93 Software & Data Analytics companies in United States
Space Atlas lists 93 organisations in United States working in software & data analytics: 42 private companies, 34 startups, 10 research institutions, 6 government agencies, 1 industry association. That is 18% of the 526 space organisations in United States and 23% of the 403 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in San Francisco (7), Colorado Springs (6), Boulder (5).
Private Company (42)
- a.i. solutions · Private Company · Lanham
Maryland aerospace engineering firm — provides flight dynamics, mission design and launch services support, and develops FreeFlyer software.
- Advanced Space · Private Company · Westminster
American space mission company — owns and operates NASA's CAPSTONE lunar pathfinder and develops cislunar navigation, mission design and autonomy software.
- Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) · Private Company · Hampton
Virginia engineering firm — provides aerospace research, entry systems, mission analysis and engineering services to NASA and DoD.
- Anduril Industries · Private Company · Costa Mesa
Develops autonomous systems for all domains including space — builds AI-powered autonomous vehicles, rocket motors and software for national security and allied defence missions.
- Arcfield · Private Company · Chantilly
Virginia defense and space contractor — provides space systems engineering, mission operations and integration for US national security and NASA.
- Astrion · Private Company · Huntsville
Huntsville engineering and technical services firm formed from ERC, Axient and Oasis — supports NASA centres and defense/space programmes.
- ATLAS Space Operations · Private Company · Traverse City
American ground-station-as-a-service provider — runs a global antenna network managed through its Freedom software platform for satellite operators.
- Auria · Private Company · Colorado Springs
US defence-space software firm — develops space command, control and communications (C3) software for the Space Force, NOAA and NASA.
- BlackSky Technology · Private Company · Herndon
Space-based intelligence company delivering real-time high-frequency Earth observation — operates a LEO small satellite constellation with AI analytics via the BlackSky Spectra …
- Bluestaq · Private Company · Colorado Springs
US defence data company — develops the Unified Data Library for space domain awareness data for the US Space Force and commercial users.
- BryceTech · Private Company · Alexandria
Space and technology consulting and research firm — produces authoritative annual market reports on commercial space, launch, satellites and defence, and advises government and …
- Capella Space · Private Company · San Francisco
Operates the first US commercial SAR constellation — delivers 50cm resolution all-weather imagery for defense, intelligence and commercial customers through the Capella IonQ pla…
- COMSPOC Corporation · Private Company · Exton
US space situational awareness software company spun off from AGI — provides SSA/space traffic management software and a commercial space operations centre.
- Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. · Private Company · Greenbelt
American aerospace engineering firm — provides spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, ground systems and mission automation services.
- EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) · Private Company · Mountain View
Ukrainian-founded Earth observation analytics company — provides satellite-imagery platforms for agriculture and forestry and operates EOS SAT satellites.
- Global Science & Technology (GST) · Private Company · Chantilly
Virginia science and engineering contractor — supports NOAA and NASA satellite data processing, Earth science and mission systems.
- Hadrian · Private Company · Torrance
Builds AI-powered autonomous factories producing precision components for rockets, satellites, jets and drones — the Opus software platform enables Factories-as-a-Service for ae…
- HawkEye 360 · Private Company · Herndon
Operates a commercial satellite constellation for RF signal geolocation and spectrum analytics — provides maritime domain awareness, spectrum monitoring and defense intelligence…
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions · Private Company · San Diego
American defence contractor — supplies satellite ground systems, command-and-control software, RF products and propulsion alongside drones and missiles.
- Leidos · Private Company · Reston
US defence, intelligence and civil technology contractor headquartered in Reston — owns Dynetics, which builds space launch hardware and lunar systems in Huntsville.
- LeoLabs · Private Company · San Mateo
World's leading provider of persistent orbital intelligence — operates a global proliferated radar network for real-time tracking, characterisation and threat response in LEO.
- MacLean Engineering & Applied Technology Services (METECS) · Private Company · Houston
Houston engineering firm — develops simulation, graphics and software for space vehicles and robotics under NASA contracts, including a $150M JSC award.
- Maxar Technologies · Private Company · Westminster
Leading provider of advanced space technology solutions, satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence.
- Odyssey Space Research · Private Company · Houston
Houston space engineering firm — provides GNC, flight software, simulation and ISS flight control support near NASA Johnson Space Center.
- Omitron · Private Company · Greenbelt
Provides aerospace engineering, mission operations and IT services for NASA and civil space programs — specialises in satellite mission operations, flight dynamics, network mana…
- ORBCOMM · Private Company · Sterling
US industrial IoT company — provides satellite and cellular M2M connectivity and asset tracking for shipping, trucking and heavy equipment.
- Planet Labs · Private Company · San Francisco
Operates the world's largest fleet of Earth observation satellites for daily global imaging.
- PlanetiQ · Private Company · Golden
US satellite data company — operates GNSS radio occultation satellites supplying atmospheric, space weather and climate data to NOAA and NASA.
- Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) · Private Company · Plainsboro
New Jersey aerospace engineering firm — develops spacecraft guidance and control software, simulation tools and fusion propulsion concepts.
- Quadrus Corporation · Private Company · Huntsville
Huntsville engineering firm — provides software, test, telemetry and integration engineering for NASA and defence space programmes.
- Quilty Space · Private Company · Online
Satellite and space industry research and advisory firm — provides market analysis, investment research and strategic consulting for satellite operators, manufacturers and inves…
- Red Canyon Engineering & Software · Private Company · Denver
Develops cutting-edge engineering and software solutions for space exploration and renewable resources — provides flight software, systems engineering and mission operations sup…
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) · Private Company · Lanham
US science and engineering contractor — supports NASA Earth and space science missions with data processing, instrument and mission services.
- Slingshot Aerospace · Private Company · Colorado Springs
Provides satellite tracking, space traffic coordination and orbital analytics — the Slingshot platform fuses data from global sensor networks and proprietary databases for space…
- SpaceKnow Inc. · Private Company · New York
Satellite imagery analytics company — applies AI to satellite data for defence, intelligence and economic monitoring, with R&D based in Prague.
- SpaceNav · Private Company · Boulder
American applied mathematics firm in Boulder — provides orbit determination and space situational awareness software, products and services.
- SpiderOak · Private Company · Reston
US space cybersecurity company — develops OrbitSecure, zero-trust encryption and key management software for satellites and ground systems.
- Spire Global · Private Company · Vienna
Space-to-cloud data and analytics company operating 110+ nanosatellites — tracks maritime, aviation and weather patterns globally and offers orbital services and federal solutions.
- Stellar Science · Private Company · Albuquerque
Albuquerque scientific software firm — develops modelling, simulation and space domain awareness software for US government customers.
- The Hammers Company · Private Company · Greenbelt
US aerospace software firm — builds spacecraft ground systems, mission operations and test software for NASA missions such as Landsat 8.
- Tietronix Software · Private Company · Houston
Houston software firm — develops mission control, simulation and robotics software for NASA Johnson Space Center.
- Tomorrow.io · Private Company · Boston
Operates a constellation of weather monitoring satellites — combines space-based microwave radiometry with AI to provide proprietary weather intelligence for aviation, energy an…
Startup (34)
- Aalyria Technologies · Startup · Livermore
American space networking startup spun out of Google — provides Spacetime network orchestration software and Tightbeam laser communication terminals.
- Aethero · Startup · San Francisco
US space computing startup — builds radiation-tolerant edge computers (e.g. AetherNxN) for on-orbit data processing on satellites.
- AiDash · Startup · San Jose
San Jose company using satellite imagery and AI to monitor vegetation, wildfire and storm risk for electric utilities and infrastructure.
- Antaris · Startup · Los Altos
US space software startup — offers the SatOS spacecraft operating environment and AI-powered Antaris Intelligence platform for mission design and operations.
- Basalt · Startup · San Francisco
San Francisco startup offering constellations-as-a-service, with its Dispatch spacecraft operating system for coordinating satellite fleets.
- Cascade Space · Startup · San Francisco
San Francisco startup building an end-to-end space communications platform, pairing ground-station access with mission software.
- Chloris Geospatial · Startup · Boston
Boston geospatial startup — uses satellite data to map annual forest biomass and carbon stocks at 30 m resolution for carbon markets.
- Citra Space Corporation · Startup · Colorado Springs
US space domain awareness startup — builds modular optical and RF sensors and software to detect, track and characterise objects in orbit.
- Cognitive Space · Startup · Houston
American space software startup — its CNTIENT AI platform automates satellite collection planning and mission management for operators and government.
- Cowboy Space Corporation · Startup · San Carlos
US space startup (formerly Aetherflux) — develops orbital data centres for AI and associated launch capability, evolving from its space-based solar power origins.
- Danti · Startup · Atlanta
US geospatial AI startup — natural-language search engine across satellite imagery, drone and other Earth data; works with NGA and DoD.
- Elodin · Startup · San Francisco
San Francisco startup building unified flight software, simulation tools and avionics hardware for satellites, drones and defense systems.
- Epsilon3 · Startup · Los Angeles
Provides mission operations software for space companies — the Epsilon3 platform manages builds, test schedules, procedures and launch data for satellite manufacturers, launch o…
- Floodbase · Startup · New York
US climate-tech startup (formerly Cloud to Street) — uses satellite data and AI to monitor floods and power parametric flood insurance.
- Hydrosat · Startup · Washington
US–Luxembourg Earth observation startup — operates thermal infrared satellites (VanZyl series) delivering water and agriculture intelligence.
- Kayhan Space · Startup · Broomfield
American space traffic coordination startup — its Pathfinder platform automates conjunction assessment and collision avoidance for satellite operators.
- Lonestar Data Holdings · Startup · St. Petersburg
Florida space data startup — developing lunar and cislunar data storage services; flew a data centre payload on a 2025 lunar lander.
- Muon Space · Startup · Mountain View
Designs, builds and operates mission-optimised LEO satellite constellations — the Halo platform delivers critical Earth intelligence data for national security, civil and commer…
- Near Space Labs · Startup · New York City
Deploys stratospheric balloons carrying high-resolution cameras to provide imagery with the resolution of drones at the cost and coverage of satellites — serves insurance, agric…
- Observable Space · Startup · Los Angeles
US space-tech company formed from PlaneWave Instruments and OurSky — builds laser-communication ground stations, ground-based sensing and optical payloads.
- Orbital Sidekick · Startup · San Francisco
Operates a hyperspectral satellite constellation for industrial infrastructure monitoring — detects pipeline leaks, illegal dumping and environmental hazards using AI-powered sp…
- Privateer · Startup · Kihei
American space data company — combines space situational awareness and Earth observation analytics, incl. Orbital Insight's TerraScope platform.
- Quindar · Startup · Denver
American space software startup — builds a mission management and command-and-control platform for satellite and constellation operators.
- Rhea Space Activity · Startup · Washington, D.C.
American space defence startup — develops navigation, space domain awareness and in-space manoeuvring technologies for US defence customers.
- Satlyt · Startup · Sunnyvale
US-Kenyan space software startup — builds software to run AI workloads on satellites and pool computing across spacecraft in orbit.
- Scout Space · Startup · Reston
American space domain awareness company — builds onboard optical sensors and autonomy software for in-orbit inspection and tracking of space objects.
- Sedaro · Startup · Arlington
Virginia software startup — offers a cloud-based digital twin and simulation platform for spacecraft and mission design.
- Sift · Startup · Marina del Rey
US software startup founded by former SpaceX engineers — provides a telemetry and observability platform for spacecraft, launch vehicles and other hardware.
- SkyFi · Startup · Austin
US Earth intelligence startup — online marketplace for ordering optical, SAR and AIS satellite data plus AI-driven geospatial analytics.
- Sophia Space · Startup · Pasadena
Pasadena startup spun out of Mandala Space Ventures — develops TILE passively cooled in-orbit computing modules for orbital data centres.
- Starcloud · Startup · Redmond
American space company (formerly Lumen Orbit) — designs and launches satellites hosting GPU data centres for AI computing in orbit.
- True Anomaly · Startup · Centennial
Founded by ex-US Space Force members — develops spacecraft, mission software and payloads for space superiority, space domain awareness and national security missions in orbit.
- Ursa Space Systems · Startup · Ithaca
American geospatial analytics company — turns SAR and other satellite data into intelligence products such as global oil storage and vessel monitoring.
- Xplore · Startup · Redmond
Provides space-as-a-service via its LEO hyperspectral satellite constellation — offers remote sensing data products, edge computing in orbit and mission operations software for …
Research Institution (10)
- Berkeley SETI Research Center (BSRC) · Research Institution · Berkeley
UC Berkeley Astronomy Department centre searching for technosignatures from radio to optical wavelengths; hosts Breakthrough Listen science.
- Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) · Research Institution · Tucson
NASA-funded near-Earth object survey at the University of Arizona LPL in Tucson — discovers and tracks asteroids for planetary defence.
- Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville · Research Institution · Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville research centre — studies heliophysics, space plasmas and the solar wind, supporting NASA heliophysics missions.
- Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) · Research Institution · Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder research centre — studies orbit determination, satellite geodesy, GNSS and remote sensing from space.
- High Altitude Observatory (HAO), NSF NCAR · Research Institution · Boulder
NSF NCAR laboratory in Boulder — researches the Sun, solar wind and upper atmosphere to understand space weather and solar-terrestrial physics.
- IPAC, California Institute of Technology · Research Institution · Pasadena
Caltech science and data centre — operates NASA archives (IRSA, NASA Exoplanet Archive, NED) and supports infrared and space astronomy missions.
- Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin–Madison · Research Institution · Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison research centre — develops satellite meteorology, Earth and planetary remote-sensing instruments and satellite data systems.
- Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) · Research Institution · Baltimore
Science operations centre for NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes — manages science operations, data archives and astronomical research for humanity's premier space-ba…
- Space Weather Technology, Research and Education Center (SWx TREC), University of Colorado Boulder · Research Institution · Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder centre — develops space weather research, forecasting technology and education in partnership with government and industry.
- The Aerospace Corporation · Research Institution · El Segundo
Independent nonprofit providing technical expertise and analysis for national security space programs — advises the US Space Force, NRO, NASA and commercial space on systems eng…
Government Agency (6)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) · Government Agency · Springfield
US intelligence and combat support agency — produces geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) from satellite imagery and buys commercial EO data.
- National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) · Government Agency · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
U.S. Space Force service intelligence centre at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — analyses foreign space capabilities and threats.
- NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) · Government Agency · Silver Spring
US government office within NOAA — acquires and operates the nation's environmental satellites (GOES, JPSS) and runs the National Centers for Environmental Information.
- NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) · Government Agency · Boulder
US government space weather service in Boulder — issues official alerts, watches and forecasts of solar and geomagnetic activity.
- Space CAMP (U.S. Space Force software factory) · Government Agency · Colorado Springs
U.S. Space Force software factory in Colorado Springs — builds mission software applications for space operations and space domain awareness.
- USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) · Government Agency · Sioux Falls
US Geological Survey centre near Sioux Falls — operates Landsat ground systems and hosts the global Landsat and aerial imagery archive.
Industry Association (1)
- Space ISAC (Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center) · Industry Association · Colorado Springs
Non-profit hub for space industry cybersecurity — shares actionable threat intelligence and best practices across commercial, civil and government space operators to protect cri…