# Space Tech Market Map 2026: 234 Startups in 8 Segments > Market map of 234 space tech startups worldwide in 8 segments, from launch, satellites and space communications on. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/space-tech-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Launch 68 - [SpaceX](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex) - [Stoke Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/stoke-space) - [Apex](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex) - [Karman Space & Defense](https://millionrounds.com/company/karman-space-and-defense) - [K2 Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/k2-space) - [Firefly Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-aerospace) - [Isar Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/isar-aerospace) - [Gilmour Space Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/gilmour-space-technologies) - [PLD Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/pld-space) - [Skyroot Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyroot-aerospace) - [Cowboy Space Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy-space-corporation) - [*RL* Rocket Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocket-lab) - [Relativity Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/relativity-space) - [Firehawk Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/firehawk-aerospace) - [LandSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/landspace) - [Venus Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/venus-aerospace) - [SaxaVord Spaceport](https://millionrounds.com/company/saxavord-spaceport) - [OneSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/onespace) - [Deep Blue Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-blue-aerospace) - [Terran Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/terran-orbital) - [Orbex Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbex-space) - [Hypersonix Launch Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypersonix-launch-systems) - [X-Bow Launch Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/x-bow-launch-systems) - [Unastella](https://millionrounds.com/company/unastella) +44 more ## Satellites 55 - [ICEYE](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye) - [*YS* Yuanxin Satellite](https://millionrounds.com/company/yuanxin-satellite) - [*H* HyperSat](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypersat) - [Open Cosmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/open-cosmos) - [Sierra Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/sierra-space) - [EnduroSat](https://millionrounds.com/company/endurosat) - [Muon Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/muon-space) - [Hubble Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble-network) - [Loft Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/loft-orbital) - [BlackSkyTechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackskytechnology) - [Pixxel](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixxel) - [Reflect Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/reflect-orbital) - [SWISSto12](https://millionrounds.com/company/swissto12) - [SpinLaunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/spinlaunch) - [UNIVITY](https://millionrounds.com/company/univity) - [AiDash](https://millionrounds.com/company/aidash) - [Spaceflight Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/spaceflight-industries) - [Array Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/array-labs) - [SatVu](https://millionrounds.com/company/satvu) - [Commsat](https://millionrounds.com/company/commsat) - [Dauria Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/dauria-aerospace) - [Ramon.Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramon-space) - [*EM* Elveo Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/elveo-mobile) - [PlanetiQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetiq) +31 more ## Space communications 38 - [OneWeb](https://millionrounds.com/company/oneweb) - [CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro) - [Astranis](https://millionrounds.com/company/astranis) - [Northwood Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/northwood-space) - [Kepler Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/kepler-communications) - [ALL.SPACE](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-space) - [*GA* Guoxing Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/guoxing-aerospace) - [Kuiper Government Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuiper-government-solutions) - [Myriota](https://millionrounds.com/company/myriota) - [Optics 1](https://millionrounds.com/company/optics-1) - [Albedo](https://millionrounds.com/company/albedo) - [Skylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/skylo) - [Leaf Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/leaf-space) - [NUVIEW](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuview) - [Archangel Lightworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/archangel-lightworks) - [ATLAS Space Operations](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-space-operations) - [Revision Military](https://millionrounds.com/company/revision-military) - [Overview Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/overview-energy) - [Endeavor Optical Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/endeavor-optical-networks) - [SpeQtral](https://millionrounds.com/company/speqtral) - [Sybilla Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sybilla-technologies) - [Baxter Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/baxter-aerospace) - [Ravee Optics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ravee-optics) - [Akash Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/akash-systems) +14 more ## Propulsion 21 - [Sophia Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophia-space) - [Reaction Engines](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction-engines) - [Exotrail](https://millionrounds.com/company/exotrail) - [Orbion