CategorySpace
Overview
Space domain awareness company building in-space sensor networks for real-time orbital tracking. Founded in 2019 by Eric Ingram and Sergio Gallucci. Working with Blue Origin to integrate Owl sensor on the inaugural Blue Ring mission. USD 18M Series A in May 2026 led by Washington Harbour Partners. Multiple TACFI awards from U.S. Space Force. Based in Reston, Virginia with 2,600 sq ft manufacturing facility.
Reality check
Blue Origin partnership (company-claimed)
Integrating its Owl sensor on Blue Origin's inaugural Blue Ring mission for payload hosting across GEO and beyond.
Missions (company-claimed)
Has flown four payloads to orbit since first launching in 2021, with about a dozen more missions planned over two years.
Space Force work (company-claimed)
Multiple Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) awards for GEO sensing and data platforms.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Series A (company-stated, May 2026)
Series A second close (company-stated, Jun 2026)
Use of funds (company-stated)
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Scout Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blue Robotics1× joint
Most recent
Scout Space on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where Scout Space's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Scout Space deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Josiah Gruber CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Scout 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)
- Scout Space2 deployments
Recent coverage
Scout Space in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Scout 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%
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Scout Space.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $18.0M
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Scout Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blue Robotics1× joint
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2026-05-06
Investors: Washington Harbour Partners (lead), VIPC (follow), Noblis Ventures (follow), Fusion Fund (follow), Decisive Point Ventures (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Scout Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2026-05-06Series 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, 2026
Owl Space Domain Awareness Sensor at GEO/GTO orbit
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 9, 2025
Owl Space Domain Awareness Sensor at Geostationary Orbit (GEO)
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Scout 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 Scout Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Courtney Sayles, Scout Space
Scout Space raised up to $18 million in May to scale the optical payloads it builds to watch other satellites, and Blue Origin manifested its Owl sensor on the first Blue Ring…
Scout Space raises $18 million to expand orbital tracking technology
Scout Space closed USD 18M Series A led by Washington Harbour Partners. Working with Blue Origin to integrate Owl sensor on Blue Ring. Multiple U.S. Space Force TACFI awards.…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/scout-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/scout-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/070a8170-8b33-4319-95b7-2a2cfcb833b1
- Revision history: /companies/scout-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
Scout F STEP Files: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scout-f-build-71667162 All Scout Flights: Flight 1: https://youtu.be/miMT44LFUjs Flights 2 & 3: https://youtu.be/Mq5alUV-AHI Flight 5: https://youtu.be/SH3lR2GLgT0 Flight
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Tin Astro Scout Spaceman Windup Reproduction (Silver Version)
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Scout Inc CEO Eric Ingram describes Scout's products and development process, from our initial SSA sensor suites to our fully autonomous inspection spacecraft.
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💡Real feedback from real users. In June, we invited pilot customers to ScoutDI HQ for a hands-on introduction to the new Scout 137. They tested the system, e
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
Scout Space draws attention at the 61st percentile but verifies reality at the 62nd percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -1.2, 23rd widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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 6, 2026