# Orbcomm: space company profile

> Orbcomm: Orbcomm, acquired by GI Partners in 2021, operates a LEO constellation for IoT asset tracking and fleet management, serving transportation, maritime, and government customers.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbcomm.md
- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-02-09
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#space-score

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## Profile facts

- Name: Orbcomm (legal name ORBCOMM Inc.)
- What it does: Orbcomm, acquired by GI Partners in 2021, operates a LEO constellation for IoT asset tracking and fleet management, serving transportation, maritime, and government customers. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: satellite, iot-m2m
- Headquarters: Sterling, VA, US
- Founded: 1993
- Employees: 500-1000
- Chief executive: Sameer Agrawal
- Status: active
- Ownership: private (parent: GI Partners)
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.orbcomm.com](https://www.orbcomm.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-02-09

## Funding

- Raised privately: $108.8M (3 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Series B preferred (Dec 2005)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-29 | Credit Facility | $460.0M | - | [Via Satellite](https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/04/29/orbcomm-completes-460m-refinancing-to-fund-growth/) |
| 2005-12-30 | Series B preferred | $71.0M | - | [ORBCOMM Inc. IPO prospectus (Form 424B4)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361983/000095012306013468/y19769b4e424b4.htm) |
| 2004-08-13 | Series A preferred (additional) | $11.5M | - | [ORBCOMM Inc. IPO prospectus (Form 424B4)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361983/000095012306013468/y19769b4e424b4.htm) |
| 2004-02-17 | Series A preferred | $26.3M | - | [ORBCOMM Inc. IPO prospectus (Form 424B4)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361983/000095012306013468/y19769b4e424b4.htm) |

- Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security.

## Space Score

- Score 302 of 1000, tier Early Stage.
- Rank 69 of 93 ranked companies (likely between 62 and 81 given the pillars we have not measured).
- 4 of 7 inputs measured, medium confidence, 81% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-14 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (38% of this total): 56 of 100; not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
- Government space demand (25% of this total): 0 of 100
- Capital access (19% of this total): 0 of 100
- Momentum (19% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 50; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=orbcomm#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
- The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice.

## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-09 | DoD | SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA SUBSCRIPTIONS IAW ORBCOMM QUOTE NO. 20260428-001\*PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP): TWELVE (12) MONTHS\* | $16K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600126P6158_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-12-11 | DoD | SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA SUBSCRIPTIONS | $26K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600126P6028_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-03-21 | DHS | PROCURE A DATA FEED OF COMBINED SATELLITE/TERRESTRIAL, NATIONAL MARINE ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (NMEA) 0183 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA. | $38K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C25P00000123_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2023-03-28 | DHS | THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER 70B02C23P00000107 IS TO PROCURE A DATA FEED OF COMBINED SATELLITE/TERRESTRIAL, NATIONAL MARINE ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (NMEA) 0183 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (… | $72K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C23P00000107_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2023-03-02 | DoD | YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION TO A COMBINED SATELLITE/TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA FEED | $70K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6660423P0176_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2022-09-27 | DoD | AIS DATA FEED LICENSE SUBSCRIPTIONS | $96K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600122P6548_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2022-08-11 | DoD | AIS DATA SUBSCRIPTION (PHIL) | $3.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600122P6335_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2022-05-03 | DoD | ASSET TRANSPONDER TRACKING | $19K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_H9227622P0050_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2022-01-14 | DoD | ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO A COMBINED SATELLITE/TERRESTRIAL AUTOMATIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) DATA FEED | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6660422P0108_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2021-09-22 | DoD | FLEET SATELLITE SERVICE X 4 MONTHS | $1K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6133121P0254_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2021-08-11 | DoD | AIS DATA FEED, OPNAV | $91K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600121P6421_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2021-03-19 | DHS | RAW DATA FEED | $75K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C21P00000107_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2019-08-09 | DoD | SEA VISION ACCESS; 125 USERS | $977K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600119P6864_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2019-05-30 | DHS | RAW DATA FEED | $69K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C19P00000225_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2018-08-11 | DoD | SATELLITE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE | $252K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N6600118P0377_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Federal award records: contract awards

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