Top 9 Space Sensor startups

Updated: Sep 17, 2025
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These startups are developing space sensors such as spectrometers, magnetometers, thermal imagers, radiation detectors and lidar systems.
1
PiLogic
Country: USA | Funding: $4.1M
PiLogic AI platform offers rapid analysis of radar data for real-time applications.
2
Redwire
Country: USA | Funding: $100M
Redwire focuses on space commercialization, digitally engineered spacecraft, on-orbit service, assembly, and manufacturing. Redwire is a key mission enabler with products relevant to almost every space mission, including: power generation, antennas, deployable solutions, star trackers, and camera systems.
3
NUVIEW
Country: USA | Funding: $22.8M
NUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation.
4
Matter Intelligence
Country: USA | Funding: $12M
Matter Intelligence is a remote sensing company that makes sensors that use hyperspectral imaging.
5
Spaceflux
Country: UK | Funding: £5.4M
Space Safety Services for a Sustainable Space Environment
6
Scout Space
Country: USA | Funding: $355K
Scout is developing orbital products and services to enable a new era of space safety, transparency, and improved Space Domain Awareness.
7
Lynred
Country: France
Lynred manufactures infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.
8
Infinity Avionics
Country: Australia
Infinity Avionics is a team of Australian engineers with years of experience in designing and deploying reliable, exceptional quality sensors and processors solutions for complex and sophisticated space missions.
9
AllSeeing
Country: Canada
AllSeeing develops space radio and optics imaging systems
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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