{"title":"Astrobotic vs Astrolab: Landers, rovers & surface transport compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/astrobotic-vs-astrolab","comparison":"Astrolab ranks 71 on the Space 100 with a score of 68; Astrobotic ranks 73 with 68. Astrobotic is ahead on commercials. Astrolab is ahead on progress. Level on deployment, production, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Astrobotic is based in Pittsburgh, United States, Astrolab in Hawthorne, United States. Astrobotic: Private, founded 2007. Astrobotic is named in 67 signals and Astrolab in 45.","companies":[{"name":"Astrobotic","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/astrobotic","city":"Pittsburgh","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2007,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Astrobotic is a US lunar-logistics company (now a Voyager subsidiary after a July 2026 acquisition of up to $300M) with >$600M in cumulative NASA and DoD contracts, whose Peregrine-1 became America's first commercial lunar lander in space in January 2024 (a propellant anomaly prevented landing). It continues the Griffin lander plus lunar power infrastructure (LunaGrid) and rovers, and won two new CLPS task orders in June 2026 (Peregrine-2 and Peregrine-3 to the Gruithuisen Domes by end-2028), NASA's confidence restatement after the Peregrine-1 failure. Its IP is being consolidated into Voyager's Moon Base strategic initiative.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":73,"score":68,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":7,"deployment":8,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Astrobotic builds and operates lunar landers, including Peregrine and Griffin-1, to deliver NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon.","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","layer":"Planetary economy"},"signals_total":67,"facts_total":194},{"name":"Astrolab","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/astrolab","city":"Hawthorne","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Astrolab is a US lunar-rover company (Hawthorne, founded 2020) whose FLEX rover architecture and FLIP precursor went from startup to Artemis-critical when NASA selected its CLV-1 as one of two crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicles (May 2026, ~$220M; team with Axiom Space and Interlune, delivered by Blue Moon Mk1, deployment target 2028). Its FLIP precursor passed thermal-vac and integrated testing but its launch was delayed. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m class (the CLV award recognized over performance).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":71,"score":68,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Astrolab develops lunar rovers, including FLEX and FLIP, for cargo, payload delivery and crew support on the Moon, including for NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle missions.","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","layer":"Planetary economy"},"signals_total":45,"facts_total":47}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}