Top 10 Orbital Traffic control startups

Updated: Mar 03, 2026
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These startups are developing Space situational awareness (SSA) systems for collision avoidance, satellite de-orbiting, space debris tracking, 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
NorthStar
Country: Canada | Funding: $119.2M
NorthStar is revolutionary in its raw data capabilities & capacity for information processing via advanced software analytics.
3
LeoLabs
Country: USA | Funding: $111M
LeoLabs is an aerospace company that supplies and provides low Earth orbit mapping and space situational awareness services.
4
Privateer
Country: USA | Funding: $56.5M
Privateer develops data infrastructure to power sustainable growth for the new space economy.
5
OKAPI Orbits
Country: Germany | Funding: €18.5M
OKAPI:Orbits is a SaaS startup dedicated to making space travel more sustainable through Collision Avoidance Software for satellites.
6
Vyoma
Country: Germany | Funding: €13.5M
Vyoma helps in increasing confidence in space with real-time debris observations and AI, for safe and automated satellite operations.
7
Aldoria
Country: France | Funding: €10M
Aldoria collects, processes, and uses space situational awareness data to safeguard important assets in space.
8
Cognitive Space
Country: USA | Funding: $9.6M
Cognitive Space develops a generation machine intelligence platform for satellite constellation management.
9
Manastu Space
Country: India | Funding: $9M
Manastu Space is a space safety and logistics company that provides in-space refueling, life extension, and d-orbiting services.
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Neuraspace
Country: Portugal | Funding: €2.5M
Neuraspace is the developer of an advanced AI-powered Space debris monitoring & satellite collision avoidance platform.
Boris Maslennikov
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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