ExoAnalytic Solutions vs HEO: Defense & intelligence compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

HEO ranks 85 on the Space 100 with a score of 66; ExoAnalytic Solutions ranks 93 with 64. ExoAnalytic Solutions is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. HEO is ahead on progress and technology. Level on positioning, firepower and leverage. ExoAnalytic Solutions is based in Foothill Ranch, United States, HEO in Australia. ExoAnalytic Solutions is named in 2 signals and HEO in 15.

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Foothill Ranch, California, United States · Space · Applications / Defense & intelligence · exoanalytic.com

ExoAnalytic provides space-domain awareness services, using its optical telescope network to detect, track, and characterize satellites, debris, and other objects for defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Space 100 · rank 93 · score 64

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials6
Progress4
Technology6
Positioning8
Firepower6
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

ExoAnalytic Solutions is a US employee-owned operator of the largest commercial optical telescope network for space tracking (hundreds of telescopes across global sites), specializing in GEO and high-altitude custody, orbit determination, and event characterization. It is named alongside LeoLabs and Slingshot as the third pillar of commercial space-situational-awareness, holding recurring government tracking-data contracts (the optical complement at the high-altitude end). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (private).

Latest signals

  • Anduril reached an agreement to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions.Anduril
  • Anduril Industries will acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions to expand its space-domain awareness business.Payload

2 signals name ExoAnalytic Solutions.

Facts, with sources

  • [object Object]Anduril / Via Satellite / TechCrunch
  • Anduril agreement to acquire ExoAnalyticAnduril / Via Satellite / TechCrunch

3 facts on file.

HEO →

Australia · Space · Applications / Defense & intelligence · heospace.com

HEO sells Non-Earth Imaging services to government and intelligence customers, providing imagery of spacecraft and other objects in orbit.

Space 100 · rank 85 · score 66

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment6
Production4
Commercials4
Progress8
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower6
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

HEO is an Australian company (Sydney) and the category creator of commercial non-Earth imaging (photographing satellites from other satellites), with seven first-generation camera missions and its Adler Mk2 GEO-hardened camera flying in 2026, plus >50 sensors accessible after a Planet SkySat integration (August 2026). It is the asset-light space-domain-awareness model (cameras in the right place, not big satellites), acquired Satellogic's NewSat-34 (Australia's first sovereign sub-meter imaging asset), and moved its NRO relationship to operational integration (a February 2026 CSO contract). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (the NRO contract is small-dollar, seven-figure class).

Latest signals

  • Satellogic secured a three-year non-Earth imaging agreement with HEO.Via Satellite
  • BlackSky extended its HEO agreement with a seven-figure annual non-Earth imaging contract.Satellite Evolution
  • BlackSky Technology renewed its HEO partnership and added Gen-3 imagery to the agreement.Payload

15 signals name HEO.

Facts, with sources

  • Impulse Space, Starfish Space, and HEO collaborated on imaging the Mira rendezvousSpace.com
  • [object Object]Payload
  • HEO and Planet Labs partnered to integrate SkySat imagery into HEO’s non-Earth imaging networkPayload

12 facts on file.

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ExoAnalytic Solutions or HEO: which is ahead in space?

HEO ranks 85 on the Space 100 with a score of 66; ExoAnalytic Solutions ranks 93 with 64. ExoAnalytic Solutions is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. HEO is ahead on progress and technology. Level on positioning, firepower and leverage. ExoAnalytic Solutions is based in Foothill Ranch, United States, HEO in Australia. ExoAnalytic Solutions is named in 2 signals and HEO in 15.

How do ExoAnalytic Solutions and HEO compare?

HEO ranks 85 on the Space 100 with a score of 66; ExoAnalytic Solutions ranks 93 with 64. ExoAnalytic Solutions is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. HEO is ahead on progress and technology. Level on positioning, firepower and leverage. ExoAnalytic Solutions is based in Foothill Ranch, United States, HEO in Australia. ExoAnalytic Solutions is named in 2 signals and HEO in 15. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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