Honeywell supplies its X Band Downlink Transmitter and Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) to LeoStella for integration on the first three satellites of a constellation providing Space Situational Awareness services (announced 2021).
Innoflight supplies next-generation Flight Computer Processing Unit (FCPU) and Payload Interface Electronics to LeoStella for its advanced small satellite bus platforms.
Astra signed a deal to supply satellite engines to LeoStella (announced around August 2022) for integration into satellites, including support for Airbus OneWeb Satellites programs.
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LeoStella customers & supported companies
Loft Orbital— customer · customer / production agreement · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
LeoStella builds small satellites for Loft Orbital as one of its key customers alongside BlackSky.
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LeoStella supplies satellite buses and production services to Loft Orbital under an extended production agreement, delivering payload-agnostic spacecraft for Loft’s hosted-infrastructure missions (contract extension announced publicly).
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LeoStella supplies LEO-100 and ESPA-class satellite buses to Loft Orbital for YAM missions and hosted payload deployments.
LeoStella was selected (with BlackSky) to support SDA’s HALO Hybrid Acquisition to produce on-orbit demonstration satellites; LeoStella supplies spacecraft manufacturing and rapid-build capabilities to meet SDA prototype needs.
LeoStella (a 50/50 Seattle-based joint venture created by Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries) was established to manufacture cost-effective, high-performance small satellites at scale; LeoStella provides manufacturing capabilities that directly enable Spaceflight Industries' smallsat/BlackSky programs.
LeoStella was selected in 2019 to build a 10-satellite constellation (SpaceBelt) for Cloud Constellation's secure space-based cloud data storage service in LEO.
Through the JV arrangement, Thales Alenia Space will provide spacecraft design, engineering and integration work to support LeoStella manufacture of the BlackSky smallsat series; TAS supplies satellite systems expertise and will receive manufactured units and integration services via the JV relationship.
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Thales Alenia Space— acquired capability / co owner · strategic partner2 connectionsTell me more
Thales Alenia Space is a co-owner of LeoStella (joint venture partner) and thereby provides design, heritage, and manufacturing enabling capabilities for LeoStella smallsat production (ownership/industrial enablement).
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Thales Alenia Space was the 50% JV partner with BlackSky/Spaceflight Industries in founding LeoStella in 2018, providing satellite design, manufacturing expertise, and capability for smallsat production; the partnership continues post-BlackSky's 2024 full acquisition of LeoStella for Gen-3 development and global offerings.
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BlackSky— co owner / strategic partner · program partner2 connectionsTell me more
BlackSky is co-owner of LeoStella (joint venture partner) and collaborates with LeoStella on SDA Hybrid Acquisition (BlackSky as subcontractor/partner for HALO) and on constellation spacecraft production, enabling LeoStella market access to Earth-observation constellation customers.
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BlackSky is a subcontractor partner to LeoStella for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (HALO) program; BlackSky supplies imagery/mission expertise and operations support as part of the joint on-orbit mission-feasibility prototypes (BlackSky serves LeoStella/SDA work).
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Loft Orbital— supplier (production partner)Tell me more
Loft Orbital extended a production agreement with LeoStella under which LeoStella produces satellite buses for Loft’s hosted-infrastructure missions (Loft selects LeoStella-built buses and production capacity to deliver customer missions).
LeoStella was selected to support SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) program (as a smallsat manufacturer working with industry partners to enable rapid on-orbit prototypes), enabling LeoStella to work directly on SDA prototype production workflows.
Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries created LeoStella LLC (50/50) to provide a Seattle-based industrial capability to manufacture cost-effective, high-performance small satellites at scale that enables production for BlackSky and other LEO constellations (JV manufacturing capability enabling TAS/Telespazio offerings).
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BlackSky— acquired capability · customer · 2 more roles4 connectionsTell me more
LeoStella, originally a 50/50 joint venture between BlackSky and Thales Alenia Space founded in 2018, manufactures BlackSky's imaging satellites (including Gen-3) at its Tukwila, Washington facility; BlackSky acquired full ownership of LeoStella in November 2024 to control Gen-3 supply chain and production.
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LeoStella designs and manufactures BlackSky's Earth observation satellites, including the Gen-2 constellation spacecraft and upcoming Gen-3 satellites with enhanced resolution, revisit rates, shortwave infrared imaging, and intersatellite links; originally anchor customer via 2018 JV, with ongoing production at the Tukwila, Washington facility.
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LeoStella designs and manufactures small satellites for BlackSky’s Earth-observation constellation; BlackSky and LeoStella are joint-venture partners and LeoStella supplies spacecraft hardware and production services for BlackSky missions (ongoing relationship, including SDA HALO teaming).
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LeoStella was selected for the Space Development Agency HALO program and is partnered with BlackSky (BlackSky as a subcontractor) to provide small satellite manufacturing and on-orbit mission-feasibility prototypes; LeoStella's manufacturing capability enables the joint SDA HALO work with BlackSky.
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Government awards & missions
Space Development Agency— vendor-pool-selection-and-prospective-government-customerTell me more
The Space Development Agency selected LeoStella for its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit vendor pool, allowing LeoStella to compete for future SDA prototype and demonstration work. · Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (HALO), supporting future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture opportunities, including prospective Tranche 3 work.
SDA's HALO factsheet identifies the active member-pool period, while the selection announcement attributes LeoStella's selection to SDA and identifies the resulting eligibility to compete.
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