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Katalyst Space provides in-space servicing through its Quark satellite servicing vehicle and acquired Atomos Space in 2025.
ACTIVEKatalyst Space Technologies, based in Flagstaff, Arizona, develops spacecraft for rendezvous and docking that provide life extension, upgrades and space domain awareness services. In April 2025 it acquired Atomos Space, developer of the Quark spacecraft, and it is preparing a NASA mission to dock with and reboost the Swift space telescope.
Katalyst Space Technologies, based in Flagstaff, Arizona, develops spacecraft for rendezvous and docking that provide life extension, upgrades and space domain awareness services. In April 2025 it acquired Atomos Space, developer of the Quark spacecraft, and it is preparing a NASA mission to dock with and reboost the Swift space telescope.
Provisional: the latest data refresh looked incomplete and was held, so these scores use inputs measured 2026-10-10.
Rank 107 of 156 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 85 and 137.
4 of 7 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 81% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, 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 2026-10-10 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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3 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Reusable orbital transfer and servicing vehicle from the Atomos acquisition, designed for rendezvous and docking to provide life extension, upgrades and space domain awareness.
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Compiled Oct 12, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Form D notices
2 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Feb 25, 2026; first sale Jan 12, 2026
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
Equity round: $12.0M
Lead recorded as Geodesic Capital
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Jun 16, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
3 rounds, $14.4M 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
39 open roles
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 11, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 1 launched
Latest: LINK
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code KATAL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
1 payload launched, 1 in orbit
Latest: LINK
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code KATAL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 3, 2026
Recorded as lead of Equity round (Jun 16, 2026)
SpaceNews, Jun 16, 2026
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 12). Katalyst Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/katalyst-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Katalyst Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 12, 2026. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/katalyst-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_katalystspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Katalyst Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/katalyst-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/katalyst-space},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; each fact links its primary source}
}