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Long Beach, CA, US
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Electron, Neutron, Photon buses, spacecraft components. Based in Long Beach, CA, US, founded 2006 by Peter Beck.
- Where
- Long Beach, CA, US
- Founded
- 2006
- Notable investors
- Beck Peter, VANGUARD GROUP INC, VK Services, LLC, Khosla Ventures V, L.P., KHOSLA VENTURES SEED B, L.P. disclosed holders above 5%, from SEC filings
No chief executive on record here. We show a name only where we can point at the page it came from.
Where they are 11
Headquarters in Long Beach, and hiring in 10 other places on their live postings: Middle River, Tucson, Littleton, Wallops Island, Albuquerque, Chantilly and 4 more. Every company on one map
Electron, Neutron, Photon buses, spacecraft components.
Open roles 589
All 589 open roles, prefiltered on the jobs index
Launch record 17 flown
The record shows 17 flown and 21 scheduled, from Jan 22, 2026 onward, 16 of them recorded by both Launch Library and the Wikipedia launch lists. This is what we hold rather than the company's full history: our launch record begins where our collection does.
| Date | Mission | Outcome | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2026 | Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6 | TBD | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Electron | Skylark (Lemur-2) × 4 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 Mission 6 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Electron | LOXSAT | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Electron | Aspera | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Neutron | Unknown payload | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Electron | HawkEye 360 Cluster 16 | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Electron | LOXSAT | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Electron | LOXSAT 1 | Go | ||
| Dec 4, 2026 | Electron | Acadia Mission 4 | Go |
On the record 4 claims
- Missed All in all, we continue to push extremely hard for end-of-year launch. End of 2025
- Achieved We expect revenue in the first quarter to range between $185,000,000 and $200,000,000. Q1 2026 results
- Superseded Neutron's first launch is now targeted for Q4 2026. Q4 2026
- Pending including an adjusted schedule for Neutron's inaugural launch, which is now expected to occur… 2027
Of these, 1 missed, 1 superseded, 1 pending, 1 achieved. Each claim's full quote, source and evidence is on Claims & outcomes.