Space Phoenix Systems

Space Phoenix Systems operates reusable spacecraft for orbital payload delivery and retrieval, developing fully reusable spacecraft like Hermes for rapid, cost-effective payload delivery and return from orbit. The company focuses on return technology to enable in-space manufacturing and research, providing low-cost, high-cadence, on-demand orbital logistics for the emerging multi-trillion-dollar orbital economy. Space Phoenix Systems offers three core solutions: TR LEAP (a launch and payload integration solution), Returnable Payload On-Demand (enabling customers to send experiments to orbit and retrieve them), and Project 100 (a high-volume payload delivery program). The company targets industries that benefit from microgravity manufacturing, including semiconductors (purer crystals for more efficient semiconductors through United Semiconductors Space Furnaces), biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (perfectly even protein layers for creating artificial retinas through LambdaVision), and photovoltaics (100x more transparent glass for higher-capacity fiber-optics through Flawless Photonics). The company also enables on-orbit data centers for high-performance edge computing through OrbitsEdge. Space Phoenix Systems positions in-space manufacturing as the cornerstone of the next industrial revolution, unlocking breakthroughs impossible to achieve on Earth due to gravity and atmospheric constraints. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Space Phoenix Systems has raised $7.5M in seed funding.