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Top 8 Spaceplane startups
Jul 21, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov | 26 |
The startups that are developing space vehicles that can take off and land horizontally, like airplanes, but can also travel to space, delivering payloads or passengers to orbit before returning to Earth.
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Country: New Zealand | Funding: $18.6M
Dawn Aerospace focuses on sustainable spacecraft and software development by offering satellite propulsion systems and same-day spaceplanes.
Dawn Aerospace focuses on sustainable spacecraft and software development by offering satellite propulsion systems and same-day spaceplanes.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.7B
Sierra Space is a commercial space company that specializes in the development of advanced space technologies and solutions. Sierra is also developing a reusable vehicle called Dream Chaser, with the aim of using it to deliver cargo and crew to and from its station.
Sierra Space is a commercial space company that specializes in the development of advanced space technologies and solutions. Sierra is also developing a reusable vehicle called Dream Chaser, with the aim of using it to deliver cargo and crew to and from its station.
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Country: UK | Funding: $1.3B
Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.
Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.
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Country: USA | Funding: $43M
Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation.
Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation.
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Country: USA | Funding: $27.5M
Radian Aerospace is disrupting the aerospace industry with a next generation aerospace vehicle that is the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane, delivering people and cargo to low Earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.
Radian Aerospace is disrupting the aerospace industry with a next generation aerospace vehicle that is the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane, delivering people and cargo to low Earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.
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Country: Germany
POLARIS Spaceplanes is developing a revolutionary reusable space launch and hypersonic transport system Aurora that operates like an aircraft. Aurora combines aircraft and rocket launcher technologies with a unique vehicle design, and offers a game-changing economic viability as well as opening the door for routine low-cost and safe access to space.
POLARIS Spaceplanes is developing a revolutionary reusable space launch and hypersonic transport system Aurora that operates like an aircraft. Aurora combines aircraft and rocket launcher technologies with a unique vehicle design, and offers a game-changing economic viability as well as opening the door for routine low-cost and safe access to space.
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Country: USA
BlackStar Orbital develops next generation high performance multi role spacecraft designed around a reusable common core spaceplane.
BlackStar Orbital develops next generation high performance multi role spacecraft designed around a reusable common core spaceplane.
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Country: USA
Titans Space manufactures spacecraft, and spaceplanes, and offers access to Low-Earth Orbit missions and astronaut programs.
Titans Space manufactures spacecraft, and spaceplanes, and offers access to Low-Earth Orbit missions and astronaut programs.
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