AER-008 Space & Aerospace · Private
Apex
Mass-produced satellite buses built from a standard catalog.
- Founded
- 2022
- 4 years ago
- Total raised
- $718M
- Disclosed equity, Sep 2026
- Team
- 350
- Headcount, Sep 2026
1 General description
Los Angeles company making standardized satellite buses, the platform that supplies power, propulsion and avionics to a mission's payload. Its Aries bus lets customers buy a spacecraft off the shelf instead of designing one.
2 Features
3 Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Space & Aerospace | Pin 04, orange band |
| Flagship product | Aries | |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States | Americas |
| Status | Private | |
| Website | apexspace.com ↗ |
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