{"city":"Turin","name":"Argotec","slug":"argotec","facts":[{"date":"2026-05-04","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-05-04","type":"ownership_change","value":"Subsidiary","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-05-04","type":"deployment","value":"Hawk Earth Observation satellites built by Argotec for the IRIDE constellation deployed","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-03","type":"product_launch","value":"Hawk Plus platform","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-03","type":"deployment","value":"First U.S. satellite production facility opened near Kennedy Space Center","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Airbus Defence & Space","rank":8,"slug":"airbus-defence-space","score":"85"},{"name":"Thales Alenia Space","rank":12,"slug":"thales-alenia-space","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Muon Space","rank":20,"slug":"muon-space","score":"81"},{"name":"K2 Space","rank":22,"slug":"k2-space","score":"80.5"},{"name":"Millennium Space Systems","rank":23,"slug":"millennium-space-systems","score":"80"},{"name":"The Exploration Company","rank":26,"slug":"the-exploration-company","score":"79.5"}],"stage":"Subsidiary","state":"Piedmont","aliases":[],"country":"Italy","domains":[{"why":"Argotec sells the Hawk Plus satellite platform and spacecraft manufacturing services to satellite operators and constellation customers.","list":"Space 100","rank":97,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":64,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":7,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Platforms"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-29","header":"Argotec raised €50 million to scale small-satellite manufacturing.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-10-01","header":"Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A. and Argotec launched their first jointly developed military air-defense surveillance satellite.","outlet":"Satellite Evolution"},{"date":"2026-07-16","header":"Argotec is building Henon for autonomous deep-space navigation and solar-storm monitoring.","outlet":"European Spaceflight"},{"date":"2026-05-04","header":"Argotec added seven HEO satellites to Italy’s IRIDE Earth-observation constellation.","outlet":"Raumfahrer.net"},{"date":"2026-04-03","header":"Argotec opened its first U.S. satellite production facility in Florida.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-01-30","header":"European Commission awarded three contracts to study a mobile responsive launch system.","outlet":"European Spaceflight"}],"website":"https://argotecgroup.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Platforms","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-30T10:01:08.39+00:00","facts_total":9,"positioning":"Argotec is an Italian smallsat maker (Turin, with a US subsidiary) with deep-space cubesat heritage no peer matches at its size (ArgoMoon flew on Artemis-1, LICIACube imaged the DART impact) and an IRIDE constellation role, from a SpacePark factory billed as Europe's most advanced. It is the Italian smallsat prime candidate beneath SITAEL, expanding its US subsidiary, with low 2026 news flow scored accordingly. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m.","sub_category":"Platforms","signals_total":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/argotec","title":"Argotec · space, Turin, Piedmont, Italy · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Argotec sells the Hawk Plus satellite platform and spacecraft manufacturing services to satellite operators and constellation customers. Space 100 rank 97 (score 64) 6 signals and 9 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}