50 Best Satellite Communication Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent satellite communication companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 651 companies tracked on Fsome.

651
Total Companies
$66.7B
Total Funding
$102.4M
Avg Funding
San Francisco
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space company that develops and operates launch vehicles,…
Cedar Park $796.6M Corporate Round 2025-05-29
2
AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile is a space-based broadband cellular network company for unmodifi…
Midland 501 - 1K $4.9B Post Ipo Debt 2026-02-12
3
Kepler Communications
Kepler Communications is a satellite communications company.
Toronto 101 - 250 $177.1M Series C 2023-04-13
4
MDA Space
MDA Space is a space technology company that develops geointelligence, space ope…
Brampton 1K - 5K $183.0M Post Ipo Debt 2025-12-04
5
HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 detects, geolocates, and characterizesvarious RF signals using its s…
Herndon 251 - 500 $585.3M Series E 2026-03-04
6
Digantara
Digantara develops infrastructure and data solutions for monitoring objects and …
Bengaluru 101 - 250 $64.4M Series B 2025-12-16
7
Pixxel
Pixxel is a space data company that develops a constellation of hyperspectral ea…
Bengaluru 101 - 250 $95.0M Grant 2025-06-11
8
Open Cosmos
Open Cosmos is a space technology company that designs, builds, and operates low…
Harwell 101 - 250 $62.6M Series B 2023-09-11
9
CesiumAstro
CesiumAstro provides out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, …
Austin 101 - 250 $655.2M Series C 2026-02-02
10
ICEYE
ICEYE operates a radar satellite constellation, providing all weather earth obse…
Espoo 501 - 1K $762.4M Secondary Market 2025-12-05
11
Ursa Major
Ursa Major is an aerospace and defense company that provides a propulsion system…
Berthoud 251 - 500 $434.7M Debt Financing 2025-11-18
12
AiDASH
Making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable with…
Palo Alto 251 - 500 $91.5M Series C 2024-01-23
13
Diffraqtion
Diffraqtion is a tech company that develops quantum imaging technology with low-…
Somerville 1 - 10 $5.4M Pre Seed 2026-01-12
14
Dhruva Space
Dhruva Space is a private space company developing small satellite systems to of…
Bengaluru 51 - 100 $22.3M Grant 2026-02-11
15
EnduroSat
EnduroSat is a smallsat & CubeSat manufacturer that offers fixed-cost space serv…
Sofia 251 - 500 $180.8M Series Unknown 2025-10-30
16
Hubble Network
Hubble Network is a developer of a satellite-powered Bluetooth network that enab…
Las Vegas 11 - 50 $90.5M Series B 2025-09-17
17
Northwood Space
Northwood Space is a hardware solution that expands the orbits and frequency ran…
Torrance 11 - 50 $36.4M Series A 2025-04-22
18
Terran Orbital
Terran Orbital specializes in space technology, particularly in the fields of sa…
Boca Raton 501 - 1K $401.6M Post Ipo Equity 2023-09-18
19
Versant
Versant is an environmental analysis company that provides land identification f…
Paris 1 - 10 $716K Pre Seed 2025-04-15
20
Overview Energy
Overview Energy is an aerospace startup
Washington 11 - 50 $18.5M Series Unknown 2024-07-02
21
Scout Space
Scout is developing orbital products and services to enable a new era of space s…
Reston 11 - 50 $1.6M Grant 2025-09-17
22
SWISSto12
Cutting edge radio frequency products leveraging upon a proprietary 3D-printing …
Renens 251 - 500 $132.7M Grant 2026-01-21
23
Orbion Space Technology
Orbion Space Technology develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for …
Houghton 11 - 50 $56.8M Series Unknown 2025-12-19
24
Sofant Technologies
Sofant Technologies offers Smart Antenna and tunable RF solutions for next gener…
Edinburgh 11 - 50 $41.6M Series Unknown 2025-12-23
25
OneWeb
OneWeb is building a space-based communications network that delivers high-speed…
London 251 - 500 $4.7B Corporate Round 2021-08-12
26
Fleet Space Technologies
Fleet is a space tech company that explores for critical minerals
Adelaide 101 - 250 $170.1M Series D 2024-12-11
27
Kuva Space
Smarter data for a stronger planet
Espoo 11 - 50 $25.5M Series A 2023-11-02
28
Skylo
Skylo is a global non-terrestrial service provider that allows smartphone and Io…
Mountain View 51 - 100 $183.0M Series Unknown 2025-02-27
29
Loft Orbital
Loft Orbital leases space on satellites for any organization to collect informat…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $326.2M Debt Financing 2025-09-01
30
Myriota
Myriota manufactures satellite connectivity products to offer secure data transm…
Adelaide 51 - 100 $64.8M Series Unknown 2024-12-19
31
OQ TECHNOLOGY
OQ Technology provides ubiquitous global network coverage for the next unconnect…
Wasserbillig 11 - 50 $86.3M Debt Financing 2026-02-26
32
NUVIEW
NUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation.
