{"city":"Louisville","name":"Sierra Space","slug":"sierra-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"customer","value":"National-security and commercial customers","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"partnership","value":"National-security and commercial customers signed for Dream Chaser’s first orbital mission","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"deployment","value":"Inaugural Dream Chaser flight carrying national security, civil and commercial payloads","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"customer","value":"National-security and commercial payload customers","source":"SpaceNews; signal f4db5189"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"partnership","value":"National-security and commercial payload customers signed for Dream Chaser’s first orbital mission","source":"SpaceNews; signal f4db5189"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"deployment","value":"Inaugural Dream Chaser flight transformed to carry payloads for multiple customers","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Vast","rank":51,"slug":"vast","score":"73.5"},{"name":"Axiom Space","rank":64,"slug":"axiom-space","score":"70"},{"name":"Orbit Fab","rank":65,"slug":"orbit-fab","score":"70"},{"name":"Voyager Technologies","rank":69,"slug":"voyager-technologies","score":"68"}],"stage":"Established","state":"Colorado","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Sierra Space develops and manufactures spacecraft platforms including the reusable Dream Chaser orbital vehicle and satellites for SDA missile-warning and missile-defense programs.","list":"Space 100","rank":45,"tier":"member","layer":"Infrastructure","total":75,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":6,"production":8,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Stations & habitats (orbital)"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-12","header":"Sierra Space’s Ghost cargo vehicle completed a 90-minute delivery from 68,500 feet.","outlet":"Interesting Engineering"},{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Sierra Space signed national security and commercial customers for Dream Chaser’s first orbital mission.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-07-13","header":"L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space won $1.75 billion to build 36 missile-tracking satellites.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-02","header":"Astrion named former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice as its CEO.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-03-05","header":"Sierra Space closed a $550 million Series C at an $8 billion valuation.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-03-05","header":"Sierra Space appointed Dan Jablonsky as its new CEO.","outlet":"Payload"}],"website":"https://sierraspace.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Platforms","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:19:36.455605+00:00","facts_total":34,"positioning":"Sierra Space is a US space company whose operating engine is now defense manufacturing: an SDA Tranche 2 award ($740M/18 missile-warning satellites, first structures completed early), a new $798M AMDT3 award (July 2026, 18 more Tranche 3 tracking satellites for Golden Dome), and a classified $450M intelligence contract. A new CEO (ex-Maxar Dan Jablonsky, February 2026) is converting it into a high-rate manufacturer, while its Dream Chaser was downgraded (NASA CRS-2 modified, first flight now a free-flyer demo with ISS docking cancelled). It raised a $550M Series C in March 2026 (>$1.4B cumulative, a $5.3B 2023 valuation).","sub_category":"Platforms","signals_total":19,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/sierra-space","title":"Sierra Space · space, Louisville, Colorado, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Sierra Space develops and manufactures spacecraft platforms including the reusable Dream Chaser orbital vehicle and satellites for SDA missile-warning and missile-defense programs. Space 100 rank 45 (score 75) 19 signals and 34 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."}