The space startup class of 2018
26 companies in the directory were founded in 2018, across debris removal & servicing, earth observation, in-space manufacturing and more, with $296M in disclosed funding between them. With hindsight: 25 still active, 1 outgrew the startup label entirely.
Otter servicing vehicles that dock with satellites to extend or end their lives
Nanosatellite constellation
Returnable ForgeStar satellites manufacturing semiconductors in microgravity
3D cubesat models powered by AI
High accuracy space surveillance and tracking
Reusable horizontal space vehicles
Software for aerospace manufacturing
Shielding technology for modern spacecraft
Producing resources from lunar soil
Space services marketplace
Interstellar LabBioPods, controlled-environment capsules growing plants for space and Earth
Spectrum, the first orbital launch vehicle developed in continental Europe by a private company
Space medicine technology
ISRU technology for solar panels
Education about Mars
Modular electric propulsion giving small satellites agile maneuverability
Satellite collision avoidance software
Gas stations in space
Computing and analytics in space
RFA One small launcher built with automotive-style serial production
Fighting wildlife fires with intelligence
Space OneCorporate joint venture flying the solid-fuel Kairos rocket from Spaceport Kii.
Shielding for satellite electronics
Builds and operates the StriX constellation of small SAR Earth-observation satellites.
Time tagging for satellites
Analogue missions
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