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Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

This industry includes entities that manufacture equipment for transporting people and goods. Sector index 18.3/100 · 20 incidents · 13 companies with incidents of 151 tracked.

Sub-sectors

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 4Defense and Space Manufacturing 16

Robot types involved

Lunar lander 6Satellite servicing 5ADAS 4Orbital transfer vehicle 2Space arm 1Debris removal 1Drone 1

Most-involved companies

XiaomiKatalyst Space TechnologiesMomentusispaceIntuitive MachinesSpace Machines CompanyNorthrop GrummanStarfish Space

Incidents

20 of 20 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S419 Aug 2026Katalyst Space Technologies mission-loss Earth orbitNASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link) Bloomberg
S4~Jul 2026Katalyst Space Technologies malfunction —Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescue Mission) Ars Technica
S422 Dec 2025JAXA mission-loss JapanJapanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite Space.com / Asahi
S513 Oct 2025Xiaomi fatality Chengdu, ChinaFatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Crash in Chengdu Linked to Automated Driving and Door Lock Failure · 1 vehicle, 1 fatality Bloomberg
S513 Oct 2025Xiaomi fire Chengdu, ChinaFatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra fire after crash in Chengdu raises questions over self-driving feature South China Morning Post
S216 Sep 2025Northrop Grumman disruption —NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issue · Cygnus XL cargo mission Google News aggregated
S405 Jun 2025ispace mission-loss Mare Frigoris, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Resilience) lander crashes on second lunar landing attempt · 1 lander, total loss NASA
S529 Mar 2025Xiaomi fatality ChinaFiery Xiaomi SU7 crash kills three TechNode
S529 Mar 2025Xiaomi fatality Anhui Province, ChinaXiaomi SU7 on NOA (automated driving) collides with highway barrier, kills three · 3 fatalities CarNewsChina
S406 Mar 2025Intuitive Machines mission-loss Mons Mouton, MoonIM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early · 1 lander, total mission loss SpaceNews
S422 May 2024Space Machines Company mission-loss —Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite psnews.com.au
S401 Mar 2024Maxar Space mission-loss —NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance · 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled CNBC
S422 Feb 2024Intuitive Machines mission-loss lunar south pole, MoonIM-1 Odysseus lander tips over on lunar touchdown · 1 lander Space.com
S409 Jan 2024Astrobotic mission-loss —Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing · 1 lander, total mission loss Spaceflight Now
S412 Jun 2023Starfish Space mission-loss —Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfinder) GeekWire
S425 Apr 2023ispace mission-loss Atlas crater, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon · 1 lander, total loss ispace
S314 Jun 2022Momentus malfunction —Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride) Spaceflight Now
S2~Jan 2022Astroscale malfunction —Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly SpaceNews
S313 Jul 2021Momentus regulatory —Stable Road and Momentus reach SEC settlement over false claims SpaceNews
S3~Dec 2019Safran crash —Safran works to correct Patroller UAV after December crash FlightGlobal
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