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ThinkOrbital is developing large orbital platforms built from recycled rocket stages and space debris, aimed at in-space infrastructure projects.
ACTIVEThinkOrbital is a Boulder, Colorado company developing in-space inspection and construction technology, including autonomous in-space X-ray imaging and electron-beam welding, and ThinkPlatform orbital stations.
ThinkOrbital is a Boulder, Colorado company developing in-space inspection and construction technology, including autonomous in-space X-ray imaging and electron-beam welding, and ThinkPlatform orbital stations.
Not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.
3 of 8 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 44% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Capital raised (24 months)
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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1 private round on record (1 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.
Modular orbital platform using automated welding for large-scale in-space construction.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
2 awards, $4.8M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Apr 15, 2025 to Aug 12, 2025; most from DoD (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 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Aug 12, 2025
Latest space award
$4.7M from DoD
THINKORBITAL TACFI
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Aug 12, 2025
Latest sourced round
Seed: amount undisclosed
Lead recorded as TFX Capital
Source: ThinkOrbital (company news page, republishing SpaceNews)
Announced Jan 14, 2026
Department of Defense
1 space award, $4.7M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 12, 2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $175K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 15, 2025
Recorded as lead of Seed (Jan 14, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). ThinkOrbital: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/thinkorbital
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "ThinkOrbital: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/thinkorbital.
BibTeX
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title = {{ThinkOrbital}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/thinkorbital}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/thinkorbital},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
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