SpinLaunch builds space-access and satellite communications technologies and in 2025 introduced Meridian Space, a platform aimed at lowering the cost and complexity of deploying satellite infrastructure. The company says Meridian Space is a highly differentiated low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband constellation designed for ultra-low capex. SpinLaunch has completed full-scale testing of a proprietary multi-band reflectarray antenna that enables the constellation’s ultra-low capex design. Founded in 2014 and led by CEO Massimiliano Ladovaz, the company is pursuing commercialization of Meridian Space. It raised $30M in new funding to accelerate development and commercialization of the platform. SpinLaunch positions its technology as a new approach to launch and satellite connectivity. SpinLaunch is developing a kinetic launch system that spins payloads inside a vacuum chamber to very high Gs and flings them toward orbit as a lower-cost, high-cadence alternative to rockets. The company claims its system can place up to 200 kg into orbit for about $250,000 and eventually support 5–10 launches per day. SpinLaunch has conducted ten suborbital tests with a smaller accelerator at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, where it holds a long-term lease. It has also pursued satellite-constellation ambitions via a subsidiary, SN Space Systems, filing with the FCC for a 1,190-satellite constellation and meeting with FCC personnel. Leadership has shifted recently: two new board members were added last October, Dómhnal Slattery was named chairman, and David Wrenn was appointed CEO in March, replacing founder Jonathan Yaney. CEO David Wrenn said the company has met its investment and revenue objectives this year and that new financing will help accelerate commercialization of its space technologies. SpinLaunch builds a ground-based, electric-powered mass accelerator launch system designed to place small satellites into low Earth orbit with low cost and high cadence. The technology reportedly eliminates up to 70% of the fuel and structures typical of conventional rockets, substantially reducing the carbon footprint of deploying LEO constellations. SpinLaunch has also developed a line of small satellite buses to complement its launch approach and address upcoming constellation needs. The company has conducted a series of flight tests on its Suborbital Accelerator at Spaceport America. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, SpinLaunch aims to scale commercial and national-security access to space through partnerships and commercialization initiatives. The company is supported by investors and partners including Kleiner Perkins, GV, Airbus Ventures, and ATW Partners. SpinLaunch develops a kinetic launch system that uses a rotating arm inside a vacuum chamber to accelerate an aerodynamic launch vehicle to roughly 5,000 MPH and fling it toward space. The company has conducted nine successful flight tests with a 33-meter “suborbital mass accelerator,” sending payloads north of 1,000 MPH to nearly 30,000 feet. It has an agreement with NASA for further testing and has conducted tests at Spaceport America in New Mexico while finalizing selection of its first orbital launch site. SpinLaunch plans a full-size orbital launch system three times the size of the suborbital accelerator and aims to place satellites into orbit by 2026. The company is also developing a mass-manufactured line of G‑hardened satellite products designed to survive the high G‑forces of its launch method. Financially, the company announced a $71M round (equity and debt) that brings total funding to $150M. SpinLaunch is developing a kinetic launch system that uses a rotational acceleration method to propel payloads to escape velocity without rockets. The company has not yet demonstrated the technology publicly and remains secretive about technical details. Funds will be used to build a new headquarters and R&D facility in Long Beach and to complete a flight test mass accelerator at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Leadership says the first flight tests at Spaceport America are planned for later this year, and the company targets its first commercial launch in 2022. SpinLaunch aims to offer orbital access for under $500,000 per launch if tests succeed. To date the company has raised prior rounds of $35M (reported in 2018) and $10M, and the latest financing brings total funding to $80M.

Total raised

$178M

Funding rounds

7

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Equity

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Aug 2025