Corporate Name Changes
The SpaceBall Line
1988 Spacial Systems Inc.
1991 Spaceball Technologies Inc.
1995 Spacetec IMC
1999 Labtec (merge)
2001 Logitech (merge)
The Magellan Line
1991 German Aerospace research Establishment (DLR)
1992 Space Control GmbH (licensed technology from DLR)
1992 Logicad GmbH
1993 Logicad GmbH (co-market Magellan with Logitech)
1998 Logicad3D Inc. (Logitech buys 49% share)
2001 Logitech (merge)
Others
2001 3DConnexion (spinoff from Logitech)
2001 Spacial Freedom (founded) (John Hilton's break away from Spaceball)
2003 SpaceControl GmbH (founded)
Model Release Dates
The SpaceBall Line
1988 SpaceBall 1003
1991 SpaceBall 2003
1994 SpaceBall SpaceController
1995 SpaceBall Avenger
1996 SpaceBall 3003
1996 SpaceOrb 360
1999 SpaceBall 4000
The Magellan Line
1993 Spacemouse (classic)
1998 Spacemouse Plus
1999 Cyberpuck
2000 Spacemouse Plus XT
The 3DConnexion Line
2002 CADman
2003 SpaceTraveller
2003 SpaceBall 5000
2005 SpacePilot
2006 SpaceNavigator
2008 SpaceNavigator for Notebooks
2008 SpaceExplorer
2009 SpacePilotPro
2011 SpaceMousePro
Other
2005 Astroid 6000
2009 SpaceController
2012 SpaceController GEN
Other Players
1981 Logitech (founded)
1982 Labtec (founded)
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