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Overview
Leading innovator in electric propulsion systems for in-space satellite mobility. Founded in 2018 from a university lab at Technical University of Dresden by Daniel Bock and co-founders. GO-2 Modular propulsion system built on FEEP (Field Emission Electric Propulsion) technology, designed for mass production at the Reloaded facility in Dresden.
USD 28M Series A in 2022, plus USD 15M strategic investment in Feb 2026 from Alpine Space Ventures and European Investment Fund. Additional operations in El Segundo, California.
Reality check
Strategic investment (company-claimed)
A $15M round on Feb 5 2026 from Alpine Space Ventures and the European Investment Fund, with continued support from Lavrock, Morpheus, Pallas and Vsquared Ventures.
GO-2 production (company-claimed)
The funds expand mass production of GO-2 electric propulsion at the Reloaded Facility in Dresden, plus next-generation mobility products.
US operations (company-claimed)
Additional operations in El Segundo, California, supporting satellite operations in congested and contested orbits.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Morpheus Space on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Morpheus Space's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Morpheus Space deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Daniel Bock CTO & Managing Director & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Kevin Lausten CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Daniel Bockcofounderfounded 2018-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Morpheus Space.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Morpheus Space2 deployments
Recent coverage
Morpheus Space in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Morpheus Space competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Greenjetsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Morpheus Space.
Robots and products (1)
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $28.0M
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2022-09-16
Investors: Vsquared Ventures (follow), Lavrock (follow), Alpine Space Ventures (lead), Techstars Ventures (follow), Pallas (follow), Airbus Ventures (follow), Morpheus Ventures (follow), In-Q-Tel (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Morpheus Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-01-01Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 1, 2025
GO-2 Electric Propulsion System at Sun-synchronous orbit, 510 km
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 1, 2025
GO-2 Electric Propulsion System at El Segundo
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Morpheus Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Morpheus Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Propulsion is having a moment
In this episode, SpaceNews Mike Gruss interviews Kevin Lausten, CEO of Morpheus Space, at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They discuss why propulsion…
Morpheus Space Secures a $15 Million Strategic Investment to Accelerate Mass-Production Expansion
Morpheus Space secured USD 15M from Alpine Space Ventures and the European Investment Fund to expand mass-production of GO-2 electric propulsion systems at its Reloaded facility…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/morpheus-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/morpheus-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b4b7f6e8-9cc6-4f43-a3ff-04c6e4a19816
- Revision history: /companies/morpheus-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
Creditos: NASA/JSC/Image Science and Analysis Laboratory VER VIDEO EN ESPAÑOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ7okFnEt8M PAGINA WEB http://www.gabehash.com/ YO
NASA’s Project Morpheus prototype lander soars 800 feet above the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on free flight te
This is a video overview of the last five tethered test of the prototype lander Morpheus. Morpheus is a vertical test bed vehicle demonstrating new green prope
To make a journey to and from Mars possible, new technologies have been developed and tested. Jon Olansen, Manager of The Morpheus Project at NASA explains th
On 10 December 2013, a lander that uses NASA automated landing tech, conducted a free-flight in which it flew forward and landed 23 feet from its launch point.
More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - on February 10, 2014, the Morpheus prototype lander performed its fifth free-flight test, ascend
Meet NASA engineer Rob Morehead who works on the main engines for Project Morpheus, a revolutionary new robotic lander. Morpheus is a full spacecraft and rocke
Morpheus Space produces the world's smallest, most efficient and most scalable ion propulsion systems enabling the autonomous control of satellites. Morpheus' p
W/S Morpheus lander taking off M/S View from Morpheus lander during take off W/S Morpheus lander taking off M/S View from Morpheus lander W/S Morpheus lande
GO-2 electric propulsion for satellites: designed to integrate into modern space systems. Morpheus Space builds GO-2 (FEEP electric propulsion) for precise mobi
Morpheus is the world's first prototype lander that uses liquid oxygen and liquid methane as a means of propulsion. Jenny Devolites , of Johnson Space Center is
To make a journey to and from Mars possible, new technologies have been developed and tested. Jon Olansen, Manager of The Morpheus Project at NASA explains th
Morpheus conducts another tethered test, April 18, 2012. Morpheus is a full spacecraft and rocket-powered lander, which demonstrates new green technology, as we
Morpheus conducts another tethered test, April 11, 2012. Morpheus is a full spacecraft and rocket-powered lander, which demonstrates new green technology, as we
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Morpheus Space draws attention at the 56th percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -13.1, 26th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 50 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026