Orlando 11 - 50 $22.8M Grant 2025-08-28
33
Eutelsat
Eutelsat is a commercial satellite provider with coverage spanning the European …
Paris 1K - 5K $5.3B Post Ipo Debt 2026-03-06
34
Xona
Xona is launching a LEO satellite network bringing real-time, centimeter-level c…
Burlingame 101 - 250 $151.4M Series C 2026-03-26
35
Climavision
Climavision brings high-resolution weather radar and satellite network, with adv…
Louisville 51 - 100 $100.0M Series A 2021-06-02
36
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT se…
San Diego 1K - 5K $2.1B Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-01
37
Gigaclear
Gigaclear is a private company dedicated to building and operating Ultrafast bro…
Abingdon 501 - 1K $2.3B Debt Financing 2025-12-03
38
Aule Space
Aule Space is an on-orbit servicing company developing autonomous satellites cap…
Bengaluru 1 - 10 $2.0M Pre Seed 2026-01-14
39
SynMax
SynMax is a satellite data analytics company.
Houston 11 - 50 $19.0M Seed 2024-01-03
40
GalaxEye
GalaxEye enables businesses to make better Decisions & perform operations effici…
Chennai 51 - 100 $18.4M Series A 2026-03-12
41
Mino Space
Mino Space is a private commercial satellite company that integrates satellite d…
Haidian 51 - 100 $403.3M Series D 2025-12-26
42
Satelles
Satelles provides secure satellite-based time and location services to protect c…
Reston 51 - 100 $54.6M Series Unknown 2023-02-06
43
Synspective
Synspective is a space technology firm that provides SAR data and remote monitor…
Tokyo 101 - 250 $231.9M Series C 2024-06-20
44
ReOrbit
Leaders in sovereign communication satellites
Helsinki 51 - 100 $73.6M Series A 2025-09-08
45
Orbex Space
Orbex is a space company that offers orbital launch services specifically design…
Forres 101 - 250 $163.1M Series D 2025-01-29
46
Infinite Orbits
Infinite Orbits is a satellite servicing company that focuses on satellite maint…
Singapore 11 - 50 $61.4M Series B 2025-11-10
47
Mangata Networks
Mangata is a telecommunication company that specializes in satellite and wired c…
Phoenix 101 - 250 $135.1M Corporate Round 2023-06-08
48
Astro Digital
Astro Digital designs, builds and operates micro-satellite systems and infrastru…
Santa Clara 51 - 100 $16.6M Series A 2017-03-02
49
Reflex Aerospace
Reflex Aerospace designs and manufactures high-performance satellite platforms f…
Berlin 51 - 100 $68.5M Series A 2025-11-04
50
Sateliot
Sateliot is a satellite telecom operator offering global continuous IoT connecti…
Barcelona 51 - 100 $147.3M Series B 2025-03-26