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Orbcomm, acquired by GI Partners in 2021, operates a LEO constellation for IoT asset tracking and fleet management, serving transportation, maritime, and government customers.
ACTIVEORBCOMM provides industrial IoT and asset-tracking solutions, including satellite and cellular connectivity, to supply chain and industrial customers in more than 160 countries. It has been privately owned by GI Partners since 2021, and sold its AIS ship-tracking data business to S&P Global in 2025.
Orbcomm combines its proprietary LEO satellite network with terrestrial connectivity (cellular, dual-mode) to provide comprehensive IoT solutions. The company specializes in cold chain monitoring, container tracking, heavy equipment telematics, and compliance management for the trucking industry.
Rank 69 of 93 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 62 and 81.
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 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Parent, Legal name
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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.
Latest government contract
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA SUBSCRIPTIONS IAW ORBCOMM QUOTE NO. 20260428-001*PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP): TWELVE (12) MONTHS*
DoD · $16K · Jun 9, 2026
Latest funding round
Credit Facility · $460M
Apr 29, 2026
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Sep 1, 2021 · EDGAR ↗
Telematics web application for heavy equipment and mixed fleets: real-time asset tracking, utilization, theft recovery, machine condition and maintenance alerts.
Second-generation ORBCOMM LEO satellites providing IoT and M2M data relay; several OG2 satellites have failed since launch.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
8 awards, $489K obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Aug 11, 2018 to Jun 9, 2026; most from DoD (6 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Jun 9, 2026
Latest space award
$16K from DoD
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA SUBSCRIPTIONS IAW ORBCOMM QUOTE NO. 20260428-001*PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (P...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Jun 9, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $568.8M 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.
Satellites owned or operated
59 in orbit of 64 launched
Latest: Orbcomm FM114
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ORBC. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Dec 22, 2015
Department of Defense
6 space awards, $379K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 9, 2026
Department of Homeland Security
2 space awards, $109K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 21, 2025
Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems (Louisville)
Built 18 of its satellites (latest Orbcomm FM114)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 22, 2015
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Orbcomm: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Orbcomm: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Orbcomm}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
Built 6 of its satellites (latest Orbcomm Q2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 19, 2008
PO Polyot, Filial GKNPTs Khrunichev
Built 6 of its satellites (latest Orbcomm Q2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 19, 2008
OSC Germantown
Built 35 of its satellites (latest Orbcomm D2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 4, 1999
Fairchild Space and Electronics
Built 3 of its satellites (latest Orbcomm CDS-2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Apr 25, 1993