Founded by engineers with backgrounds at SpaceX, Carnegie Mellon University, and leading aerospace research institutions, Beyond Reach Labs develops deployable solar arrays for orbital power. Its work addresses the structural challenges that have limited the size of space-based energy systems, serving future operators of infrastructure beyond Earth.
Marhold Space Systems LLCFounded by aerospace engineer Frank Marin, Marhold Space Systems is a young space-technology company developing infrastructure for safer, more sustainable orbital operations. Its work is aimed at helping space missions remain useful longer while supporting a future in which development and manufacturing can take place in orbit.BALLSTON LAKE, NY
Hitchhiker OrbitalHitchhiker Orbital designs orbital research platforms and infrastructure for experimentation, hosted payloads, and longer-term space operations. The early-stage company concentrates on the often-overlooked work after launch, developing adaptable enclosures and systems intended to support science while addressing orbital congestion and maintenance. Its team combines former NASA mission and test engineers with experienced aerospace and mechanical designers, and the company is also researching the cost of hosted payloads in low Earth orbit.New York, NY
Rocket LabFounded in 2006 by engineer Sir Peter Beck, Rocket Lab is a Long Beach-headquartered space company that designs and manufactures rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and space systems while providing launch and on-orbit mission services. Its Electron small launch vehicle has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit, while the company develops the reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket and operates launch sites in New Zealand and Virginia. Rocket Lab also manufactures space solar power systems in Albuquerque and spacecraft in an 11,000-square-foot Long Beach cleanroom, giving it an unusually vertically integrated path from mission design to orbit.SILVER SPRING, MD