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Slingshot Aerospace operates a space domain awareness platform and holds a UX design contract for the TraCSS program.
ACTIVESlingshot Aerospace provides AI-powered space operations intelligence and autonomy, helping government and commercial partners track, interpret and act on activity in space using its Global Sensor Network and the Seradata satellite and launch database. In November 2024 NOAA awarded it the TraCSS Presentation Layer (website and user experience) contract, and Fast Company named it to its 2026 World's Most Innovative Companies list.
Slingshot Aerospace develops AI-powered space domain awareness and simulation tools. The company won the user experience design contract for the U.S. Space Force's Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies of 2026.
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)
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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.
Hiring
3 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
THE PNT-SENTINEL INGEST, PROCESS, EXPLOIT DATA FROM PROLIFERATED LOW-EARTH ORBIT (PLEO) SATELLITES, ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART BY INCORPORATING HIGHER SAMPLING RATES THAN ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE…
DoD · $2M · Jul 1, 2024
Latest funding round
debt · $8M
Jun 9, 2023
Space traffic coordination and collision-avoidance platform that lets satellite operators receive conjunction alerts, coordinate maneuvers and communicate with other operators; a free tier is offered.
Cloud-based, collaborative astrodynamics simulation tool for space education and training.
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Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 8 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
2 awards, $38.8M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 19, 2026. Awarded Feb 23, 2022 to Jul 1, 2024; most from DoD (2 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 19, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Jul 1, 2024
Latest space award
$1.9M from DoD
THE PNT-SENTINEL INGEST, PROCESS, EXPLOIT DATA FROM PROLIFERATED LOW-EARTH ORBIT (PLEO) SATELLITES, ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART BY INCOR...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Jul 1, 2024
Form D notices
2 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Jul 26, 2023; first sale Jun 9, 2023; 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.
Latest sourced round
Debt round: $8.4M
Reported on Form D filed Jul 26, 2023; the date shown is the first sale
Source: SEC EDGAR
First sale Jun 9, 2023
Sourced rounds on record
5 rounds, $88.9M 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.
Source: SEC EDGAR
Latest round Jun 9, 2023
Also: SpaceNews (company release), Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Slingshot Aerospace (press release)
Open roles
3 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 16, 2026
Department of Defense
2 space awards, $38.8M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jul 1, 2024
Took part in Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Slingshot Aerospace: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/slingshot-aerospace
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Slingshot Aerospace: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/slingshot-aerospace.
BibTeX
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year = {2026},
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url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/slingshot-aerospace},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
Draper Associates, ATX Venture Partners
Recorded as lead of Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
Edison Partners
Took part in Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
Embedded Ventures
Took part in Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
Took part in Series A-1 (Mar 10, 2022)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Mar 10, 2022
Okapi Venture Capital
Took part in Series A (Oct 29, 2020)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Oct 29, 2020
Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Took part in Series A (Oct 29, 2020)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Oct 29, 2020
Took part in Series A (Oct 29, 2020)
Slingshot Aerospace (press release), Oct 29, 2020