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Mar 2026Public coverage of the New Moon asteroid-relocation concept highlighted major legal, safety, regulatory, and insurance hurdles for moving a 100-ton asteroid into cislunar space.
SourceOrbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids
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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
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