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There are five major companies that build large, commercial, Geosynchronous satellite platforms:

Alcatel Alenia Space , now Thales Alenia Space (Europe)

Boeing (U.S.)

Astrium Satellites , a Business Unit of EADS Astrium (Europe)

Lockheed Martin (U.S.)

Space Systems/Loral (U.S.)

In addition to those above, the following companies have successfully built and launched satellite platforms:

AeroAstro, Inc. (U.S.)

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (U.S.)

British Aerospace (U.K.)

China Academy Of Space Technology , a sub-company of CASC (China)

General Electric (U.S.)

Hughes Aircraft (U.S.) purchased by Boeing in 2000

Israel Aircraft Industries (Israel)

S.P. Korolev Rocket And Space Corporation Energia (Russia)

Khrunichev State Space Scientific Production Center (Russia) manned space stations Mir and Salyut

NPO Lavochkin (Russia) Planetary and Lunar spacecraft

MicroSat Systems. Inc. (U.S.)

Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)

Northrop Grumman Space Technology (U.S.)

Orbital Sciences Corporation (U.S.)

Philco Ford (U.S.) now Space Systems/Loral

NPO PM (Russia)

RCA Astro (U.S.) purchased by General electric

Rockwell (U.S.) purchased by Boeing

RKK Energiya (Russia) - Sputnik-1 world's first satellite

SPAR Aerospace (Canada)

SpaceDev (U.S.)

Spectrum Astro (U.S.)

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (UK)

Swales Aerospace (U.S.)

TRW (U.S.)

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (Ukraine)

The following non-commercial institutions have also built spacecraft (list incomplete):

Air Force Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Amsat - international consortium of Amateur Radio Operator s with branches in several countries

Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Redstone Arsenal (U.S. (Army)) Explorer-1, first US satellite

Aeronautical Development Agency (India)

Defence Research And Development Organisation (India)

Indian Space Research Organisation (India)

European Space Agency (Europe)

European Space Research Organization (Europe) - precursor to ESA

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (U.S.)

NASA National Aeronautics And Space Administration (U.S.)

Royal Aircraft Establishment (U.K.)

University Of Colorado At Boulder Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics

University Of Texas

Weapons Research Establishment (Australia)