The space startup directory
180 companies, hand-picked for promise: the pre-seed to Series B startups most likely to define the space economy. No defence primes, no tourists.
3D cubesat models powered by AI
Satellite propulsion
3D printing rocket engines
Radiation-tolerant edge computers bringing AI inference onboard satellites
3D printed habitats
Satellite constellation measuring methane and greenhouse gas emissions in near real time
Supplying the next generation of satellites
Very-low-Earth-orbit satellites capturing 10 cm optical and thermal imagery
Small satellite turnkey solutions
Developing rendezvous and capture technology
High-speed data connection
Productized satellite buses on assembly lines instead of one-off builds
Low cost electric propulsion systems
Ultrathin next-generation solar panels for powering spacecraft at scale
Formation-flying radar satellites building 3D maps of the entire planet
High accuracy space surveillance and tracking
Low-cost orbital launches
Space analysis and consulting
Next generation internet satellites
Space robotics hardware and missions
Spacecraft and ground-based hardware
Asteroid mining missions targeting platinum-group metals, already flying
FLEX lunar rovers moving cargo and crew equipment across the Moon's surface
Space debris removal
Satellite communications as a service
Phoenix reentry capsules bringing microgravity research and cargo home from orbit
In-space transportation service
Anytime and seamless space connectivity
Helping launch down under
Optical microsatellites for Earth observation and custom customer missions.
Commercial space stations
3D printed rocket engines
STEM missions to space
BioOrbitCrystallizing pharmaceutical proteins in microgravity for better cancer drugs
Horizon sea launch service
Orbital rockets and spacecraft
Laser communication terminals
Space and technology analytics services
Gathering information from space
Food and life support
Removing defunct satellites
Surface temperature monitoring
Monitoring solutions powered by automation
Affordable cube-sat launch service
Small re-entry spacecraft returning materials made in orbit back to Earth.
Advanced propulsion systems for small sats
A global provider of satellite imagery analytics
Space transportation network
SaaS for space ops
Edge computing in space
Reusable horizontal space vehicles
Reusable suborbital space vehicles
Small-satellite launchers
Software for aerospace manufacturing
IoT Connectivity
Crop monitoring and analytics
LEO orbital propellant depot
Monitoring greenhouse gases
Low-cost hybrid rockets
GITAIRobotic arms and rovers for in-space servicing, assembly and lunar construction.
Shielding technology for modern spacecraft
Space station modules and orbital carriers built like products, not projects
Global intelligence network
Producing resources from lunar soil
Space object inspection
Space services marketplace
Plant health monitored by satellites
Developing a commercial space shuttle
Timely and reliable satellite imagery
Mira and Helios orbital transfer vehicles, founded by SpaceX employee number one
Harvesting helium-3 from lunar soil for quantum computing and fusion customers
Interstellar LabBioPods, controlled-environment capsules growing plants for space and Earth
Developing ZERO, a small-satellite launcher burning liquid biomethane.
Arc reentry vehicles delivering cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in under an hour
Small SAR satellites delivering all-weather Earth observation imagery.
Spectrum, the first orbital launch vehicle developed in continental Europe by a private company
High-bandwidth satellite terminals
Lunar robotic spacecraft
Mega-class satellite buses built for the heavy-lift launch era
Mining near-Earth asteroids for water to refuel the in-space economy
High-bandwidth data and IoT
Space grade software
Hyperspectral microsatellite constellation for agriculture, environment and defense insights
Zephyr, a dedicated small satellite launcher from Reims, France
From images to information
Space medicine technology
High altitude smallsat launcher
Satellite observation from Earth
Turnkey satellite deployment
Lunar rovers and mobility systems, from MAPP robotic rovers to crewed terrain vehicles
Delphi, a fully reusable satellite designed to launch, land and fly again
ISRU technology for solar panels
In-space manufacturing
Metal-fueled plasma propulsion with dramatically higher thrust density
Commercial spaceport
Education about Mars
Humidity extraction from extraterrestrial regolith
Propulsion and space communications
In-space flights for satellites
Lunar robotic spacecraft
Modular electric propulsion giving small satellites agile maneuverability
In-space communication
Developer of a space-based constellation platform
Payload deployment services
Eco-friendly rocket engines
Satellite collision avoidance software
Launch services for satellites and spacecraft
High speed internet satellite constellation
Space mission services
Private launch services
Gas stations in space
Space-based lasers for debris detumbling, plus satellite LiDAR.
Computing and analytics in space
Laser-based wireless power transmission moving energy between satellites
Deployable structures
Water-fuelled ion and Hall thrusters for small satellite propulsion.
Compact electric propulsion for space
Artificial intelligence for Earth imaging
Nanosatellite constellation
Imaging services
Commercial launch services
Supernova, a solar-thermal spacecraft built for rapid maneuvers across orbits
Lunar lander
Microsatellite quantum key network
Computing infrastructure in space
Air-breathing rocket engines
In-situ additive construction
Orbital mirrors selling sunlight after dark to solar farms below
3D printed rockets
RFA One small launcher built with automotive-style serial production
Smallsat launch services
Fighting wildlife fires with intelligence
Thermal imaging satellites measuring the heat signature of any building on Earth
Space TV for humanity
Tracking civil engineering risks using satellites
Provide access to space
Satellite network solution for IoT connectivity
Building launch vehicles
Earth observation data
Decision intelligence technologies
Space solar technology
Cubesat services and tracking software
Space investment network
Brokerage and integration services for satellite launches and ISS experiments.
Marketing for the space industry
Returnable ForgeStar satellites manufacturing semiconductors in microgravity
The Space Business Network
Space OneCorporate joint venture flying the solid-fuel Kairos rocket from Spaceport Kii.
Education and retail
Shielding for satellite electronics
Blockchain-based satellite network
Direct access to smart space capital
Microgravity experiments and research solutions
AI for Space Data Analytics
Sharing the overview effect
Reusable rockets and spacecraft
Quantum networks in space
Space to cloud analytics
Smallsat launch services
Otter servicing vehicles that dock with satellites to extend or end their lives
Designing functional and comfortable off-world spaces
Smallsat balloon launch service
Fully reusable Nova rocket with a novel regeneratively cooled second stage
Builds and operates the StriX constellation of small SAR Earth-observation satellites.
Nyx, a reusable and refuelable capsule for cargo and eventually crew
In-space welding and construction technology for large orbital structures
Iodine-fueled electric propulsion systems for small satellites
Time tagging for satellites
Hurricane and weather forecasting
Autonomous spacecraft and software for space security and orbital pursuit training
Droid spacecraft for space domain awareness imagery and future debris removal
Analogue missions
Engines for small satellites
Internet constellation
Orbital manufacturing
Haven-1, aiming to be the world’s first commercial space station
Affordable space access
Optical inter-satellite data relay network in medium Earth orbit.
Stratospheric observation and launch services
Balloon-borne launchers
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