{"city":"Houston","name":"Intuitive Machines","slug":"intuitive-machines","facts":[{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"NASA CLPS award IM-5, projected to launch in 2030","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"NASA selected Intuitive Machines for a mission to the lunar south polar region","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"NASA-selected mission to the lunar south polar region","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"CLPS award IM-5, projected to launch in 2030","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"NASA selected Intuitive Machines for a lunar south polar mission","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2030-01-01","type":"contract","value":"New CLPS award IM-5, not projected to launch until 2030","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Firefly Aerospace","rank":13,"slug":"firefly-aerospace","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Lunar Outpost","rank":53,"slug":"lunar-outpost","score":"72.5"},{"name":"Astrolab","rank":71,"slug":"astrolab","score":"68"},{"name":"Astrobotic","rank":73,"slug":"astrobotic","score":"67.5"}],"stage":"Public","state":"Texas","aliases":["Intuitive Machines","IM-2","IM-3"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Intuitive Machines builds and operates lunar landers that deliver NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon's surface.","list":"Space 100","rank":15,"tier":"member","layer":"Planetary economy","total":82,"domain":"Space","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":9,"commercial":10,"deployment":9,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport"}],"founded":2013,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-17","header":"SiriusXM placed its SXM-11 satellite into service.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-08-14","header":"Intuitive Machines wins a $600 million contract for three geostationary communications satellites.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-07-30","header":"Space Forge partnered with Intuitive Machines to develop an orbital semiconductor reactor and return vehicle.","outlet":"EE Times"},{"date":"2026-07-23","header":"Lunar Outpost is developing lunar rovers to carry sensor packages into difficult-to-explore terrain.","outlet":"TechCrunch"},{"date":"2026-07-14","header":"Lunar Outpost’s Lunar Voyage 3 will carry commercial and scientific payloads to the lunar surface.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-01","header":"Lunar Forge is targeting partnerships with NASA Fission Surface Power prime contractors.","outlet":"Payload"}],"website":"https://www.intuitivemachines.com","category":"Space · Planetary economy","categories":[{"name":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Planetary economy"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-30T13:55:53.131+00:00","facts_total":195,"positioning":"Intuitive Machines is a US lunar-services company (Nasdaq) whose IM-1 was the first commercial lunar landing (February 2024), with IM-3 through IM-6 in the pipeline, posting record Q2-26 revenue of $206.2M (>4x YoY) and FY26 guidance of $900M-1B (adjusted-EBITDA positive but still GAAP loss-making). Its backlog jumped to $1.8B (8.5x in six months) largely through four acquisitions, and it received an ATP on a $600M+ multi-satellite communications program, though much of its headline growth is acquired (the Lanteris deal) rather than organic. It is acquiring Maxar (pending), which would transform it from lunar services into a bus manufacturer and orbital-data-center player.","sub_category":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","signals_total":38,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/intuitive-machines","title":"Intuitive Machines · space, Houston, Texas, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Intuitive Machines builds and operates lunar landers that deliver NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon's surface. Space 100 rank 15 (score 82) 38 signals and 195 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."}