The Orbital Edge Accelerator unites an unprecedented team of global investors, technology providers, and business mentors to support a spectrum of innovative companies that have an interest in accessing the space environment to advance their technological development.
Orbital Edge Accelerator Sponsors provide essential resources fundamental to the success of the program, including strategic business insights, advanced technological guidance, and funding and/or facilities for accelerator program operations. Collectively, these resources enable participating companies to progress toward sustained growth and long-term success.
Boeing
A leading global aerospace company and top U.S. exporter, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. Our U.S. and global workforce and supplier base drive innovation, economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing is committed to fostering a culture based on our core values of safety, quality and integrity.
Loft Orbital
Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable way to deploy missions in orbit. Loft integrates, launches, and operates spacecraft on behalf of its customers, allowing them to focus on mission outcomes rather than building or operating their own satellites.
By leveraging Loft’s existing space infrastructure, modular technologies, and inventory of satellites on a shelf, customers can deploy new capabilities in months instead of years. Loft has flown more than 25 missions across a wide range of payloads and applications, demonstrating consistent, repeatable performance on-orbit. Loft is a global company with facilities in San Francisco, Golden, Colorado, and Toulouse, France. In 2024, Loft and Marlan Space established Orbitworks, the Middle East’s first private space-infrastructure company, extending Loft’s ability to support customers worldwide.
To learn about Loft Orbital’s payload hosting capabilities, please contact Justin Tilman, director, civil space business development.
Exotrail
Exotrail is a global space mobility operator delivering satellite vehicles, propulsion systems, mission optimization software, and in-space transportation services that enable satellites to maneuver efficiently, extend mission life, and optimize constellation deployment.
Our core capabilities include high-performance electric propulsion systems through spaceware®, and in-space mobility services on our OTV through spacevan®.
On spacevan, we offer two main services: spacedrop and spacehost.
To learn more about Exotrail’s payload hosting capabilities, please contact Evan Lerner, commercial business development lead.
To speak with an Orbital Edge Accelerator representative about available sponsorship opportunities and specific benefits, email sposorships@ISSNationalLab.org.
