Slingshot Aerospace: robot AI company

Overview

Space simulation and analytics company building the world's first Digital Space Twin of the orbital environment. Provides space domain awareness, collision avoidance, and AI mission rehearsal for U.S. Space Force.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Space Force Contract

$25M STRATFI + $69.2M SBIR III

Product

Digital Space Twin

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Slingshot Aerospace.

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Peer companies

Impulse Space6 models
AstroForge3 models
Astrobotic Technology3 models
China National Space Administration3 models
Astroscale2 models
Boeing2 models

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 verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
Digital Space Twin at El Segundo, California, USA
Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 31, 2022
Digital Space Twin at El Segundo, California, USA

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Sources (1)

https://www.slingshot.space/news/slingshot-aerospace-stratfi

Common questions

What is Slingshot Aerospace?

Space simulation and analytics company building the world's first Digital Space Twin of the orbital environment. Provides space domain awareness, collision avoidance, and AI mission rehearsal for U.S. Space Force.

What does Slingshot Aerospace make?

Slingshot Aerospace has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Digital Space Twin (Slingshot Aerospace builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

Who competes with Slingshot Aerospace?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Slingshot Aerospace building in the same form factors include Impulse Space, AstroForge, Astrobotic Technology, China National Space Administration.

Where is Slingshot Aerospace headquartered?

Slingshot Aerospace is headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA.

How much funding has Slingshot Aerospace raised?

Slingshot Aerospace has raised approximately $25M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Where does Slingshot Aerospace operate robots?

Slingshot Aerospace is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Slingshot Aerospace a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Slingshot Aerospace ranks in roughly the top 54% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Slingshot Aerospace safe?

Slingshot Aerospace has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Impulse Space6 models
AstroForge3 models
Astrobotic Technology3 models
China National Space Administration3 models
Astroscale2 models
Boeing2 models

No press coverage on file for Slingshot Aerospace yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/slingshot-aerospace.md
RSS feed: /companies/slingshot-aerospace/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/520ceb4e-315c-4a50-9335-cb3d46660219
Revision history: /companies/slingshot-aerospace/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Peer companies

Impulse Space6 models
AstroForge3 models
Astrobotic Technology3 models
China National Space Administration3 models
Astroscale2 models
Boeing2 models

Reality vs attention

Slingshot Aerospace draws attention at the 2nd percentile but verifies reality at the 55th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -52.6, 28th widest among space robots.

Reality55thpctileverified deployments vs space robots

Attention2ndpctilemedia + video vs space robots

Hype Gap -52.6Quietly real

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 54% of Space

vs funding peers-7.7 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Signal flags

New deployment

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

95.0MED

Insufficient data

15.5MED

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

0.0LOW

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

Claim Integrity Fleet Reality Operator Repeat All indices

Last computed: Aug 10, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer