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K2 Space is developing large, high-power satellite platforms designed around the lower launch costs of the Starship heavy-lift era.
ACTIVEK2 Space designs and manufactures large, high-power satellites for commercial and government customers from its 180,000 sq ft facility in Torrance, California.
K2 Space designs and manufactures large, high-power satellites for commercial and government customers from its 180,000 sq ft facility in Torrance, California.
Rank 51 of 94 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 36 and 60.
5 of 7 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 81% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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6 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
High-power satellite bus with up to 30 kW peak payload power and 3,000 kg payload mass; first Mega Class satellite, Gravitas, launched March 2026. A larger Giga Class is offered.
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 10 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Form D notices
1 offering reported on Form D
Latest filed Mar 15, 2023; first sale Feb 28, 2023
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Latest sourced round
Series D: $500.0M
Co-led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ
Source: GeekWire Space
Announced Jul 30, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
6 rounds, $933.5M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
236 open roles
30 days ago: 242 (Sep 20, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Oct 19, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 1 launched
Latest: Gravitas
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code K2SP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
1 payload launched, 1 in orbit
Latest: Gravitas
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code K2SP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
ARK Invest
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
CapitalG
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). K2 Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "K2 Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_k2space_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{K2 Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}Co-led Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Co-led Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Sands Capital
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Jul 30, 2026)
GeekWire Space, Jul 30, 2026
Redpoint Ventures
Recorded as lead of Series C (Dec 12, 2025)
Payload, Dec 12, 2025
T. Rowe Price
Took part in Series C (Dec 12, 2025)
Payload, Dec 12, 2025