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Spaceflight Rideshare-launch broker, mission manager, payload integrator, and former Sherpa orbital-transfer-vehicle operator
Company website Seattle-founded small-satellite launch-services business that arranged launch capacity, integrated customer payloads, and operated the Sherpa orbital-transfer-vehicle family. Firefly Aerospace acquired all outstanding Spaceflight stock in June 2023, internalizing its rideshare, mission-management, licensing, and Sherpa capabilities.
Relationships Government awards & missions Network map Peers Supplies or enables Spaceflight Yamasa — strategic investor Tell me more Yamasa Co., Ltd. acted as strategic investor and co-owner (50/50 joint venture with Mitsui & Co.) supplying investment, ownership, and strategic direction to Spaceflight Inc. following the June 2020 acquisition (noted as former co-owner in available records).
Relationship research record Virgin Orbit — customer Tell me more Virgin Orbit signed an agreement with Spaceflight in 2018 to provide dedicated launch services for small satellite customers using LauncherOne.
Relationship research record SAB Launch Services S.r.l. — customer / launch services Tell me more SAB Launch Services S.r.l. provides launch services, integration, and support for Spaceflight's space tugs on Arianespace Vega-C SSMS flights (announced partnership 2022).
Relationship research record Isar Aerospace — launch services Tell me more Isar Aerospace provides dedicated launch services for Spaceflight missions; agreement for dedicated launch from Andøya in 2026 with option for 2025.
Relationship research record Astra — launch services 2 connections Tell me more Astra provided launch integration support for Spaceflight smallsat rideshare missions.
Relationship research record Astra provided launch services for Spaceflight's rideshare mission (LV0009, March 2022), successfully delivering 22 satellites including payloads for NearSpace Launch and Portland State University.
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Spaceflight supplies or serves Astrocast — launch services Tell me more Spaceflight signed a master launch agreement (MLA) with Astrocast in 2020 for 10 additional IoT nanosatellites (sixth launch overall) and extended the contract in 2022 for multiple missions supporting the IoT constellation.
Relationship research record Spire Global, Inc. — launch services Tell me more Spaceflight provided Sherpa-FX 2 and Sherpa-LTE 1 free-flying deployer services for several Spire LEMUR CubeSats on SpaceX Falcon 9 launches (e.g., June 2021).
Relationship research record Xona Space Systems — supplier Tell me more Spaceflight Inc. provided final integration services for Xona's first in-space demonstrator satellite after testing, ahead of its 2022 launch.
Relationship research record ICEYE — launch services Tell me more Spaceflight provided launch brokerage and mission management for early ICEYE satellites including the SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission on SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2018.
Relationship research record Boeing — mission user Tell me more Spaceflight's Sherpa-LTC2 OTV hosted and delivered Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission (Varuna-TDM) payload on a Starlink rideshare mission (launched September 2022).
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Program partners Maritime Launch Services — strategic partner Tell me more Maritime Launch signed agreement with Spaceflight for future Sherpa OTV missions on Cyclone-4M launches (announced January 2023).
Relationship research record Internalized capabilities Mitsui & Co. — acquired capability Tell me more Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (in partnership with Yamasa Co., Ltd.) acquired Spaceflight, Inc., the rideshare launch services provider, in 2020; this acquisition provides Mitsui with rideshare launch, deployment, and satellite services capabilities.
Relationship research record Yamasa — acquired capability Tell me more Spaceflight Inc. (rideshare launch services provider) was acquired by Yamasa Co., Ltd. in partnership with Mitsui & Co. as a 50/50 joint venture in June 2020, serving as an acquired capability that primarily enables Yamasa's space business activities.
Relationship research record Firefly Aerospace — acquired capability Tell me more Firefly Aerospace acquired Spaceflight Inc. in June 2023 to bolster its on-orbit services and payload integration capabilities.
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Government awards & missions NASA — launch-services-contract-awardee-selection Tell me more NASA selected Spaceflight as one of the companies eligible to provide launch services for agency science and technology payloads under VADR. · Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch-services contract
NASA's selection announcement lists Spaceflight Inc. among the providers for the VADR procurement vehicle.
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