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Katalyst Space Technologies

HQ Flagstaff, Arizona51-200 employeesUpdated

Katalyst is building a fleet of autonomous robotic spacecraft operating together on orbit, servicing and upgrading systems in real time.

StartupSpace, launch and counterspaceUncrewed systems
Website
Total raised
$12.9M
2 rounds
Last round
$12.0M
Stage undisclosed · Jun 16, 2026
Systems
3
Capabilities
2
Mentions
1
Latest Jun 16, 2026

News1

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Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

Katalyst Space Technologies federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearDirect: contracts
FY2026 (partial)$6.0M
FY2025$27.8M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2023$565K
FY2022$900K
FY2021$50K

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.

Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Katalyst Space Technologies only for the period a subsidiary reported Katalyst Space Technologies 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.

Funding2 rounds · $12.9M

Equity raised
$12.9M
Latest
$12.0MStage undisclosed · Jun 16, 2026
Cumulative raised$12.9M
May 7, 2024Jun 16, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems3

  • NEXUSA robotic spacecraft designed for orbital transfers, docking and satellite servicing.
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  • SHIELDA satellite inspection system with a base station and deployable scouting units.
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  • SIGHTA satellite retrofit payload for detecting nearby objects.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities2

  • Space, launch and counterspace
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Autonomous robotic spacecraft for on-orbit servicing and upgrades; no defense use is stated.
    —Reported
  • Uncrewed systems
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Autonomous robotic spacecraft for on-orbit servicing and upgrades; no defense use is stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

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Profile2

  1. 1
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "4bc5327b-1bf3-432c-9355-ea215a2a0789"}”
  2. 2
    Companykatalyst-space-technologies: hq_city evidence

    Supports Organization · hq city

    “Flagstaff,Arizona,April 24,2025 – Katalyst Space Technologies has announced its acquisition of Atomos Space,a strategic move to accelerate and expand its in-space servicing capabilities.”

Systems3

  1. 3
    CompanyKatalyst Space

    Katalyst Space Technologies · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “Katalyst is building a fleet of autonomous robotic spacecraft operating together on orbit, servicing and upgrading systems in real time.”
  2. 4
    CompanySHIELD | Katalyst Space

    Katalyst Space Technologies · Supports System

    “SHIELD is an upgrade that allows satellite operators to deploy scouting units to inspect potential threats at close range.”
  3. 5
    CompanySIGHT | Katalyst Space

    Katalyst Space Technologies · Supports System

    “SIGHT upgrades in-space satellites with space domain awareness capabilities for collision avoidance.”

Funding4

  1. 6
    NewsKatalyst Space raises $12 million for GEO servicing demo mission

    Jun 16, 2026 · Supports Funding round

    “Satellite servicing startup Katalyst Space Technologies has raised $12 million”
  2. 7
    CompanyKatalyst Raises $12M to Send Space Robot to GEO for Satellite Servicing

    Katalyst Space · Jun 16, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “The funding round was led by Geodesic Capital, with significant participation from Fortitude Ventures and other investors.”
  3. 8
    NewsKatalyst Space raises $12 million for GEO servicing demo mission

    SpaceNews · Supports Funding round

    “has raised $12 million for a geosynchronous orbit demonstration”
  4. 9
    DatabaseKatalyst Space Technologies - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership

    “funding round: Seed Round, 2024-05-07, USD 880,635”

People1

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    DatabaseKatalyst Space Technologies - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role

    “hq_city: Prescott”

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