The best defense & space domain awareness space startups
14 defense & space domain awareness companies in the directory, ranked by disclosed funding ($1.9B raised between them), spanning 5 countries.
The fastest-growing corner of the space economy. These startups track what happens in orbit, protect satellites, and build for national security customers, a market that barely existed for startups five years ago.
True Anomaly Autonomous spacecraft and software for space security and orbital pursuit training
Apex Productized satellite buses on assembly lines instead of one-off builds
LEO Labs Satellite observation from Earth
Inversion Space Arc reentry vehicles delivering cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in under an hour
Slingshot Aerospace Decision intelligence technologies
Capella Space AcquiredGathering information from space
Albedo Very-low-Earth-orbit satellites capturing 10 cm optical and thermal imagery
Asgard Space High accuracy space surveillance and tracking
Hawkeye 360 Global intelligence network
HEO Robotics Space object inspection
Iceye Timely and reliable satellite imagery
iQPS GraduatedSmall SAR satellites delivering all-weather Earth observation imagery.
Synspective GraduatedBuilds and operates the StriX constellation of small SAR Earth-observation satellites.
Turion Space Droid spacecraft for space domain awareness imagery and future debris removal
How many defense & space domain awareness space startups are there in 2026?
Space Bandits tracks 14 defense & space domain awareness companies, 11 of them active, with $1.9B in disclosed funding between them. Every funding figure carries a source.
Which defense & space domain awareness startup has raised the most?
True Anomaly leads the defense & space domain awareness sector with $1.1B in disclosed funding.
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