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.
J.P.Morgan
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, serving consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions across more than 100 markets. With a history dating back over 200 years, the firm provides a broad range of services including investment banking, commercial banking, asset and wealth management, treasury and securities services, and consumer financial products. Headquartered in New York City, JPMorgan Chase is widely recognized for its scale, financial strength, and role in global capital markets, as well as its focus on innovation, risk management, and long‑term economic growth.
BAE Systems
BAE Systems provides some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions, helping our customers stay ahead of evolving threats across land, sea, air, cyber and space. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
Greenberg Traurig (GT) Law
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has approximately 3,100 lawyers across 51 locations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm’s broad geographic and practice range enables the delivery of innovative and strategic legal services across borders and industries. Recognized as a 2025 BTI “Best of the Best Recommended Law Firm” by general counsel for trust and relationship management, Greenberg Traurig is consistently ranked among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100, NLJ 500, and Law360 400. Greenberg Traurig is also known for its philanthropic giving, culture, innovation, and pro bono work.
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.
Rogue Space Systems Corporation
Rogue Space Systems Corporation is an in-space infrastructure and logistics company building the foundation for a more sustainable, flexible, and economically productive space economy. The company develops modular, serviceable space systems that support inspection, mobility, hosted payloads, rendezvous and proximity operations, logistics, servicing, and other mission needs across commercial, civil, and national security markets.
Rogue’s approach is centered on extensible, reusable architecture designed to help move the space industry beyond one-time, disposable missions and toward a more persistent and operationally resilient model. Its platform strategy includes spacecraft, mission kits, and space logistics enablers intended to support a wide range of applications, from orbital testbeds and payload hosting to future in-space servicing, warehousing, and circular-space-economy use cases.
With a strong emphasis on modularity, interoperability, and long-term utility, Rogue Space Systems is working to enable the next era of space operations, one defined by sustained presence, greater maneuverability, improved asset utilization, and the infrastructure needed for a thriving space economy.
To learn about Rogue’s payload hosting capabilities, please contact Christian Murphy, payload systems engineer.
To speak with an Orbital Edge Accelerator representative about available sponsorship opportunities and specific benefits, email sposorships@ISSNationalLab.org.
