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Company. Country: US. Appears in GCAT, USAspending.gov.
Also recorded as: ORBITAL MICRO SYSTEMS, INC.
Compiled Oct 6, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space awards in our procurement watch
2 awards, $4.0M obligated
Awarded Jun 18, 2026 to Sep 29, 2026; most from Commerce (1 award)
Counts awards our procurement watch admitted as space work (the space filter is published on the procurement page). Obligated dollars, not ceilings.
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Latest award Sep 29, 2026
Latest space award
$1.3M from NASA
PHASE II SBIR
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Sep 29, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 2 launched
Latest: GEMS2-Amethyst
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes CATAP, OMS, OMSUK. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 30, 2026
Satellites built
2 payloads launched, 1 in orbit
Latest: GEMS2-Amethyst
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes CATAP, OMS, OMSUK. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 30, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $1.3M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 29, 2026
Department of Commerce
1 space award, $2.7M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 18, 2026
AAC Microtec/Clyde Space Ltd.
Built one of its satellites (latest IOD-1 GEMS)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Apr 17, 2019
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 6). Orbital Micro Systems: Organisation dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/organizations/orbital-micro-systems
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Orbital Micro Systems: Organisation dossier." Data as of October 6, 2026. Accessed October 6, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/organizations/orbital-micro-systems.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_orbitalmicrosystems_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Orbital Micro Systems}: Organisation dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/organizations/orbital-micro-systems}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/organizations/orbital-micro-systems},
urldate = {2026-10-06},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-06; each fact links its primary source}
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