Founded in 2019, Paterson Aerospace Systems develops aerospace technologies aimed at making space exploration safer, cleaner, and more sustainable. The company’s engineers and scientists focus on protecting environmental assets through autonomous, AI-enabled systems, including in-orbit tools for detecting and avoiding space debris. Led by space systems engineer Kaylon Paterson, the team also supports underrepresented communities through STEM research and education.
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
Voyager TechnologiesVoyager Technologies builds mission-critical defense and space systems, spanning propulsion, advanced electronics, orbital infrastructure and spectrum-dominance technologies for missions from Earth to the Moon and beyond. Founded in 2019, the Denver-based company has grown by bringing twelve specialized aerospace and technology companies into its enterprise. Voyager says its systems and services have supported more than 2,000 space missions for customers in over 35 nations, including work through the Bishop Airlock, the first and only permanent commercially owned module on the International Space Station.CLEVELAND, OH
Ten One AerospaceFounded in Washington, DC, in 2020, Ten One Aerospace is a 38-person space technology company known for its focus on rendezvous and proximity operations. It develops spacecraft guidance, navigation and control systems for missions that require safe, autonomous work near other orbital vehicles, including servicing and debris-removal missions.ANNAPOLIS, MD
PhoeniXperimental LLCFounded by aerospace test specialist Shawn M. Smith, PhoeniXperimental LLC develops air-and-space technologies and advances them from early concepts through technology-readiness level 5. The company is distinctive for applying a practical, durability-first approach to space systems, with an emphasis on robust, reusable solutions that can support manufacturing during long-duration travel. Smith brings nearly two decades of military and civilian aircraft inspection experience, including work at Boeing, and holds multiple patents and other intellectual property in areas such as quantum communication and thermoelectrics.MARTINSBURG, WV