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Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, is an engineering-driven company that supplies high-performance, radiation-hardened digital, electro-optic, and communication systems for satellites and space exploration. They manufacture products like telemetry transmitters, space cameras, star trackers, and laser communication systems. Space Micro partners with organizations such as the U.S. Space Force, Space Development Agency, and NASA, and works with prime contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. The company focuses on technology advancement and product implementation for commercial, civil, and military space applications.

commercialFounded 2002
San Diego, California, United States
www.spacemicro.com
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The Canadian Space Mining Corporation received $1,000,000 to develop Canada’s first space micro modular reactor.

FinancialCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Oct 1, 2025Canadian Space Agency awards $13.2M to 17 companies for technology development

Space Micro’s µXTx-200 supports BPSK, QPSK, and OQPSK modulation, has a frequency accuracy of ±50 ppm, requires 28 V supply, consumes up to 80 W, has a mass of 2.3 kg, measures 208 x 152 x 0.066 m, and has flown on the NASA IRIS mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 5.0Dec 29, 2023Top Space Transmitters in 2023

Space Micro’s µXTx-200 X-band transmitter operates in the 8.025-8.5 GHz range with an RF output power of 1.4 W, a channel bandwidth of 100 Hz–10 MHz, and a data rate capability up to 3.5 Gbps.

CapabilityGeneralValue 5.0Dec 29, 2023Top Space Transmitters in 2023

The IPC-7000 from Space Micro provides a solid-state buffer of 256 GB per slice, requires a 28 V input supply, and consumes up to 40 W of power.

CapabilityValue 4.3Dec 27, 2023Top Satellite On-Board Computers in 2023

Voyager acquired Space Micro in November 2022 prior to the acquisition of ZIN Technologies.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 15, 2023Voyager Space acquires ZIN Technologies to support Starlab development

Space Micro is under contract to supply optical terminals to the Space Force Space Systems Command.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 21, 2022Laser links are great for satellite relay, but challenges abound for taking it to ground

Space Micro was acquired earlier 2022 by Voyager Space.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Dec 21, 2022Laser links are great for satellite relay, but challenges abound for taking it to ground

Sandia National Laboratories partnered with Space Micro on the Barnacle proposal to support customer discovery during the program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.8Oct 26, 2022U.S. Space Force awards Space Micro the Orbital Prime Contract for CMG Barnacle

Space Micro Inc, powered by Voyager Space, was awarded an Orbital Prime contract by the U.S. Space Force as part of the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer program.

RelationshipsGovernancePlanLegalValue 4.0Oct 26, 2022U.S. Space Force awards Space Micro the Orbital Prime Contract for CMG Barnacle

Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space, was awarded an Orbital Prime contract by the U.S. Space Force as part of the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.

RelationshipsGovernancePlanValue 4.6Oct 19, 2022USSF Awards an Orbital Prime contract to Space Micro

Space Micro designed the Block 1 radios as precursors to its Nanocom family of SDRs with the ability to create and operate within an ad-hoc communication network similar to terrestrial Wi-Fi.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 30, 2022Space Micro’s SDRs Perform Successfully in MDA’s CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment

The Missile Defense Agency deployed two CubeSats developed by Space Micro with integrated radio frequency payloads based on Space Micro’s µSDR-C family of small form factor software-defined radios.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Aug 30, 2022Space Micro’s SDRs Perform Successfully in MDA’s CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment

Space Micro designed the CNCE Block 1 radios as precursors to the company’s Nanocom family of SDRs with the additional ability to create and operate within an ad-hoc communication network similar to terrestrial Wi‑Fi.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Aug 25, 2022Voyager’s Space Micro Software Defined Radio supports success of Missile Defense Agency’s CubeSat networked communications experiment

The Missile Defense Agency deployed two CubeSats developed by Space Micro with integrated radio frequency (RF) payloads based on Space Micro’s μSDR-C™ family of small form factor software defined radios.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.5Aug 25, 2022Voyager’s Space Micro Software Defined Radio supports success of Missile Defense Agency’s CubeSat networked communications experiment

Space Micro has delivered space processors for cislunar, geostationary Earth orbit, highly elliptical orbit, and low Earth orbit applications for multiple U.S. and international civil and national security space programs.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 17, 2022SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro

Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space and based in San Diego, California, delivered seven flight-level Single Board Computers (SBCs) to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE).

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 17, 2022SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro

Space Micro, owned by Voyager Space, won a separate U.S. Air Force SBIR contract in January to develop an optical terminal to connect satellites with military aircraft.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 10, 2022DoD space agency funds development of laser terminal that connects to multiple satellites at once

The Space Development Agency awarded BridgeComm and Space Micro a $1,700,000 Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate one-to-many optical communications technology over two years.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Mar 10, 2022DoD space agency funds development of laser terminal that connects to multiple satellites at once

Space Micro’s current space-based optical communications products support data rates up to 100 Gbps.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 23, 2022Voyager Space + Space Micro, With BridgeComm, Receive Space Development Agency Contract For Optical Comms

Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space and based in San Diego, California, supplies radiation-hardened communications, electro-optics, and digital systems for commercial, civil, and military space applications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 23, 2022Voyager Space + Space Micro, With BridgeComm, Receive Space Development Agency Contract For Optical Comms
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