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SourceOrbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
TransAstra is a Los Angeles-area aerospace company building in-space logistics and asteroid-mining infrastructure. Public materials describe a four-step mission of detect, capture, move, and process, centered on dual-use systems for space domain awareness, debris remediation, propulsion, and in-space resource processing.
Primary product
An in-space logistics / asteroid-capture platform built around Sutter TKO sensing systems, Capture Bag debris/asteroid capture hardware, Omnivore solar-thermal propulsion, and SolarForge materials processing.
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, United States (CB Insights also lists Pacoima, California)
Team size
20-30 employees
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Space logistics / orbital logistics / space resources
Offices
13539 Desmond St, Los Angeles, California 91331
10276 Foothill Blvd, Lake View Terrace, California 91342
Pacoima, California, United States
Business model
government contracts
commercial hardware
commercial data services
project-based R&D / flight demos
Funding
Stage
grant / seed / contract-backed
Total raised
$10.5M
Latest round
NASA CCRPP contract + matching private investment · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$5M
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
EVP of Programs
Chief Business Officer and General Counsel
VP of Engineering
Chief Engineer
Work & culture
Public job and company copy emphasizes a hard-core engineering culture: zero paperwork, 100% substance, rapid prototyping, test-to-failure learning, and high ownership.
Compensation
Public salary signals suggest roughly $97.8k average annual pay with a typical range around $86k-$110k, while one engineering role advertised $110k-$175k plus meaningful equity. An internship listing cited $20-$35/hour.
Benefits
competitive benefits
equity
meaningful equity
high-ownership work
mentorship
Product & market
Pricing
Government contracts, commercial data sales, and project-based hardware / mission-development contracts.
Differentiators
- —Patented Capture Bag technology that can enclose non-cooperative objects without grappling fixtures
- —Sutter TKO modular observatories using off-the-shelf hardware plus proprietary detection software
- —Omnivore solar-thermal propulsion that can use water or other volatile liquids as propellant
- —SolarForge processing designed for vacuum / microgravity without consumable chemicals or mechanical drilling
- —Demonstrated capture-bag hardware on the International Space Station
- —Dual-use focus on both debris remediation and asteroid mining
Technology
Sutter TKO
Theia detection software
Capture Bag / FlyTrap / Mini Bee
Omnivore solar-thermal propulsion
SolarForge materials processing
Worker Bee OTV
Python
C
Linux
Kubernetes
SolidWorks
QuickBooks
Customers
NASA
U.S. Space Force
U.S. Air Force / Department of Defense
U.S. Air Force Academy
commercial satellite operators
Competitors
AstroForge
Interlune
Momentus
Impulse Space
True Anomaly
Fleet Space
Starpath
Outpost
Perigee Aerospace
CubeCab
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Signals & risks
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