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York Space Systems, trading as YSS, manufactures standardized spacecraft platforms at high volume and low cost for defense and commercial customers.
YSSACTIVEYork Space Systems is a satellite manufacturer specializing in high-volume, low-cost production of standardized spacecraft platforms for defense and commercial customers.
York Space Systems is a satellite manufacturer specializing in high-volume, low-cost production of standardized spacecraft platforms for defense and commercial customers.
Rank 72 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 62 and 86.
4 of 6 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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6060 S Willow Dr., Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record before Jan 2026. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest government contract
CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M OF THE IDIQ
DoD · $5K · Jun 10, 2025
Latest funding round
AE Industrial Partners acquisition (AEI Transaction) · –
Nov 1, 2022 · led by AE Industrial Partners
Latest SEC filing
10-Q · Aug 14, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
Standardized satellite platform designed for rapid, low-cost mass production for defense constellations.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
1 award, $5K obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Jun 10, 2025 to Jun 10, 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 Jun 10, 2025
Latest space award
$5K from DoD
CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M O...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Jun 10, 2025
Latest SEC filing
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Source: SEC EDGAR filing
Filed Aug 14, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
71 filings
Including 3 periodic reports and 10 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Aug 14, 2026
Latest sourced round
AE Industrial Partners acquisition (AEI Transaction): amount undisclosed
Lead recorded as AE Industrial Partners
Source: SEC EDGAR
Announced Nov 1, 2022
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 3 launched
Latest: York T1DES
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code YORKSS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jun 23, 2025
Satellites built
34 payloads launched, 32 in orbit
Latest: Praetorian SDA-602
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code YORKSS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Sep 10, 2025
Space Development Agency
Owns 31 satellites it built (latest Praetorian SDA-602)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Sep 10, 2025
JHU-Applied Physics Lab
Owns one satellite it built (latest Bard)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jul 23, 2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Owns one satellite it built (latest Bard)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jul 23, 2025
Department of Defense
1 space award, $5K obligated
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). York Space Systems: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/york-space-systems
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "York Space Systems: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/york-space-systems.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{York Space Systems}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/york-space-systems}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/york-space-systems},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}AE Industrial Partners
Recorded as lead of AE Industrial Partners acquisition (AEI Transaction) (Nov 1, 2022)
SEC EDGAR, Nov 1, 2022
Estimated: around Fri, Nov 13, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: its latest results came 44 days after the period ended (filed Aug 13, 2026). The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Thu, Aug 13, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement; Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation
8-K items: 5.02 Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement · 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Sold shares without registering them (private placement)
Shares sold without registration, typically to a small group of investors (a PIPE, when the company is listed). A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Amendment: Current report (8-K/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Sold shares without registering them (private placement)
Shares sold without registration, typically to a small group of investors (a PIPE, when the company is listed). A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)