SpaceDaily · May 2026
Analysis piece framing Basalt as a sovereignty-first constellation startup focused on customer-controlled orbital capacity rather than competing on raw scale with Starlink.
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Overview
Basalt Technologies Corp. is a San Francisco-based space startup building software-defined spacecraft and “Constellations as a Service” (CaaS): autonomous, customer-taskable satellite constellations backed by its Dispatch satellite OS and orbital AI stack.
Primary product
Dispatch, Basalt’s satellite operating system and autonomy layer for Constellations as a Service
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Space operations software / satellite operating systems
Offices
Downtown San Francisco hacker house (cleanroom / chemical lab / mission control)
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