# Space Tech Startups That Raised in 2026: Market Map of 90 Companies > The 90 space tech startups that raised money in 2026, mapped in 7 segments and ranked by this year's rounds: $57B between them. Updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/space-tech-raised-2026-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Satellites 27 - [ICEYE](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye) - [*YS* Yuanxin Satellite](https://millionrounds.com/company/yuanxin-satellite) - [Open Cosmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/open-cosmos) - [Sierra Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/sierra-space) - [Muon Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/muon-space) - [EnduroSat](https://millionrounds.com/company/endurosat) - [Hubble Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble-network) - [Pixxel](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixxel) - [Reflect Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/reflect-orbital) - [SWISSto12](https://millionrounds.com/company/swissto12) - [Array Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/array-labs) - [SatVu](https://millionrounds.com/company/satvu) - [UNIVITY](https://millionrounds.com/company/univity) - [*EM* Elveo Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/elveo-mobile) - [Samara Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/samara-aerospace) - [Satlyt](https://millionrounds.com/company/satlyt) - [Outlier Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/outlier-space) - [AIRMO](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmo) - [GalaxEye](https://millionrounds.com/company/galaxeye) - [Diffraqtion](https://millionrounds.com/company/diffraqtion) - [Blackswan Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackswan-space) - [ArcSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcspace) - [SatLeo Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/satleo-labs) - [SUiCTE](https://millionrounds.com/company/suicte) +3 more ## Launch 25 - [SpaceX](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex) - [Karman Space & Defense](https://millionrounds.com/company/karman-space-and-defense) - [Apex](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex) - [K2 Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/k2-space) - [Firefly Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-aerospace) - [Gilmour Space Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/gilmour-space-technologies) - [PLD Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/pld-space) - [Isar Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/isar-aerospace) - [Skyroot Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyroot-aerospace) - [Cowboy Space Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy-space-corporation) - [Firehawk Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/firehawk-aerospace) - [Venus Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/venus-aerospace) - [SaxaVord Spaceport](https://millionrounds.com/company/saxavord-spaceport) - [Southern Launch](https://millionrounds.com/company/southern-launch) - [Unastella](https://millionrounds.com/company/unastella) - [EtherealX](https://millionrounds.com/company/etherealx) - [*HA* Hop Aero](https://millionrounds.com/company/hop-aero) - [NordSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordspace) - [Canada Rocket Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/canada-rocket-company) - [Mjolnir Spaceworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/mjolnir-spaceworks) - [Reaction Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction-dynamics) - [Aspect Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspect-aerospace) - [Astron Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/astron-systems) - [Seagate Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/seagate-space) +1 more ## Space communications 10 - [CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro) - [Astranis](https://millionrounds.com/company/astranis) - [Northwood Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/northwood-space) - [Archangel Lightworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/archangel-lightworks) - [Endeavor Optical Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/endeavor-optical-networks) - [Sybilla Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sybilla-technologies) - [Ravee Optics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ravee-optics) - [Sentinel Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinel-photonics) - [Mutable Tactics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mutable-tactics) - [Blue Cubed](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-cubed) ## Lunar and exploration 9 - [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) - [Lunar Outpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunar-outpost) - [Azora](https://millionrounds.com/company/azora) - [Interlune](https://millionrounds.com/company/interlune) - [Exobiosphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/exobiosphere) - [Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/canadian-strategic-missions-corporation) ## In-space services 7 - [Impulse Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space) - [Axiom Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-space) - [Starfish Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/starfish-space) - [D-Orbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/d-orbit) - [Dawn Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/dawn-aerospace) - [CisLunar Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/cislunar-industries) - [Genesis Space Flight Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/genesis-space-flight-laboratories) ## Propulsion 6 - [Sophia Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophia-space) - [*ES* Edrive Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/edrive-space) - [Morpheus Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/morpheus-space) - [Arkadia Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkadia-space) - [Applied Atomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-atomics) - [Manastu Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/manastu-space) ## Earth observation 6 - [LiveEO](https://millionrounds.com/company/liveeo) - [SkyFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyfi) - [Hydrosat](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydrosat) - [Marble Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/marble-imaging) - [Satellites On Fire](https://millionrounds.com/company/satellites-on-fire) - [Wyvern](https://millionrounds.com/company/wyvern) ## Segment by segment ### Satellites 