{"city":"Traverse City","name":"ATLAS Space Operations","slug":"atlas-space-operations","facts":[{"date":"2026-03-10","type":"partnership","value":"American Samoa Telecommunications Authority to provide fiber-optic connectivity for ATLAS Space Operations' new ground station","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","type":"ownership_change","value":"York Space Systems to acquire ATLAS Space Operations, pending FCC approval","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","type":"partnership","value":"NorthBase and ATLAS Space Operations partnered to enhance satellite ground station services in Finnish Lapland","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","type":"deployment","value":"3.7","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-02","type":"deployment","value":"New satellite ground station construction began at Port Administration of American Samoa","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-02","type":"partnership","value":"Port Administration of American Samoa and ATLAS Space Operations finalized an agreement for a new satellite ground station","source":"ATLAS Space Operations"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"Michigan","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"ATLAS Space Operations runs a global satellite ground-station network and its Freedom platform, serving satellite operators and government agencies.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":57,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":6,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":6,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"York Space Systems and ATLAS Space Operations activated a new antenna at Mwulire, Rwanda.","outlet":"Satellite Evolution"},{"date":"2026-03-10","header":"ATLAS Space Operations is adding a 3.7-meter S/X-Band antenna to its global ground network in American Samoa.","outlet":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","header":"York Space Systems’ parent company agreed to acquire ATLAS Space Operations.","outlet":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","header":"The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority will provide fiber-optic connectivity for ATLAS Space Operations’ new ground station.","outlet":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2026-03-10","header":"ATLAS Space Operations and the Port Administration of American Samoa agreed to build a satellite ground station in Tafuna.","outlet":"ATLAS Space Operations"},{"date":"2025-07-29","header":"NorthBase joined ATLAS Space Operations’ Freedom network by adding its Muonio, Finland ground station.","outlet":"ATLAS Space Operations"}],"website":"https://atlasspace.com","category":"Space · Ground & data","categories":[{"name":"Ground stations","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Ground & data"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":48,"positioning":"ATLAS Space Operations is a US ground-segment company running the Freedom software platform on a federated antenna network, an asset-light counter-model to owned networks, expanding into American Samoa (construction began March 2026 for NOAA and military clients). Its software-first thesis argues ground systems are misbuilt by non-specialists, positioning it in the GSaaS cohort (with KSAT, SSC, and RBC). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m.","sub_category":"Ground stations","signals_total":24,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/atlas-space-operations","title":"ATLAS Space Operations · space, Traverse City, Michigan, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"ATLAS Space Operations runs a global satellite ground-station network and its Freedom platform, serving satellite operators and government agencies. Space watchlist (score 57) 24 signals and 48 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."}