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Top 11 Space Transportation startups
Mar 05, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov | 17 |
These startups are providing satellite deployment, cargo delivery to space stations, asteroids, Moon or back to Earth.
1
Country: Italy | Funding: $198.3M
D-Orbit is the first in-space transportation company, providing solutions for moving, precise deployment and removing satellites.
D-Orbit is the first in-space transportation company, providing solutions for moving, precise deployment and removing satellites.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $164.6M
Momentus is a commercial space company providing satellite buses, in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and in-orbit services.
Momentus is a commercial space company providing satellite buses, in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and in-orbit services.
3
Country: Germany | Funding: €18.4M
ATMOS Space Cargo develops and manufactures space capsules to return cargo from space, microgravity experiments to entire rocket stages.
ATMOS Space Cargo develops and manufactures space capsules to return cargo from space, microgravity experiments to entire rocket stages.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $9.9M
Argo Space develops small reusable spacecraft transfer vehicles and the technology for harvesting water from lunar regolith to create an abundant source of in-space propellant
Argo Space develops small reusable spacecraft transfer vehicles and the technology for harvesting water from lunar regolith to create an abundant source of in-space propellant
5
Country: USA | Funding: $225M
Impulse Space develops orbital maneuvering vehicles for last-mile cargo delivery.
Impulse Space develops orbital maneuvering vehicles for last-mile cargo delivery.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $122M
Apex manufactures smallsat buses for commercial and government customers.
Apex manufactures smallsat buses for commercial and government customers.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $65M
Starfish Space develops and manufactures autonomous space vehicles that perform in-orbit, satellite servicing missions.
Starfish Space develops and manufactures autonomous space vehicles that perform in-orbit, satellite servicing missions.
8
Country: USA | Funding: $54.1M
Inversion builds space capsules to return cargo back to Earth for the commercial, civil, and defense industries.
Inversion builds space capsules to return cargo back to Earth for the commercial, civil, and defense industries.
9
Country: Germany | Funding: $37.3M
RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg is a space technologies company offering fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations.
RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg is a space technologies company offering fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $21.9M
Atomos Space is an aerospace company building and developing orbital transfer vehicles.
Atomos Space is an aerospace company building and developing orbital transfer vehicles.