Space Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbion-space-technology) - [Hypr Space (Hybrid Propulsion for Space)](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypr-space-hybrid-propulsion-for-space) - [*ES* Edrive Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/edrive-space) - [Arkadia Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkadia-space) - [Morpheus Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/morpheus-space) - [ION-X](https://millionrounds.com/company/ion-x) - [Apollo Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/apollo-fusion) - [Kreios Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/kreios-space) - [Manastu Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/manastu-space) - [Applied Atomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-atomics) - [New Frontier Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-frontier-aerospace) - [OhmSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohmspace) - [Benchmark Space Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/benchmark-space-systems) - [OSMOS X](https://millionrounds.com/company/osmos-x) - [bluShift Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/blushift-aerospace) - [Plasmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasmos) - [Viridian Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/viridian-space) - [Dream Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/dream-aerospace) ## Lunar and exploration 17 - [The Exploration Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-exploration-company) - [Ispace Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ispace-technologies) - [Intuitive Machines](https://millionrounds.com/company/intuitive-machines) - [Turion Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/turion-space) - [Fleet Space Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleet-space-technologies) - [Moon Express](https://millionrounds.com/company/moon-express) - [Lunar Outpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunar-outpost) - [Accion Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/accion-systems) - [ExoTerra](https://millionrounds.com/company/exoterra) - [Azora](https://millionrounds.com/company/azora) - [Cascade Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/cascade-space) - [Interlune](https://millionrounds.com/company/interlune) - [Exobiosphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/exobiosphere) - [Continuum Space Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/continuum-space-systems) - [Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/canadian-strategic-missions-corporation) - [Space Elements](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-elements) - [Aquarian Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquarian-space) ## In-space services 17 - [Impulse Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space) - [Axiom Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-space) - [D-Orbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/d-orbit) - [Starfish Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/starfish-space) - [Dawn Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/dawn-aerospace) - [Space Kinetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-kinetic) - [Aethero](https://millionrounds.com/company/aethero) - [Argo Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/argo-space) - [Orbit Fab](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbit-fab) - [Spaceium](https://millionrounds.com/company/spaceium) - [Revolution Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/revolution-space) - [Space Machines Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-machines-company) - [IENAI SPACE](https://millionrounds.com/company/ienai-space) - [In-Space Missions](https://millionrounds.com/company/in-space-missions) - [CisLunar Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/cislunar-industries) - [Genesis Space Flight Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/genesis-space-flight-laboratories) - [Enduralock](https://millionrounds.com/company/enduralock) ## Earth observation 15 - [Aerospacelab](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerospacelab) - [Hydrosat](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydrosat) - [LiveEO](https://millionrounds.com/company/liveeo) - [Near Space Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/near-space-labs) - [Marble Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/marble-imaging) - [SkyFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyfi) - [*SD* space data](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-data) - [Wyvern](https://millionrounds.com/company/wyvern) - [Sisir Radar](https://millionrounds.com/company/sisir-radar) - [GeoOptics](https://millionrounds.com/company/geooptics) - [Veoware](https://millionrounds.com/company/veoware) - [Satellites On Fire](https://millionrounds.com/company/satellites-on-fire) - [Ashiyana Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/ashiyana-space) - [Tenchijin](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenchijin) - [Geocento](https://millionrounds.com/company/geocento) ## Orbital compute 3 - [Starcloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/starcloud) - [Lumen Orbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumen-orbit) - [TakeMe2Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/takeme2space) ## Segment by segment ### Launch 68 startups · $50B raised - [**SpaceX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex) SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets. United States $42B - [**Stoke Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/stoke-space) Stoke Space is a U.S. United States $1.6B - [**Apex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex) Ian Cinnamon, CEO, and Max Benassi, CTO, founded Apex in 2022 to solve one of the space industry's biggest