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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.
ACTIVEStarlab Space is a U.S.-led joint venture of Voyager Technologies, Airbus, Mitsubishi Corporation, MDA Space, Palantir Technologies and Space Applications Services developing a commercial space station in low Earth orbit, backed by a NASA Commercial LEO Destinations Space Act Agreement. It completed its Commercial Critical Design Review, with NASA in attendance, in February 2026.
Starlab Space is a joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus to develop and operate a commercial low Earth orbit space station. Selected as one of NASA's Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program partners, Starlab completed its Critical Design Review in February 2026, marking a major development milestone toward replacing ISS capabilities.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 4 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 31% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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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.
Commercial LEO space station with laboratory, habitation, and docking capabilities.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Strategic: amount undisclosed
Led by Global Venture Management
Source: Starlab Space (company release)
Announced Aug 19, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
7 rounds
7 with no amount disclosed
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: Starlab Space (company release)
Latest round Aug 19, 2026
Also: Starlab (company release), Starlab Space, Starlab Space, Starlab Space (press release), Starlab Space (press release)
Global Venture Management
Led Strategic (Aug 19, 2026)
Starlab Space (company release), Aug 19, 2026
Led Strategic (May 21, 2026)
Starlab (company release), May 21, 2026
Mitsubishi Corporation
Recorded as lead of Joint-venture partner investment (Mitsubishi Corporation) (Jan 12, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Starlab Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starlab-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Starlab Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starlab-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_starlabspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Starlab Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starlab-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starlab-space},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Seven Grand Managers, LLC
Recorded as lead of Strategic (Jan 6, 2026)
Starlab Space, Jan 6, 2026
Recorded as lead of Strategic (Dec 26, 2025)
Starlab Space (press release), Dec 26, 2025
Texas Capital
Recorded as lead of Credit facility (Dec 22, 2025)
Starlab Space (press release), Dec 22, 2025
Recorded as lead of Strategic (Nov 20, 2025)
Starlab Space (press release), Nov 20, 2025