments Worldwide Invest a Record $68 billion in Space Programs Risks of significant budget erosion for the upcoming decade - Euroconsult - Feb.23.10
• Isle of Man space related services:
  • SpaceIsle.com
  • ManSat
  • IISC - International Institute of Space Commerce - in collaboration with the International Space University
    
• Lunar Stock Exchange
• Future Space Transportation Study Released - Andrews S&T - May.21.01
  • SPACEandTECH Projects - FSTS
  • SPACEandTECH Projects - FSTS animation
• Radik KAGIROV - articles - Socio-Economic Aspects of Aerospace Industry
• NASA Headquarters Business Opportunities - requests for bids
• SpaceQualified.com
• Space Insurance
  • AXA Space
  • Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
    • BLG publications - Aerospace News
  • Falcon Insurance Agency - Aviation Insurance, Aircraft Insurance, covering the insurance needs of the aviation community
    • Pixel flies again, Modular design, Tank welding, Insurance - Armadillo Aerospace - Feb.5.07 - describes Armadillo's insurance from Falcon for their rocket projects
  • Allianz counts down to space insurance launch - The Local - Nov.18.11
• Space Employment:
  • Space Careers

• Hoover's Online
• The Motley Fool
• Red Herring