{"title":"Vast vs Voyager Technologies: Stations & habitats (orbital) compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/vast-vs-voyager-technologies","comparison":"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.","companies":[{"name":"Vast","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/vast","city":"Long Beach","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2021,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":51,"score":74,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":4,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"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.","segment":"Stations & habitats (orbital)","layer":"Infrastructure"},"signals_total":76,"facts_total":85},{"name":"Voyager Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/voyager-technologies","city":"Denver","country":"United States","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":69,"score":68,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Voyager is developing and expanding solid-rocket-motor production, including throttleable propulsion systems and onshoring critical chemicals for manufacturing.","segment":"Stations & habitats (orbital)","layer":"Infrastructure"},"signals_total":57,"facts_total":33}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}