Top 15 Space Education startups

Updated: Feb 07, 2026
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These startups enable virtual space simulations, satellite data analysis training, astronomy outreach programs, remote sensing workshops, planetary exploration projects, etc.
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Slingshot Aerospace
Country: USA | Funding: $148.9M
Slingshot Aerospace develops an integrated AI platform for processing real-time and historical satellite data and delivers it to customers via modular APIs, MCP servers or SaaS interfaces. The platform's customers include both space companies requiring data for orbital risk and maneuver planning and ground-based companies for monitoring and planning ground operations (particularly military ops). Slingshot's proprietary sensor network is the world's only day/night optical observation network from low-Earth orbit to geostationary orbit, providing high-frequency observations and tracking in near-real time. The AI ​​model combines historical trends with real-time data to highlight anomalies, detect unexpected events, and identify emerging operational risks early to ensure rapid response and coordination.
2
bluShift Aerospace
Country: USA | Funding: $7.2M
bluShift is a small space launch service that powers it rockets using a CO2-neutral biofuel
3
Orbite
Country: USA | Funding: $6.7M
Orbite is a space training company that offers space travel and luxury hospitality.
4
Sen
Country: UK | Funding: £5M
Sen's vision is to democratize space using video to inform, educate, inspire and benefit all humanity. Sen's mission is to stream real-time videos from space to billions of people, gathering news and information about Earth and space and making it universally accessible.
5
Slooh
Country: USA | Funding: $5.2M
Slooh is an astronomy platform that aims to connect humanity through communal exploration of the universe.
6
Unistellar
Country: France | Funding: €2.1M
Unistellar is an incredibly powerful and accurate backyard telescope.
7
Aviotron Aerospace
Country: India | Funding: ₹49.6M
Aviotron Aerospace is an ed-tech startup focused on training the future generation of aviators, designers, and scientists.
8
Kalam Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $450K
Kalam Labs is a live game streaming platform at the intersection of K-12 learning and multiplayer gaming.
9
MySat
Country: Ukraine | Funding: $25K
MySat is a startup that sells kits for creating mini-satellites for kids and education.
10
SkillSat
Country: Kazakhstan
SkillSat is a EdTech startup that creates nanosatellites kits
Boris Maslennikov
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com