The best ground segment & tracking space startups

6 ground segment & tracking companies in the directory, ranked by disclosed funding ($184.6M raised between them), spanning 2 countries.

The half of the space industry that never leaves Earth: antenna networks, ground stations as a service, radar tracking and the software that schedules contacts with spacecraft overhead.

6Tracked
4Active
1Acquired
1Dormant

Updated 27 September 2026 · 3 milestones in the last 90 days · Follow by RSS

State of the sector

As of 27 September 2026

LEO Labs tracks satellites and debris with its own radars. Atlas Space replaced traditional ground stations with a cloud software platform, and York Space Systems' parent agreed to buy it in 2025. AstroComm sells satellite communications hardware and consulting.

In August 2026 LEO Labs won a Space Force agreement for Scout, a container-sized mobile version of its radar.

Latest milestones

Every dated event from the companies below, newest first, each with its source.

LEO Labs: Wins a $20.68M Space Force prototype agreement for a Scout radar, its container-sized mobile system, modified for national security useContract 27 August 2026 · source
Digantara: Unveils MOSAIC, a network of ground-based optical sensors for tracking objects in orbitProduct 18 August 2026 · source
Dhruva Space: The Antariksh Venture Capital Fund, anchored by IN-SPACe, makes its first investment: ₹60 crore in DhruvaFunding 13 July 2026 · source
Dhruva Space: Receives a ₹105 crore grant from India's RDI fund to develop Project Garud, a 500 kg satellite platformFunding 13 May 2026 · source
Dhruva Space: Signs the national Earth observation constellation agreement with IN-SPACe as one of four consortium members, led by PixxelContract 21 January 2026 · source
Dhruva Space: Loses five deployers and the satellites inside them, including its own Thybolt-3, when PSLV-C62 fails in flightAnomaly 12 January 2026 · source
Digantara: Raises a $50M Series B to extend its sensors to missile detection and trackingFunding 16 December 2025 · source
Dhruva Space: LEAP-1, its first commercial mission, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 with payloads for Australia's Akula TechAchievement 27 August 2025 · source
Atlas Space: York Space Systems’ parent agrees to acquire ATLAS, which keeps its brand and Traverse City baseCompany July 2025 · source
Digantara: SCOT is commissioned and returns its first image, of the Earth's edge over Buenos AiresAchievement 8 March 2025 · source
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Digantara: Opens an office in Colorado Springs to sell to the US defence marketCompany February 2025 · source
Digantara: SCOT, its first space surveillance satellite, launches on SpaceX's Transporter-12Achievement 14 January 2025 · source
Dhruva Space: IN-SPACe authorises it to sell ground station servicesRegulatory 15 July 2024 · source
Dhruva Space: Closes a ₹123 crore (about $15M) Series A, with Indian Angel Network Alpha Fund and Blue Ashva Capital among the investorsFunding 22 April 2024 · source
Dhruva Space: LEAP-TD, a version of its P-30 platform on ISRO's POEM-3, completes its experiments in orbitAchievement January 2024 · source
Digantara: Raises a $10M Series A1 led by Peak XV PartnersFunding 20 June 2023 · source
Digantara: Pushan-alpha, a space weather test satellite, launches on SpaceX's Transporter-6Achievement 3 January 2023 · source
Dhruva Space: Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2, its first satellites, reach orbit on PSLV-C54Achievement 26 November 2022 · source
Dhruva Space: Its DSOD-1U satellite deployer is space-qualified on PSLV-C53Achievement 30 June 2022 · source
Digantara: ROBI launches on PSLV-C53's orbital platform and sends back dataAchievement 30 June 2022 · source
Dhruva Space: Receives one of IN-SPACe's first two authorisations for a private payload, for its satellite deployer on PSLV-C53Regulatory 24 June 2022 · source
Digantara: Receives one of IN-SPACe's first two authorisations for a private payload, for its ROBI radiation sensor on PSLV-C53Regulatory 24 June 2022 · source
Digantara: Raises a $2.5M seed round from Kalaari CapitalFunding 2021 · source
LEO Labs: Kiwi Space Radar opens in New Zealand, the first commercial radar tracking debris under 10 cmAchievement October 2019 · source
Southern Stars: SkyCube is declared a total loss after its solar panels fail to deployAnomaly July 2014 · source
Southern Stars: The crowdfunded SkyCube cubesat launches and deploys from the ISSProduct January 2014 · source
Southern Stars: Sells the SkySafari app line and SkyFi hardware to Simulation CurriculumCompany December 2013 · source

New in ground segment & tracking

Digantara

Tracking satellites and debris from orbit

Defense & Space Domain Awareness · India · est. 2018 · Series BDhruva Space

Satellite buses, deployers and ground stations

Satellites · India · est. 2012 · Series A

All 6 ground segment & tracking companies

Ranked by disclosed funding.

LEO Labs

Satellite observation from Earth

Ground Segment & Tracking · United States · est. 2015 · Series C+Digantara

Tracking satellites and debris from orbit

Defense & Space Domain Awareness · India · est. 2018 · Series BSouthern Stars Dormant

Cubesat services and tracking software

Ground Segment & Tracking · United States · est. 2010 · SeedAstroComm

Spacecraft and ground-based hardware

Ground Segment & Tracking · United States · est. 2014Atlas Space Acquired

Satellite communications as a service

Ground Segment & Tracking · United States · est. 2015 · Series BDhruva Space

Satellite buses, deployers and ground stations

Satellites · India · est. 2012 · Series A

How many ground segment & tracking space startups are there in 2026?

Space Bandits tracks 6 ground segment & tracking companies, 4 of them active, with $184.6M in disclosed funding between them.

What is the latest news from ground segment & tracking startups?

The most recent milestone on record is from LEO Labs, dated 27 August 2026: "Wins a $20.68M Space Force prototype agreement for a Scout radar, its container-sized mobile system, modified for national security use."

How many ground segment & tracking startups have shut down?

None has shut down, but 1 is dormant, with no public activity for years.

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