Best Space Tech Companies in Texas, United States
The 35 best Space Tech companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Axiom Space.
Ranked: Best Space Tech companies in Texas
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advanced Geosciences Geophysical Imaging Instruments and Software Provider | — | — | 13 13 → 19 (+46%) | — | DrupalMariaDBPHP+24 | — | — |
| 2 | Airbus DS Government Solutions Provider of communication systems for satellites | — | — | 41 | Chris Morris CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — |
| 3 | Alpha Space Provider of in-orbit satellites maintenance services | — | — | — | Stephanie Murphy Owner | — | — | — |
| 4 | Ambrosia Space Provider of in-space manufacturing through biomanufacturing in microgravity | — | — | — | Mario Maggio Founder / CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | Arrow Science and Technology Provider of engineering solutions for space applications | — | — | — | Greg Sigalov Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 6 | Atec Aerospace solutions: design, manufacturing, test cells, and field services | — | — | 18 | Howard Lederer CEO/Chairman | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 13 patents Advanced thrust ball bearing lubrication and integrated perimeter bearing designs | — |
| 7 | Atlantis Industries Provider of development and operation for space exploration | — | — | — | Brad Morrison CEO | WixSentryBootstrap+7 | 9 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 8 | Celestis Memorial spaceflights sending cremated remains into space for a unique memorial | — | — | — | Charles M Chafer CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | — |
Top 12 Space Tech companies in Texas
#1
Series D · Houston, Texas · founded 2016 · 2 employees$480Mraised▾
Developer of commercial space stations for habitation. Its space stations can host microgravity experiments and space-environment materials testing. It is also developing a thruster that can be installed on a mobile propulsion test stand. It also caters to government astronauts, tourists, private companies, and individuals for research, manufacturing, space exploration system testing and tourism.
- Feb 2026Series D$350M
- Aug 2023Series C$350M
- Feb 2021Series B$130M
- Aug 2018Series A—
#2
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 2013 · 382 employees$195.2Mraised▾
Developer of systems and solutions for space services. It provides users with designing and building hardware to support space-related activities. It also provides users with space system management, lunar data services, and orbital data services.
- Feb 2026Post IPO$175M
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$212.3K
- Sep 2023Post IPO$20M
#3
Series C · Austin, Texas · founded 2017 · 141 employees$154.2Mraised▾
Developer of communication systems for space, air, and ground missions. The company provides full-stack, multi-mission hardware and software products. Offerings include integrated LEO satellites and active phased array payloads. Products support beam steering, dynamic frequencies, and on-orbit reconfigurability. The company’s systems facilitate inter-satellite links, mission-data downlink, and multi-beam connectivity.
- Feb 2026Series C$270M
- Jan 2026Conventional Debt$200M
- Jan 2024Series B$65M
- Jan 2023Series B$2.1M
#4
Public · Cedar Park, Texas · founded 2014 · 384 employees$363.1Mraised▾
Provider of small and medium satellite launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles. It provides for their solutions to both government and commercial customers. You can view their past and upcoming missions on their website.
- May 2025Series D$50M
- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$8.2M
- Oct 2024Series D$175.5M
- Nov 2023Series C—
#5
Public · Midland, Texas · founded 2017 · 342 employees$128Mraised▾
Provider of satellite-based cellular broadband network services. It provides users with a platform that designs and manufactures miniature satellites for low-Earth orbit. It has multiple features, including accelerated launch times and defence against external threats.
- Feb 2025Post IPO$460M
- Jan 2024Post IPO$155M
- May 2022Post IPO$75M
- Mar 2020Post IPO$110M
#6
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 50 employees$17Mraised▾
Provider of satellite imagery, data, and analytics for various industry applications. It offers tools for object detection, signature analysis, and measurement. It facilitates tasking satellites for image capture and provides access to archived data. Open data programs broaden analytics use for agriculture, planning, and disaster management. The system combines signals into a single stream for use in browsers or mobile devices.
- Jul 2025Series A$14.2M
- May 2023Seed$7M
- Feb 2022Seed$7.2M
#7
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2018 · 45 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of AI-powered automated satellite constellation management software service. The software enables constellations to scale and meet market needs. It dynamically reschedules mission plans in near real-time. The software integrates through defined APIs and engineering support. It manages collection plans and multi-GSN pass scheduling concurrently.
- Dec 2023Seed$500K
- Oct 2023Seed$4M
- May 2023Seed$1.2M
- Nov 2021Seed$4M
#8
Acquired · Denton, Texas · founded 2014 · 5 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Provider of open-source mission control software for satellite launches. It offers web-based software that runs on any satellite subsystem. It is comprised of a customized operating system (RTOS or Linux), hardware abstraction layer (HAL), and Core flight middleware. Its features include a command shell, telemetry beacon, logging API, and remote updates.
- Jan 2021Series A$2.9M
- May 2017Seed$1.6M
#9
Acqui-Hired · Houston, Texas · founded 2012 · 20 employees$4.8Mraised▾
Deep Space Industries is developing technology to begin commercial utilization of space. Current research includes space-based refueling, power, asteroid processing and manufacturing. Current spacecraft under development include: the FireFly (searches for suitable asteroids for mining, projected to fly in 2015), DragonFly (carries 150 Kg of asteroid material to Earth) and a "mothership" that can carry a dozen nanosats (provides deep space communication).
- Apr 2018Series A$3.5M
- Aug 2016Seed$25K
- Nov 2015Seed$1M
- 2013Seed—
#10
Acquired · Houston, Texas · founded 2009 · 55 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of space habitats. It offers plug-and-play microgravity research facilities allowing small standardized payloads to be plugged into any of their platforms, providing an interface with the space station power and data capabilities. It also provides support services, such as customer interface, payload development, space shuttle, and space station integration services.
- Sep 2020Series B—
- Oct 2017Series A—
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$122.4K
- Jun 2013Series A$2.6M
#11
Deadpooled · Mesquite, Texas · founded 2000$1.2Mraised▾
Armadillo Aerospace was an aerospace company. It's long term goal was commercial space flight for tourism purposes. It won both the Level 1 and 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (with combined winnings of $850k). It was largely funded by John Carmack and had cost about $5.5M (till 2013) to operate. In 2013 it was placed in "hibernation" pending outside investment. John Carmack, CEO of the company, confirmed that he’s “winding down” his company. Team members from Armadillo Aerospace, have re-launched the suborbital rocket project now as Exos Aerospace through a Kickstarter campaign.
- Dec 2009Grant (prize money)$650.3K
- Jan 2008Grant (prize money)$523.9K
#12
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2023$20Kraised▾
Developer of electric propulsion technology for in-space applications and hardware. It focuses on creating technology to enable solar system exploration. The company’s initial product is an ion thruster utilizing a patent-pending ionization technology. This technology aims to produce ions with less wasted power. It allows the thruster to use molecular fuels. This results in a scalable, modular thruster suitable for various applications.
- 2024Seed$20K
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How research on Space Tech in Texas is moving
A read on the academic research around Space Tech in Texas — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 377 papers.
- The University of Texas at Austin87
- Texas A&M University80
- The University of Texas at San Antonio74
- The University of Texas at El Paso37
- The University of Texas at Arlington26
- Spacecraft14→26
- Aerospace engineering3→11
- Magnetosphere1→6
- CubeSat2→5
- Astrobiology1→4
- Spacecraft16→45
- Control theory (sociology)2→15
- Aerospace engineering5→13
- Payload (computing)1→6
- Space debris1→6
- Spacecraft5→9
- Space (punctuation)1→3
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