Vast vs Voyager Technologies: Stations & habitats (orbital) compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Vast ranks 51 on the Space 100 with a score of 74; Voyager Technologies ranks 69 with 68. Vast is ahead on deployment, technology and firepower. Voyager Technologies is ahead on commercials, progress and leverage. Level on production and positioning. Vast is based in Long Beach, United States, Voyager Technologies in Denver, United States. Vast: Private, founded 2021. Voyager Technologies: Public. Vast is named in 76 signals and Voyager Technologies in 57.

Vast →

Long Beach, California, United States · Space · Infrastructure / Stations & habitats (orbital) · Private · founded 2021 · www.vastspace.com

Vast is developing and operating commercial orbital space stations, including Haven-1 and the planned Haven-2, with facilities for astronaut missions, biotech experiments, and plant-growth research.

Space 100 · rank 51 · score 74

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials5
Progress9
Technology8
Positioning6
Firepower10
Leverage4

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

Positioning

Vast is a US commercial-space-station company (founder Jed McCaleb self-funding at multi-hundred-million scale) whose Haven Demo pathfinder succeeded in orbit (November 2025, power-positive) and whose Haven-1 flight structure is complete, with ~800 staff and near-everything in-house. It is the speed play of the station race (concept to orbital pathfinder in about 30 months), still positioned to be the first standalone commercial station, though its launch slipped to no earlier than Q1-2027. Haven-1 will host four crew over a three-year life, with the NASA CLD Phase 2 2026 decision as its existential catalyst. It is pre-revenue.

Latest signals

  • VAST open-sourced EdenLive, a real-time model for rendering detailed game footage.Pandaily
  • Family offices are seeking late-stage exposure to deals involving Zipline, Vast, and Atoms.All-In Podcast
  • Vast establishes Lunar Programs division to support NASA lunar initiativesVia Satellite

76 signals name Vast.

Facts, with sources

  • Haven-1 station launch planned for early 2027SpaceNews
  • Haven-1 station launchSpaceNews
  • Haven-1 station set to launch in early 2027SpaceNews

85 facts on file.

Voyager Technologies →

Denver, Colorado, United States · Space · Infrastructure / Stations & habitats (orbital) · Public · voyager.space

Voyager is developing and expanding solid-rocket-motor production, including throttleable propulsion systems and onshoring critical chemicals for manufacturing.

Space 100 · rank 69 · score 68

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment6
Production6
Commercials8
Progress10
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower8
Leverage6

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

Positioning

Voyager Technologies is a US space company (NYSE:VOYG, IPO June 2025) building the Starlab commercial station (a critical design review complete, targeting no earlier than 2028 on Starship, a JV with Airbus) atop a defense and national-security business that is its revenue engine, with FY25 net sales of $166.4M (+15%) and FY26 guidance raised to $225-255M on a record $265.6M backlog. It acquired Astrobotic (closed July 2026, up to $300M), adding lunar landers and rovers to its Moon Base strategic initiative. The NASA CLD Phase 2 2026 decision shapes Starlab's future.

Latest signals

  • Voyager Technologies is expanding solid-rocket-motor production at its American Defense Complex in Colorado.Breaking Defense
  • Voyager Technologies has been awarded multiple contracts supporting Golden Dome.Breaking Defense
  • Voyager Technologies is onshoring critical chemicals for solid-rocket-motor manufacturing.Breaking Defense

57 signals name Voyager Technologies.

Facts, with sources

  • Supporting a newly awarded DARPA solid-rocket-motor programBreaking Defense
  • Multiple contracts supporting Golden DomeBreaking Defense
  • Acquired ExoTerra ResourceSpaceNews

33 facts on file.

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Vast or Voyager Technologies: which is ahead in space?

Vast ranks 51 on the Space 100 with a score of 74; Voyager Technologies ranks 69 with 68. Vast is ahead on deployment, technology and firepower. Voyager Technologies is ahead on commercials, progress and leverage. Level on production and positioning. Vast is based in Long Beach, United States, Voyager Technologies in Denver, United States. Vast: Private, founded 2021. Voyager Technologies: Public. Vast is named in 76 signals and Voyager Technologies in 57.

How do Vast and Voyager Technologies compare?

Vast ranks 51 on the Space 100 with a score of 74; Voyager Technologies ranks 69 with 68. Vast is ahead on deployment, technology and firepower. Voyager Technologies is ahead on commercials, progress and leverage. Level on production and positioning. Vast is based in Long Beach, United States, Voyager Technologies in Denver, United States. Vast: Private, founded 2021. Voyager Technologies: Public. Vast is named in 76 signals and Voyager Technologies in 57. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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