{"city":"Fino Mornasco","name":"D-Orbit","slug":"d-orbit","facts":[{"date":"2027-01-01","type":"partnership","value":"Partnership with Leaf Space to launch four satellites with TreeNet nodes in the first half of 2027","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-12-01","type":"funding_round","value":"Odin Space raised $3 million in a funding round to expand staff and miniaturize its debris sensor","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"partnership","value":"Selected GomSpace Power Systems for upcoming space logistics missions","source":"GomSpace"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"partnership","value":"Helogen partnered with LambdaVision to fly an in-orbit demo of HEL-IOS on a D-Orbit spacecraft to prove out the creation of proteins for artificial retinas on orbit","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-08-16","type":"contract","value":"Received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit and Space Development Agency for a deorbit-as-a-service project with Firefly Aerospace and Katalyst Space","source":"D-Orbit — 2026-08"}],"peers":[{"name":"Astroscale","rank":7,"slug":"astroscale","score":"86"},{"name":"Impulse Space","rank":35,"slug":"impulse-space","score":"77.5"},{"name":"Starfish Space","rank":58,"slug":"starfish-space","score":"71.5"},{"name":"Quantum Space","rank":89,"slug":"quantum-space","score":"65"}],"stage":null,"state":"Lombardy","aliases":[],"country":"Italy","domains":[{"why":"D-Orbit operates the ION Satellite Carrier, providing in-space transportation, satellite deployment, hosted payloads and orbital logistics services.","list":"Space 100","rank":50,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":74,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":6,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Servicing & tugs"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-16","header":"Seraphim Space Investment Trust doubled its value in 2026.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-10-16","header":"Seraphim Space Investment Trust doubled in value during 2026.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"NaviGate completed an in-orbit demonstration of autonomous precise orbit determination aboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier.","outlet":"SpaceNews"}],"website":"https://dorbit.space","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Servicing & tugs","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":21,"positioning":"D-Orbit is an Italian in-space-logistics company whose ION Satellite Carrier is the most-flown commercial orbital transfer vehicle line (multi-mission heritage since 2020, for last-mile deployment and hosted payloads), used by Starfish's Otter Pup as a rendezvous partner twice. It is the EU last-mile logistics incumbent, though its 2026 evidence is partner-side (Starfish, Leaf Space) rather than company releases, with Marubeni among backers. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (a dedicated financial pass owed).","sub_category":"Servicing & tugs","signals_total":3,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/d-orbit","title":"D-Orbit · space, Fino Mornasco, Lombardy, Italy · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"D-Orbit operates the ION Satellite Carrier, providing in-space transportation, satellite deployment, hosted payloads and orbital logistics services. Space 100 rank 50 (score 74) 3 signals and 21 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."}