Editing Ansari X Prize (section)

==Contestants==
Twenty-six teams from around the world participated, ranging from volunteer hobbyists to large corporate-backed operations:<ref>{{cite news|title=Go for Launch! X Prize Foundation Announces Teams Ready to Compete for $10 Million
|date=July 28, 2004|url=https://phys.org/news/2004-07-prize-foundation-teams-ready-million.html|website=phys.org|access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>
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* Acceleration Engineering
* Advent Launch Services – [http://www.adventlaunchservices.com/ website]
* [[ARCA (NGO)|ARCA]] – [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105702/http://www.arcaspace.ro/ website]
* [[Armadillo Aerospace]] – [https://web.archive.org/web/20080702190816/http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ website]
* American Astronautics Corporation (AERA) – [http://www.aeraspace.com/ website]
* [[Bristol Spaceplanes|Bristol Spaceplanes Limited]] – [http://www.bristolspaceplanes.com/ website]
* [[Canadian Arrow]]
* The [[da Vinci Project]] 
* Pablo de Leon & Associates – [http://www.pablodeleon.com website]
* Discraft Corporation
* Flight Exploration
* Fundamental Technology Systems
* High Altitude Research Corporation – [http://www.harcspace.com/ website]
* IL Aerospace Technologies – [http://www.ilat.net/ website]
* [[Interorbital Systems]] – [http://www.interorbital.com/ website]
* Kelly Space and Technology – [http://www.kellyspace.com/ website]
* Lone Star Space Access Corporation – [http://www.lonestarspace.com/ website]
* Micro-Space, Inc. – [https://web.archive.org/web/20040925024744/http://www.micro-space.com/ website]
* [[Len Cormier]]'s PanAero, Inc. – [http://www.tour2space.com/ website]
* [[Pioneer Rocketplane]] – [http://www.rocketplane.com/ website]
* [[Scaled Composites]]' [[Scaled Composites Tier One|Tier One]] project – '''Winning Team'''
* [[Space Transport Corporation]]
* [[Starchaser Industries]] – [http://www.starchaser.co.uk/ website]
* Suborbital Corporation
* TGV Rockets – [http://www.tgv-rockets.com/ website]
* Vanguard Spacecraft
* Whalen Aeronautics Inc.
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Some sources mention two other companies:
* AeroAstro*
* Cerulean Freight Forwarding Co.,
but do not mention Whalen Aeronautics Inc.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronaut.ru/suborb/xprise/xprise.htm|title=X-Prize|publisher=Astronaut.ru|access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref>