Spaceium

Overview

Unmanned in-space service stations for cryogenic refueling and robotic spacecraft repair across LEO, GEO, lunar, and Mars missions. $6.3M seed led by Initialized Capital (oversubscribed in 4 weeks post-YC S24); $86M in binding contracts + $230M pipeline.

Part of the Los Angeles ecosystem

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