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Sierra Space is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for NASA's CRS-2 cargo missions alongside its LIFE habitat for future commercial space stations.
ACTIVEColorado-headquartered defense-tech space company that designs and builds satellites, spacecraft and space subsystems, including the Dream Chaser reusable, runway-landing spaceplane. Under a 2025 revision of its NASA resupply contract, Dream Chaser's first mission is a free-flyer flight that does not dock with the ISS.
Colorado-headquartered defense-tech space company that designs and builds satellites, spacecraft and space subsystems, including the Dream Chaser reusable, runway-landing spaceplane. Under a 2025 revision of its NASA resupply contract, Dream Chaser's first mission is a free-flyer flight that does not dock with the ISS.
Rank 10 of 93 ranked companies
5 of 8 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, 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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4 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Reusable lifting-body spaceplane. Its first vehicle, Tenacity, has not yet flown; NASA and Sierra Space changed the CRS-2 contract in September 2025 to a free-flight demonstration (no ISS docking) targeted for late 2026, with ISS cargo flights optional afterwards.
Large Integrated Flexible Environment inflatable habitat module.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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2 dated public commitments by Sierra Space, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 9 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
18 awards, $75.3M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Sep 4, 2015 to May 26, 2026; most from NASA (17 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 May 26, 2026
Latest space award
$43K from NASA
IMPLEMENTS A SOLUTION FROM THE INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CANISTER (BRIC) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) (BRIC-LED)...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded May 26, 2026
Form D notices
2 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Apr 12, 2023; first sale Jan 28, 2022; 1 of them last updated by an amendment (D/A)
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.
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $2.28B 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
198 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 (Workday)
Counted Oct 13, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
17 space awards, $75.2M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, May 26, 2026
Department of Defense
1 space award, $100K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 29, 2026
Coatue Management
Took part in Series B (Sep 26, 2023)
TechCrunch, Sep 26, 2023
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Sierra Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/sierra-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Sierra Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/sierra-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_sierraspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Sierra Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/sierra-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/sierra-space},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series B (Sep 26, 2023)
TechCrunch, Sep 26, 2023
MUFG, Kanematsu Corporation, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
Recorded as lead of Series B (Sep 26, 2023)
TechCrunch, Sep 26, 2023