Axiom Space ranks 64 on the Space 100 with a score of 70; Orbit Fab ranks 65 with 70. Axiom Space is ahead on firepower. Orbit Fab is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Axiom Space is based in Houston, United States, Orbit Fab in Lafayette, United States. Axiom Space: Established. Axiom Space is named in 49 signals and Orbit Fab in 111.
Axiom Space is developing and operating infrastructure for the post-ISS ecosystem, including commercial space-station modules and a planned free-flying commercial station.
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Axiom Space is the flown-revenue leader of the commercial space-station race, having executed four private astronaut missions to the ISS and developing the AxEMU spacesuit under NASA task orders, with a two-module Axiom Station targeted for 2028 via ISS-attach assembly. NASA's March 2026 "Ignition" reshape of Commercial LEO Destinations repriced the model, with Phase 2 awards to at least two providers expected in 2026, possibly as modules on a government-anchored hub, a frame its ISS-attach approach may fit best. Financials, the CLD Phase 2 outcome, and the station schedule are open.
49 signals name Axiom Space.
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Orbit Fab sells NEST orbital fuel depots to spacecraft operators, enabling in-orbit propellant storage and repeated refueling.
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Orbit Fab is a private U.S. space-logistics company developing RAFTI refueling interfaces, GRIP docking hardware, depots, and fuel-shuttle architectures for satellite servicing. Its ecosystem reach includes U.S. Space Force, DIU, AFRL, NASA, ESA, the UK Space Agency, Astroscale U.S., Impulse Space, Northrop Grumman, Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and ClearSpace; however, its first commercial or government on-orbit propellant transfer has not yet been demonstrated. In 2025-26 it added ESA/UK-funded ASTRAL work, NASA Gateway fluid-transfer work, Airbus and Thales partnerships, an on-orbit Podracer demonstration, and more than $25 million of Stride-led interim financing, while its original 2025 hydrazine-service target slipped to missions now scheduled for 2027.
111 signals name Orbit Fab.
316 facts on file.
Axiom Space ranks 64 on the Space 100 with a score of 70; Orbit Fab ranks 65 with 70. Axiom Space is ahead on firepower. Orbit Fab is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Axiom Space is based in Houston, United States, Orbit Fab in Lafayette, United States. Axiom Space: Established. Axiom Space is named in 49 signals and Orbit Fab in 111.
Axiom Space ranks 64 on the Space 100 with a score of 70; Orbit Fab ranks 65 with 70. Axiom Space is ahead on firepower. Orbit Fab is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Axiom Space is based in Houston, United States, Orbit Fab in Lafayette, United States. Axiom Space: Established. Axiom Space is named in 49 signals and Orbit Fab in 111. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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