Coverage line
Space
Your spacecraft is damaged before launch, lost on the way up, or stops working in orbit. This pays to replace it, and answers claims from the ground.
Built for moments like these.
The launch vehicle fails and your satellite never reaches orbit.
Covered: Lost at launch
Flight hardware is dropped in the cleanroom before it ships to the pad.
Covered: Damage before launch
The classic mix-up
Your imagery pipeline delivers bad data and a customer loses money.
Not this policy
→ Professional Liability (Tech E&O) answers this oneEasy to confuse.
Space
Hardware in orbit.
This page
When to buy
Your first launch contract; the slot and the licence ask for liability cover first.
Typical ask: The spacecraft's value, plus the liability limit the launch requires.
Who requires it
Launch providers and licensing, before the slot is confirmed.
How hard to get
Hardest to get right
A small market that quotes mission by mission.
Common questions
What does space insurance actually cover?
It follows the spacecraft. On the ground before launch, through the launch itself, and across the years it operates in orbit. Liability for harm to people and property sits alongside that.
We build hardware, we don't launch. Is this line for us?
Pre-launch is the part to ask about. Flight hardware is exposed in your cleanroom and in transit, and ground stations go on the same program.
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Describes a line of coverage in general terms. Not an offer of insurance.