Top 11 Space Sensor startups

Updated: Mar 03, 2026
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These startups are developing space sensors such as spectrometers, magnetometers, thermal imagers, radiation detectors and lidar systems.
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Redwire
Country: USA | Funding: $450M
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.
2
NUVIEW
Country: USA | Funding: $22.8M
NUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation.
3
Matter Intelligence
Country: USA | Funding: $12M
Matter Intelligence is a remote sensing company that makes sensors that use hyperspectral imaging.
4
Spaceflux
Country: UK | Funding: £5.4M
Space Safety Services for a Sustainable Space Environment
5
PiLogic
Country: USA | Funding: $4.1M
PiLogic AI platform offers rapid analysis of radar data for real-time applications.
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
TEKMARA
Country: USA | Funding: $250K
TEKMARA enabled AI in Aquarius the worlds only underwater research station. The next phase is to create a communications link to every other satellite in space with a data center in the ocean. This enables NASA to never loose connection to the planet. NASA has used Aquarius for 4 decades. US Navy, NOAA and others still use Aquarius today.
8
Magma Space
Country: USA | Funding: $20K
Magma Space is developing cutting-edge control systems to achieve unmatched aiming accuracyMagma Space develops satellite control systems for space missions such as optical communications, target tracking, remote sensing and directed energy transfer. The company has developed a new low-power magnetic levitation bearing design that eliminates the primary source of satellite vibration, resulting in a 20-fold improvement in stability (for example, when adjusting the position of a camera or sensor). Its AI-powered software optimizes performance, response time and reliability, automating complex operations such as rendezvous, proximity operations and docking. The startup collaborates with NASA, NSF and the US Department of Defense.
9
Lynred
Country: France
Lynred manufactures infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.
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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.
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