Top 11 Orbital Launch startups

Oct 10, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov

These startups provide or enhance space rocket launch facilities.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $6.5M
Longshot Space develops hypersonic launch technologies to reduce space launch costs.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $203.2M
SpinLaunch is a space technology company revolutionizing how we access and operate in space.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $9.6M
Next-generation electromagnetic propulsion for hypersonics, space and defense
4
Country: USA | Funding: $946.2M
Stoke Space is a developer of reusable rockets that provide access to and from any orbit to the satellite industry.
5
Country: USA | Funding: $479M
ABL Space Systems specializes in building rockets to launch satellites.
6
Country: Germany | Funding: $37.3M
RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg is a space technologies company offering fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations.
7
Country: India | Funding: $21.8M
Dhruva Space is specialises in providing integrated solutions for space-based applications by offering satellites, earth stations, and launching services as a comprehensive package.
8
Country: USA
Green Launch is dedicated to dramatically improving the cost and availability of orbital launch service.
9
Country: UK
Orbit Boy is a manufacturing company that provides fuel laboratory testing, aviation, and aerospace components solutions.
10
Country: USA
The Spaceport Company is developing a worldwide network of launch and reentry sites to serve the growing commercial space transportation industry.
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