Orbit Fab
Makes refueling ports and fuel depots for satellites
- Finished testing a high-pressure refueling port, with its first flight planned for late 2026Company announcement
- Raised more than $25M from investorsCompany announcement
Emerging companies
Companies with the most new funding, contracts and milestones over the last six months.
Earth to Moon
35,786–384,400 kmLow Earth orbit
160–2,000 kmOpen Cosmos
Builds and runs small satellites for governments and companies
- Confirmed a 192-satellite network, with more than 96 planned in orbit by the end of 2028Company announcement
- Raised €300M in new fundingCompany announcement
- Won a €750K European Space Agency study that could grow into a €25M contractCompany announcement
Hubble Network
Satellites that hear ordinary Bluetooth chips from orbit
- Raised $200M in Series C funding and opened its network to any Bluetooth device; 500,000 devices use itCompany announcement
The Exploration Company
Builds a reusable capsule that returns cargo from space stations
- Won a €760M European Space Agency contract for Nyx cargo flights to the space stationEuropean Spaceflight
- Raised $450M in Series C fundingEuropean Spaceflight
Launch
From the pad to orbitUrsa Major
Builds rocket engines and solid rocket motors, mostly for defense
- Won $137M in U.S. Navy contracts for solid rocket motorsCompany announcement
- Announced plans to go public in a merger valuing it at about $2.3B, with $350M in investor commitmentsCompany announcement
Venus Aerospace
Building a rotating detonation rocket engine
- Opened a new engine test stand at the Houston SpaceportCompany announcement
- Chosen to test a new rocket fuel in an Air Force-backed programCompany announcement
- Raised $91M in Series B fundingCompany announcement
Space BD
Books and prepares launches for small satellites
- Raised ¥3.5B in Series C fundingCompany announcement
- Flew four customer satellites on Japan's H3 rocket, the first commercial rideshare on H3Company announcement
On the ground
0 km · Earth’s surfaceDawn Aerospace
Makes refuelable satellite thrusters and the Aurora spaceplane
- Broke ground on a $7.5M mission control center and spaceplane hangar in OklahomaCompany announcement
- Raised $25M in Series B funding3DPrint.com
SWISSto12
3D-prints satellite radio parts and builds small high-orbit satellites
- Signed a partnership with Mitsubishi Electric, which also ordered its antennas for a Japanese programCompany announcement
- Raised $70M in Series C fundingCompany announcement
Neuraspace
AI software that sorts satellite collision warnings
- Raised €15.6M: a €6M Series B plus €9.6M of Portuguese public funding for its space-tracking platformAICEP Portugal Global
How this list is made
We build this list each month from public records: funding rounds, government contracts, launches, valuations and company milestones. It shows the companies whose records gained the most in the last six months. Each event shown has a date and a public source.
No altitude gets more than three companies. No one pays to be listed, and no one picks the companies by hand.
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