# Starlab Space: space company profile

> Starlab Space: Starlab Space, a Voyager-Airbus joint venture, is building a commercial LEO station under NASA's CLD program and completed its Critical Design Review in February 2026.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-04-17
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## Profile facts

- Name: Starlab Space (legal name Starlab Space LLC)
- What it does: Starlab Space, a Voyager-Airbus joint venture, is building a commercial LEO station under NASA's CLD program and completed its Critical Design Review in February 2026. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: infrastructure, commercial-leo
- Headquarters: Houston, Texas, US
- Founded: 2021
- Status: active
- Ownership: joint-venture (parent: Voyager Technologies (lead) / Airbus / Mitsubishi Corporation / MDA Space / Palantir Technologies / Space Applications Services)
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.starlabspace.com](https://www.starlabspace.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-04-17

## Funding

- Raised privately: No stated amount on record (5 private rounds on record (5 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Strategic (Aug 2026)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-19 | Strategic | undisclosed | Global Venture Management | [Starlab Space (company release)](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-and-global-venture-management-announce-strategic-investment/) |
| 2026-05-21 | Strategic | undisclosed | 1789 Capital | [Starlab (company release)](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-and-1789-capital-announce-strategic-investment/) |
| 2026-01-12 | Joint-venture partner investment (Mitsubishi Corporation) | undisclosed | Mitsubishi Corporation | [Starlab Space](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/mitsubishi-corporation-joins-starlab-as-major-space-station-customer/) |
| 2026-01-06 | Strategic | undisclosed | Seven Grand Managers, LLC | [Starlab Space](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-and-seven-grand-managers-announce-strategic-investment/) |
| 2025-12-26 | Strategic | undisclosed | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank | [Starlab Space (press release)](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-announces-investment-from-sumitomo-mitsui-trust-bank-limited/) |
| 2025-12-22 | Credit facility | undisclosed | Texas Capital | [Starlab Space (press release)](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-closes-credit-facility/) |
| 2025-11-20 | Strategic | undisclosed | Janus Henderson | [Starlab Space (press release)](https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/starlab-secures-strategic-investment-from-janus-henderson/) |

- 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 321 of 1000.
- Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
- 1 of 4 inputs measured, insufficient data, 31% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-14 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (46% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 45; not measured: Headcount, Reported revenue
- Government space demand (31% of this total): 0 of 100
- Capital access (15% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Momentum (23% 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=starlab-space#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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-12-02 | NASA | Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) | $160.0M | [NASA](https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/three-winners-for-commercial-leo-destinations-awards/) |

## 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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