Top 100 Space startups in USA
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Funding: $5M
Charter Space is building the platform that will help the space economy scale safely and sustainably. It works at the intersection of two enormous opportunities: the rapid growth of the commercial space economy and the need for a modern approach to understanding and insuring the increasingly complex risks that accompany that growth. The company is servicing dozens companies across the U.S. space and defense industrial base
Charter Space is building the platform that will help the space economy scale safely and sustainably. It works at the intersection of two enormous opportunities: the rapid growth of the commercial space economy and the need for a modern approach to understanding and insuring the increasingly complex risks that accompany that growth. The company is servicing dozens companies across the U.S. space and defense industrial base
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Funding: $700.3M
HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping.
HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping.
3
Funding: $582.1M
Xona Space Systems is a provider of geopositioning, navigation, and timing satellite services. It maintains advanced positioning, navigation, and timing infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit.
Xona Space Systems is a provider of geopositioning, navigation, and timing satellite services. It maintains advanced positioning, navigation, and timing infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit.
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Funding: $579M
Varda is a space manufacturing startup that focuses on creating products and drugs in space for terrestrial applications. It is building a fleet of uncrewed space capsules that can function as orbital laboratories or manufacturing platforms for products whose development in space yields better efficiencies or purities than in the gravity of Earth. The company since 2023 has deployed six missions to orbit with its gumdrop-shaped free-flying W-Series capsule, with all but its fourth mission successfully re-entering from space. It plans to debut a next-generation capsule in 2030.
Varda is a space manufacturing startup that focuses on creating products and drugs in space for terrestrial applications. It is building a fleet of uncrewed space capsules that can function as orbital laboratories or manufacturing platforms for products whose development in space yields better efficiencies or purities than in the gravity of Earth. The company since 2023 has deployed six missions to orbit with its gumdrop-shaped free-flying W-Series capsule, with all but its fourth mission successfully re-entering from space. It plans to debut a next-generation capsule in 2030.
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Funding: $450.2M
Ursa Major provides a propulsion system for space launch, hypersonics, and national security.
Ursa Major provides a propulsion system for space launch, hypersonics, and national security.
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Funding: $161.3M
Northwood Space develops more modern and efficient ground communications infrastructure - hardware solution that expands the orbits and frequency ranges accessible from Earth for satellite communications. The company manufactures and installs small phased array antennas designed to support or replace legacy systems using large parabolic antennas. Northwood's “portal” sites can handle eight satellite communications links (potentially up to 12 satellites) and the company's overall network is able to communicate with hundreds of satellites. Northwood has a contract with the U.S. Space Force to modernize the satellite control network.
Northwood Space develops more modern and efficient ground communications infrastructure - hardware solution that expands the orbits and frequency ranges accessible from Earth for satellite communications. The company manufactures and installs small phased array antennas designed to support or replace legacy systems using large parabolic antennas. Northwood's “portal” sites can handle eight satellite communications links (potentially up to 12 satellites) and the company's overall network is able to communicate with hundreds of satellites. Northwood has a contract with the U.S. Space Force to modernize the satellite control network.
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Funding: $106M
OurSky is a developer platform for space applications that provides observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space.
OurSky is a developer platform for space applications that provides observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space.
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Funding: $100.4M
Ursa helps traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make informed decisions.
Ursa helps traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make informed decisions.
9
Funding: $56.8M
Orbion Space Technology develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for small satellites.
Orbion Space Technology develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for small satellites.
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Funding: $48.8M
Orbit Fab is a supplier of tankers and other infrastructure needed for in-space refueling of satellites.
Orbit Fab is a supplier of tankers and other infrastructure needed for in-space refueling of satellites.
