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York Space Systems

HQ United StatesYSS

Denver spacecraft manufacturer building satellite buses and data-relay satellites for the Space Development Agency's proliferated constellation.

Website

Funding1 round · $250K

Equity raised
$250K
Latest
$250KStage undisclosed · Jan 15, 2015
  • Undisclosed
    Confirmed
    $250K
    Jan 15, 2015

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.

Systems4

Bastion

Ground software for spacecraft and constellation operations.

Maturity not rated

LX-Class

A spacecraft platform for constellation missions.

Maturity not rated

M-Class

A spacecraft platform for Earth-observation and communications payloads.

Maturity not rated

S-Class

A spacecraft platform for constellation missions.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds satellite buses and data-relay satellites for the Space Development Agency's proliferated constellation.
    —Reported
  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds satellite buses and data-relay satellites for the Space Development Agency's proliferated constellation.
    —Reported

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

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • Potomac production facility
    Factory · Colorado, United States
    Operating · 2023
    Confirmed
People
PersonRole
Dirk WallingerFounder and CEO

Sources8

Profile3

  1. 1

    Space Development Agency · Supports Organization

    “SDA awarded a firm-fixed-price OTA agreement with a total potential value of approximately $617 million to York Space Systems, Denver, to execute a research and development program to deliver and operate 62 T2TL – Alpha space vehicles (SVs) in eight orbital planes”
  2. 2

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Supports Organization · ownership

    “[2086587,"York Space Systems Inc.","YSS","NYSE"]”
  3. 3

    York Space Systems · Supports Organization · website

    “an advanced global network of nodes — integrating 1,000s of in-orbit satellites with hundreds of strategically positioned ground stations — with seamless connectivity to YORK’S multi-mission operations centers”

Systems2

  1. 4

    York Space Systems · Supports System

    “YORK multi-mission operations center and bastion ground software solution provide the ability to operate your entire constellation, or your first spacecraft.”
  2. 5

    York Space Systems · Supports System

    “the s-class platform is a 3-axis stabilized spacecraft designed for mass manufacture and intended for constellations. the s-class is designed for the most stringent mission capabilities and fits most dedicated launches and can leverage both espa and espa-grande.”

Funding1

  1. 6

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Apr 19, 2016 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Total Amount Sold $ 250,000 USD”

Supply chain1

  1. 7

    York Space Systems (PR Newswire) · Aug 14, 2023 · Supports Facility, Organization

    “today announced construction on its fourth production facility is complete”

People1

  1. 8

    York Space Systems · Supports Role

    “York Space Systems Founder and CEO Dirk Wallinger speaks first with CNBC’s Morgan Brennan about his company’s IPO, his work with the Defense Department, and more.”

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