Startup · United States
impossible Sensing
HQ St Louis, MissouriFounded 201611-50 employeesUpdated
Impossible Sensing brings cutting-edge optical sensing technology into the field — from deep ocean to deep space and everywhere in between.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: assistance | Direct: contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | — | $0 | $0 |
| FY2025 | — | $750K | $750K |
| FY2024 | — | $431K | $431K |
| FY2023 | $0 | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| FY2022 | $1.6M | $933K | $2.6M |
| FY2021 | $250K | $874K | $1.1M |
| FY2020 | — | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| FY2019 | $10K | $330K | $340K |
| FY2018 | — | $125K | $125K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.
- IMPOSSIBLE SENSING LLC · EMH4NF61CHY5 · $8.6M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for impossible Sensing only for the period a subsidiary reported impossible Sensing as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Describes itself as a space exploration company developing lunar resource and planetary-life technologies and optical sensing; no defense use stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Describes itself as a space exploration company developing lunar resource and planetary-life technologies and optical sensing; no defense use stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Pablo Sobron · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
Sources5
Profile4
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PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 19)”
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Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "81a85169-2958-475f-8733-5bbdd4af9f99"}”
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impossible Sensing · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Impossible Sensing brings cutting-edge optical sensing technology into the field — from deep ocean to deep space and everywhere in between.”
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LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
People1
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Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“hq_city: St Louis”
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