Top 11 Reusable Rocket startups

Updated: Nov 27, 2025
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These startups are developing space rockets that can be recovered, refurbished and relaunched multiple times thus reducing costs of space missions.
1
SpaceX
Country: USA | Funding: $11.8B
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that operates a network of sattelites and designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
2
Relativity Space
Country: USA | Funding: $1.4B
Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
3
Rocket Lab
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2B
Rocket Lab delivers a range of complete rocket systems and technologies for fast and low-cost payload deployment.
4
Stoke Space
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
Deep Blue Aerospace
Country: China | Funding: CN¥1.7B
Deep Blue Aerospace is a commercial carrier rocket developer.
6
Orbex Space
Country: UK | Funding: $163.1M
Orbex is an innovative space startup developing small payload reusable rockets.
7
Agnikul Cosmos
Country: India | Funding: $85.8M
Agnikul is a startup that manufactures and launches orbital-class rockets for micro- and nanosatellites. The company has already demonstrated a suborbital rocket launch and plans to launch small satellites into low-Earth orbit using its 3D-printed Agnibaan rocket. Its single-piece semi-cryogenic engine is also 3D-printed from Inconel and includes everything from the injector to the cooling channels. After printing, the company performs CT scanning, heat treatment, grinding and cleaning in preparation for launch. The startup is also working on refurbishing the launch vehicle's lower stage, which can be reused for subsequent missions.
8
EtherealX
Country: India
EtherealX designs develops, and manufactures next-generation launch vehicles and spacecraft.
9
iRocket
Country: USA | Funding: $146K
iRocket is a fully autonomous reusable small launch vehicle manufacturer, utilizing 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
10
Space Zone India
Country: India
Space Zone is a Defense and Aerospace Company based in Chennai with a vision to provide a low-cost sustainable solutions in Defense and Space Industries.
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