challenges: the satelli United States $1.1B - [**Karman Space & Defense**](https://millionrounds.com/company/karman-space-and-defense) Karman Space & Defense offers production solutions for hypersonics, spacecraft, launch vehicles, missiles, and integrated defense systems. United States $854M - [**K2 Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/k2-space) K2 Space focuses on the latest generation of launch vehicles that will open the doors to the solar system. United States $750M - [**Firefly Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-aerospace) Firefly Aerospace provides launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services for small payloads. United States $609M - [**Isar Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/isar-aerospace) Isar Aerospace is a prominent German aerospace company and launch service provider based in Ottobrunn, near Munich. Germany $487M - [**Gilmour Space Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gilmour-space-technologies) Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket company that develops low-cost hybrid launch vehicles. Australia $399M ### Satellites 55 startups · $8.4B raised - [**ICEYE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye) ICEYE is a Finnish technology company specializing in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imaging. Finland $3.0B - [*YS* **Yuanxin Satellite**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yuanxin-satellite) China $1.0B - [*H* **HyperSat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypersat) HyperSat is a developer of hyperspectral imaging satellites. United States $935M - [**Open Cosmos**](https://millionrounds.com/company/open-cosmos) Open Cosmos is a UK-based space technology company that specializes in end-to-end satellite mission services. United Kingdom $737M - [**Sierra Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sierra-space) Sierra Space is a commercial aerospace and defense technology company based in Louisville, Colorado. United States $550M - [**EnduroSat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/endurosat) EnduroSat is a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer and space service provider based in Sofia, founded in 2015 by Raycho Raychev. Bulgaria $309M - [**Muon Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/muon-space) Muon Space is an American aerospace startup founded in 2021, based in Mountain View, California. United States $295M - [**Hubble Network**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble-network) Hubble Network is a Seattle-based space technology and telecommunications company founded in 2021. United States $270M ### Space communications 38 startups · $7.5B raised - [**OneWeb**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oneweb) OneWeb is building a space-based communications network that delivers high-speed, low-latency internet access. United Kingdom $3.3B - [**CesiumAstro**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro) CesiumAstro is an aerospace and defense startup based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. United States $1.8B - [**Astranis**](https://millionrounds.com/company/astranis) Astranis designs, builds, and operates the world’s most advanced high orbit satellites for sovereign connectivity. United States $1.2B - [**Northwood Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/northwood-space) Northwood Space is a hardware solution that expands the orbits and frequency ranges available from the ground for satellite communication. United States $505M - [**Kepler Communications**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kepler-communications) Kepler Communications is a satellite communications company. Canada $108M - [**ALL.SPACE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-space) ALL.SPACE has developed the 5th generation smart terminal, capable of linking with all satellites, all networks, in all orbits, all at once. United Kingdom $102M - [*GA* **Guoxing Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/guoxing-aerospace) Guoxing Aerospace is a commercial satellite R&D operations and data service provider of low cost satellite and communication technology. China $83M - [**Kuiper Government Solutions**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuiper-government-solutions) Kuiper Government Solutions deploys a large broadband satellite internet constellation to provide broadband internet connectivity. United States $67M ### Propulsion 21 startups · $640M raised - [**Sophia Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophia-space) Sophia Space Inc. United States $310M - [**Reaction Engines**](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction-engines) Reaction Engines is a British aerospace and engineering company founded in 1989, based in Culham, Oxfordshire. United Kingdom $93M - [**Exotrail**](https://millionrounds.com/company/exotrail) Exotrail is a French NewSpace company founded in 2017, headquartered in Massy, Île-de-France, with additional operations in Toulouse. France $58M - [**Orbion Space Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbion-space-technology) Orbion Space Technology develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for small satellites. United States $47M - [**Hypr Space (Hybrid Propulsion for Space)**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypr-space-hybrid-propulsion-for-space) We develop nextgen propulsion technologies, cheaper, quicker and greener for earth to space and space to space transportation systems. France $24M - [*ES* **Edrive Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edrive-space) Edrive Space develops aerospace propulsion systems for the aerospace industry. - $19M - [**Arkadia Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkadia-space) Arkadia Space provides design, develop and commercialise engines and propulsion systems based on green propellants; the best alternative. Spain $17M - [**Morpheus Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/morpheus-space) Morpheus Space is an innovative manufacturer of electric propulsion systems tailored for the New Space industry. United States $15M ### Lunar and exploration 17 startups · $1.6B raised - [**The Exploration Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-exploration-company) The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates modular and reusable spaceships serving the needs of space stations. Germany $610M - [**Ispace Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ispace-technologies) Ispace Technologies is a space resource exploration company that locates, extracts, and delivers lunar ice to customers in cis-lunar space. Japan $447M - [**Intuitive Machines**](https://millionrounds.com/company/intuitive-machines) Intuitive Machines is a space exploration company that provides infrastructure and services to support lunar and other space missions. United States $175M - [**Turion Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/turion-space) Turion Space is an aerospace and defense company based in Irvine, California, founded in 2021 by a team from SpaceX. United States $115M - [**Fleet Space Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleet-space-technologies) Fleet Space Technologies is an Australian space company based in Adelaide, South Australia. Australia $107M - [**Moon Express**](https://millionrounds.com/company/moon-express) Moon Express is a privately held U.S. United States $33M - [**Lunar Outpost**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunar-outpost) Lunar Outpost is a private aerospace company based in Golden, Colorado, focused on building robotic infrastructure to support a su United States $30M - [**Accion Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/accion-systems) Accion Systems is a Boston-based aerospace startup founded in 2014, specializing in electric propulsion systems for small satellit United States $11M ### In-space services 17 startups · $2.4B raised - [**Impulse Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space) Impulse Space is a private aerospace startup based in Redondo Beach, California, founded in September 2021 by Tom Mueller, a propu United States $1.3B - [**Axiom Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-space) Axiom Space, Inc. United States $525M - [**D-Orbit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/d-orbit) D-Orbit is the first in-space transportation company, providing solutions for moving, precise deployment and removing satellites. Italy $355M - [**Starfish Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starfish-space) Starfish Space is an American aerospace company located in Tukwila, Washington. United States $129M - [**Dawn Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dawn-aerospace) Dawn Aerospace is a multinational space transportation company founded in 2017, headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand $25M - [**Space Kinetic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-kinetic) Building resilient in-space supply lines. United States $12M - [**Aethero**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aethero) Aethero is a space technology company that specializes in high-performance, radiation-hardened computers and edge computing soluti United States $8.4M - [**Argo Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/argo-space) Argo Space is a U.S.-based aerospace company founded in 2022 by former SpaceX engineers Robert, Ryan, and Kirby Carlisle. United States $7.9M ### Earth observation 15 startups · $297M raised - [**Aerospacelab**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerospacelab) Aerospacelab is a Belgian aerospace company founded in 2018, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and operation of satellite Belgium $109M - [**Hydrosat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydrosat) Hydrosat is a deep-tech and climate technology company focused on Earth Observation through advanced thermal infrared satellite im United States $70M - [**LiveEO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/liveeo) LiveEO is a Berlin-based company that specializes in AI- and satellite-powered risk intelligence. Germany $33M - [**Near Space Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/near-space-labs) Near Space Labs is a geospatial intelligence and earth observation company based in Brooklyn, New York, with operations in Barcelona, Spain. United States $20M - [**Marble Imaging**](https://millionrounds.com/company/marble-imaging) Marble Imaging is a German NewSpace company founded in August 2023 in Bremen, specializing in big-data Earth Observation (EO). Germany $13M - [**SkyFi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyfi) SkyFi is a private Earth Intelligence platform and geospatial data marketplace based in Austin, Texas. United States $13M - [*SD* **space data**](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-data) Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. Japan $11M - [**Wyvern**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wyvern) The highest resolution hyperspectral imagery of Earth from space. Canada $8.2M ### Orbital compute 3 startups · $457M raised - [**Starcloud**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starcloud) Starcloud, Inc. United States $430M - [**Lumen Orbit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumen-orbit) Lumen Orbit is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space. United States $21M - [**TakeMe2Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/takeme2space) TakeMe2Space, also known as TM2Space Technologies Private Limited, is a Hyderabad-based space-tech startup founded in 2023/2024 by India $5.6M **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in space tech, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. 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