Katalyst Space

• NEXUS

Supply chain relationships

• NASA

  Outbound - Equipment - Katalyst Space supplies robotic satellite capture and orbit-raising mission service for NASA Swift Observatory rescue mission

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• 2026-06-16 - Venture round - $12M - Katalyst Space raises $12M for NEXUS servicing spacecraft

  Katalyst Space raised $12 million to develop NEXUS and support a planned 2027 geostationary-orbit servicing mission. - source: katalystspace.com

• Fortitude Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-16
• Geodesic Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-16

• Ghonhee Lee - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Sets the company’s robotic-servicing strategy and leads civil, commercial and defence mission development.
• Vanessa Clark - Senior Executive - Brings flight-tested spacecraft-bus, rendezvous and orbital-transfer experience into Katalyst’s servicing platform.

Events

• 2026-09-21 - Contract Award - Katalyst Space selected for OECIF ASGARD robotic assembly programme

  NEXUS is planned to launch with modular tiles under development by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and assemble them using robotic arms. The assembled system is intended to collect solar energy, convert it to microwave energy and transmit power to Earth. Contract value was not disclosed, and the orbital assembly remains a future demonstration rather than a completed operation.

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• 2026-06-16 - Funding - Katalyst Space raises $12M for NEXUS servicing spacecraft

  Geodesic Capital led the financing, with significant participation from Fortitude Ventures and other investors. Capital is directed toward the NEXUS robotic spacecraft and multi-orbit servicing operations including repositioning, repair, refuelling, refitting and assembly.

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• 2025-09-24 - Contract Award - NASA awards Katalyst $30M Swift Observatory rescue contract

  The mission calls for an autonomous servicer to approach, capture and reposition the operational telescope into a more stable orbit. Katalyst described an eight-month path from contract award to planned launch, making schedule responsiveness a central programme objective. Swift lacks docking ports and grappling fixtures, so the servicer needs a custom capture mechanism that avoids damaging the telescope’s instruments.

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• 2025-04-24 - Acquisition - Katalyst Space acquires Atomos Space

  Katalyst said it would continue operating Atomos’ 20,000-square-foot Broomfield, Colorado facility. The transaction brought Atomos’ Quark spacecraft, robotics technology and 2024 low-Earth-orbit subsystem heritage into the combined programme. Atomos co-founder Vanessa Clark and other team members joined Katalyst following the acquisition.

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Relationships

• U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  Asgard Technical Partner - Katalyst Space is working with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory on ASGARD, pairing NEXUS with NRL-developed modular power-beaming tiles.

• Atomos Space

  Acquired Atomos Space - Katalyst acquired Atomos Space and plans to continue operating its Broomfield spacecraft facility.

• Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF)

  Contract Recipient - The Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund selected Katalyst Space for the ASGARD on-orbit robotic assembly and power-beaming programme.

• Katalyst Space selected for OECIF ASGARD robotic assembly programme

  2026-09-21 · Order / contract · OECIF selected Katalyst Space to develop and launch an autonomous robotic spacecraft that will assemble and operate a modular power-beaming structure in orbit.

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• NASA awards Katalyst $30M Swift Observatory rescue contract

  2025-09-24 · Order / contract · NASA awarded Katalyst Space a $30 million contract for a robotic mission intended to capture and reboost the unprepared Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.

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