The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Sierra Space: 1 model, $2.2B raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
Sierra Space is a US commercial space company developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane, LIFE habitat, and satellite systems. Dream Chaser is a reusable lifting-body spacecraft for cargo resupply to ISS. Spun out from Sierra Nevada Corporation in 2021. Developing autonomous orbital operations and in-space manufacturing.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Founded
CEO
Product
Employees
Fundingsee investors →
Contracts
Partners
IPOs
Product: Dream Chaser
Product: LIFE habitat
Origin
Autonomy
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Sierra Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blue Robotics1× joint3 total
- 2Boeing1× joint6 total
- 3Genesis Robotics1× joint1 total
- 4Redwire Corporation1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Sierra Space x Redwire Corporation2023-08-21with Redwire Corporationjust announced
- Sierra Space x Boeing2021-10-25with Boeingjust announced
Sierra Space on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Dan Jablonsky Chief Executive Officersecondary-verified
Board (1)
- Fatih Ozmen chair
Former / Previously (1)
- Tom Vice CEO (2021-2024)2021 to 2025secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sierra 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 →
Recent coverage
Sierra Space in third-party press
90-minute delivery from orbit: Ghost cargo pod drops radio and whiskey from 68,500 feet
Sierra Space Conducts High-Altitude Drop Test of Ghost Reentry Vehicle for 90-Minute Global Point Delivery
Sierra Space secures national security cargo for its spaceplane’s first flight
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Sierra 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%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Sierra Space.
Robots and products (1)
People (3)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $2.2B
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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
4 total · 4 just announced
Every company Sierra Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Sierra Space x Redwire Corporation2023-08-21with Redwire Corporationjust announced
- Sierra Space x Boeing2021-10-25with Boeingjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blue Robotics1× joint3 total
- 2Boeing1× joint6 total
- 3Genesis Robotics1× joint1 total
- 4Redwire Corporation1× joint1 total
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- technology—just announced
- technology2023-08-21just announced
- technology2021-10-25just announced
Funding rounds (3)
Sierra Space’s 3 disclosed rounds, $2.2B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2026-03-15
$550M(reported)
Investors: LuminArx Capital (lead)
- Series B2023-01-01
$290M(reported) · $5.3B post
Investors: General Atlantic (lead), Coatue Management (co_lead)
- Series A2021-10-01
$1.4B(reported)
Investors: General Atlantic (lead), Coatue Management (co_lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Sierra Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2026-03-15Series C raising $550000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-01-01Series B raising $290000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-10-01Series A raising $1400000000
Key hireTom Vice joins as CEO (2021-2024)
2021-01-01Tom Vice appointed CEO (2021-2024)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Sierra Space Introduces Dream Chaser Spaceplane Tenacity
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sierra 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 Sierra Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
90-minute delivery from orbit: Ghost cargo pod drops radio and whiskey from 68,500 feet
A bottle of whiskey and a software-defined radio have given Sierra Space’s Ghost cargo vehicle...
Sierra Space Conducts High-Altitude Drop Test of Ghost Reentry Vehicle for 90-Minute Global Point Delivery
On October 11, 2026, defense logistics contractor Sierra Space demonstrated the flight recovery capabilities of its Ghost reentry vehicle during high-altitude drop tests conducted…
Sierra Space secures national security cargo for its spaceplane’s first flight
Sierra Space has signed contracts with undisclosed national security and commercial customers to fly payloads aboard the first mission of its Dream Chaser spaceplane, the company…
Sierra Space secures payload contracts for first Dream Chaser flight
Sierra Space has secured contracts to carry national security and commercial payloads on the first Dream Chaser flight, launching from Florida and landing in California. The post…
Leidos to supply infrared sensors for 18 Sierra Space missile-tracking satellites supporting Golden Dome for America network
Leidos has been selected to equip 18 Sierra Space satellites with infrared missile-tracking payloads.
SDA awards $1.75 billion for Tranche 3 missile defense satellites supporting Golden Dome missile shield development
The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space agreements worth a combined approximately $1.75 billion to build 36 additional Accelerated Missile…
L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to expand U.S. missile-tracking network
The Space Development Agency awarded the companies a combined $1.75 billion for next batch of missile-tracking satellites The post L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sierra-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sierra-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/21aaf695-61e9-4614-8c9e-8e1ca7de958e
- Revision history: /companies/sierra-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
Robonaut 2 (R2) is an anthropomorphic robot designed to assist astronauts aboard the ISS. It was launched on February 26, 2011 in the Discovery space shuttle as
Did you know NASA hasn’t updated their space suit design in over 30 YEARS? It’s becoming a major problem, especially since we are set to go back to the moon in
Link to video - http://youtu.be/NPSJLqwljKA This YouTube video is provided courtesy of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and contains copyrighted material belo
Just to whet your appetite....
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Shooting Star™ adds 9K pounds of cargo capacity when attached to the Dream Chaser®, offering flexibility and power to any mission. Working with Spirit AeroSys
The Dream Chaser Cargo System is an American reusable automated cargo lifting-body spaceplane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems.
Cheryl McPhillips, the NASA Commercial Crew Program partner manager for Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), discusses the uniqueness of the company's Dream Chaser
#shorts Sierra Space has unveiled a new "global payload delivery" system known as Ghost that is designed to drop vital payloads from orbit to anywhere on Earth
[video: Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)]
[video: Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)]
#shorts Sierra Space and NASA revealed the company's first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft, which is undergoing testing before its inaugural spaceflight later th
The Future of Humanity Discover GATEWAYSPACEPORT VOYAGER & SIERRA NEVADA dream chaser. to learn about the technical stuff www~gatewayspaceport~com and www~ sie
Simulations are at the heart of these preparations Recently a joint simulation exercise brought together teams from Sierra Space in Colorado and NASA's Johnson
Heat Index
Category contender83/100
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
Sierra Space draws attention at the 87th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $2.2B raised and recent funding activity. Broad public reach with 10.6M video views.
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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: Oct 20, 2026