27 startups · $5.7B raised - [**ICEYE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye) ICEYE is a Finnish technology company specializing in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imaging. Finland $2.3B - [*YS* **Yuanxin Satellite**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yuanxin-satellite) China $1.0B - [**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 $680M - [**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 - [**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 $250M - [**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 $205M - [**Hubble Network**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble-network) Hubble Network is a Seattle-based space technology and telecommunications company founded in 2021. United States $200M - [**Pixxel**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixxel) Pixxel is a space data company that develops a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites. India $100M ### Launch 25 startups · $44B 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 $40B - [**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 - [**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 $700M - [**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 $500M - [**Firefly Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-aerospace) Firefly Aerospace provides launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services for small payloads. United States $384M - [**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 $363M - [**PLD Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pld-space) PLD Space is a space technology company that develops reusable rockets. Spain $334M - [**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 $312M ### Space communications 10 startups · $3.5B raised - [**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 $475M - [**Archangel Lightworks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/archangel-lightworks) Archangel Lightworks is a private aerospace and communications company based in Oxford, UK, founded in 2017. United Kingdom $16M - [**Endeavor Optical Networks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/endeavor-optical-networks) Endeavor Optical Networks is a space communications startup building laser-based satellite links. United States $11M - [**Sybilla Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sybilla-technologies) Sybilla Technologies is a Polish SpaceTech company based in Bydgoszcz, founded in 2011. Poland $9.5M - [**Ravee Optics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ravee-optics) Ravee Optics is a private aerospace and space technology company specializing in ultracompact optical communications systems. United States $6.0M - [**Sentinel Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinel-photonics) Sentinel Photonics is a UK-based defence technology company that specializes in advanced laser detection and protection systems. United Kingdom $5.0M ### Lunar and exploration 9 startups · $1.2B 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 $450M - [**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 $95M - [**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 - [**Azora**](https://millionrounds.com/company/azora) Azora is a San Francisco-based space communications company founded in 2025. United States $7.7M - [**Interlune**](https://millionrounds.com/company/interlune) Interlune is a lunar resource startup that provides resources for a clean and sustainable economy on Earth and in space. United States $5.5M - [**Exobiosphere**](https://millionrounds.com/company/exobiosphere) Exobiosphere is a cutting-edge company operating at the intersection of space exploration and biotechnology. Luxembourg $1.0M ### In-space services 7 startups · $1.5B 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 $808M - [**Axiom Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-space) Axiom Space, Inc. United States $525M - [**Starfish Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starfish-space) Starfish Space is an American aerospace company located in Tukwila, Washington. United States $100M - [**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 $75M - [**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 - [**CisLunar Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cislunar-industries) CisLunar Industries is a Colorado-based space technology startup founded in 2017. United States $2.6M - [**Genesis Space Flight Laboratories**](https://millionrounds.com/company/genesis-space-flight-laboratories) Genesis Space Flight Laboratories (Genesis SFL) is a Croatian aerospace startup founded in 2025 in Čakovec. Croatia $1.4M ### Propulsion 6 startups · $364M raised - [**Sophia Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophia-space) Sophia Space Inc. United States $310M - [*ES* **Edrive Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edrive-space) Edrive Space develops aerospace propulsion systems for the aerospace industry. - $19M - [**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 - [**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 $14M - [**Applied Atomics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-atomics) Applied Atomics is a private company focused on nuclear power infrastructure and space propulsion. United Kingdom $4.0M - [**Manastu Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/manastu-space) Manastu Space is an Indian spacetech company founded in 2017 by IIT Bombay alumni Tushar Jadhav and Ashtesh Kumar. India $2.3M ### Earth observation 6 startups · $67M raised - [**LiveEO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/liveeo) LiveEO is a Berlin-based company that specializes in AI- and satellite-powered risk intelligence. Germany $33M - [**SkyFi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyfi) SkyFi is a private Earth Intelligence platform and geospatial data marketplace based in Austin, Texas. United States $13M - [**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 $10M - [**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 $6.7M - [**Satellites On Fire**](https://millionrounds.com/company/satellites-on-fire) Satellites on Fire is an Argentine climate-tech company founded in 2020, specializing in AI-powered wildfire early detection and a Argentina $2.7M - [**Wyvern**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wyvern) The highest resolution hyperspectral imagery of Earth from space. Canada $2.2M **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and raised in 2026. 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 biggest raisers this year first. 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