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Outpost Technologies develops reusable reentry capsules that enable on-demand return of cargo and manufactured goods from orbit.
ACTIVEOutpost Technologies develops spacecraft with a scalable heat shield and an autonomous atmospheric paraglider for Earth return of cargo from space, including its Ferryall spacecraft and the larger Carryall vehicle.
Outpost Technologies develops spacecraft with a scalable heat shield and an autonomous atmospheric paraglider for Earth return of cargo from space, including its Ferryall spacecraft and the larger Carryall vehicle.
Not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.
3 of 7 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 44% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, 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, Legal name
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1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Reusable return vehicle family using inflatable decelerators and a guided paraglider for precision landing; the largest variant targets up to 10,000 kg of returned payload. First orbital flight targeted 2028.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 8 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
1 award, $1.2M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 16, 2026. Awarded Dec 4, 2023 to Dec 4, 2023; most from NASA (1 award)
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 16, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Dec 4, 2023
Latest space award
$1.2M from NASA
DELIVERY FOR ONE-HALF INCH STAINLESS STEEL QUICK DISCONNECT DESIGN AND ONE-FOURTH INCH TITANIUM QD DESIGN AND HARDWARE. MATURE QD DESIGNS B...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Dec 4, 2023
Form D notices
1 offering reported on Form D
Latest filed Sep 29, 2022; first sale Aug 22, 2022
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
Seed: $7.1M
Reported on Form D filed Sep 29, 2022; the date shown is the first sale
Source: FinSMEs
First sale Aug 22, 2022
Open roles
15 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 14, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 2 launched
Latest: Outpost Mission 2
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code OUTP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 11, 2023
Satellites built
2 payloads launched, 1 in orbit
Latest: Outpost Mission 2
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code OUTP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 11, 2023
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $1.2M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Dec 4, 2023
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Outpost Technologies: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/outpost-technologies
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Outpost Technologies: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/outpost-technologies.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Outpost Technologies}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/outpost-technologies}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/outpost-technologies},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
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