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TransAstra develops asteroid mining and orbital debris capture technologies, including optical mining with concentrated sunlight and inflatable capture systems.
ACTIVETransAstra is a Los Angeles-based aerospace company, founded in 2015, developing technologies for space logistics, in-space servicing and asteroid resource utilization. Its inflatable Capture Bag is designed to envelop objects in space, from defunct satellites and spent rocket stages to asteroids.
TransAstra Corporation is developing breakthrough technologies for harvesting resources from asteroids and managing orbital debris. Their patented Optical Mining technique uses concentrated sunlight to excavate and process asteroid material, extracting water and metals without traditional drilling. The company also develops the Worker Bee orbital transfer vehicle and capture bag systems for debris remediation. TransAstra has received multiple NASA contracts to advance their technology for in-space resource utilization and debris mitigation.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 6 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 25% 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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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Family of space tugs, in development, powered by the Omnivore solar thermal rocket, for satellite delivery, station-keeping, resupply, debris removal and payload hosting in Earth orbit and cislunar space.
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APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). TransAstra: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/transastra
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "TransAstra: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/transastra.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_transastra_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{TransAstra}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/transastra}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/transastra},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}