Startup · United States
Samara Aerospace
HQ San Francisco, CaliforniaFounded 202211-50 employeesUpdated
Samara Aerospace's Hummingbird spacecraft bus provides a modular and scalable platform that will streamline the production and deployment of satellites.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $1.3M |
| FY2025 | $2.1M |
| FY2024 | $1.2M |
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.
- SAMARA AEROSPACE, INC. · NAEPX9DPGKQ9 · $4.7M
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Funding2 rounds
- Equity raised
- Undisclosed
- Latest
- UndisclosedSeed · Dec 8, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2025 | Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
- SeedUndisclosedDec 8, 2025
- Pre-SeedUndisclosedMar 11, 2024
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Systems2
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Modular spacecraft bus for satellite production and deployment, with no defense use stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Modular spacecraft bus for satellite production and deployment, with 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 |
|---|---|
| Patrick Haddox | Founder |
Sources4
Profile1
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "42b36d05-6d09-47a3-a6bc-f11d291f6edd", "name": "Samara Aerospace"}”
Systems1
- 2CompanySamara Aerospace
Samara Aerospace · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Samara Aerospace's Hummingbird spacecraft bus provides a modular and scalable platform that will streamline the production and deployment of satellites. Hummingbird's compact architecture significantly lowers launch costs by more effectively utilizing launch capacity.”
Funding1
- 3DatabaseSamara Aerospace company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · website
“funding round: Pre Seed Round, 2024-03-11”
People1
- 4CompanySamara Aerospace
Samara Aerospace · Supports Role
“Samara Aerospace was founded by Patrick Haddox and Vedant (who uses a single name) after meeting in the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.”
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