Sierra Space is a commercial space company focused on building an end-to-end business and technology platform in space. It is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo transport to low Earth orbit and is also working with Blue Origin on the Orbital Reef commercial space station, contributing its LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat modules. Sierra Space partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and commercial entities for space transportation, destination, and application-related activities. Associated keywords include space transportation, commercial space stations, space technology, Dream Chaser, and LIFE habitat.
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Sierra Space has reduced planned cargo resupply flights to the International Space Station because of development issues.
The 13 CLPS contractors are Astrobotic Technology, Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin Space, Moon Express, Orbit Beyond, Redwire Space Sensors, Sierra Space, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
Sierra Space completed launch acoustic testing on the Dream Chaser spaceplane Tenacity.
Sierra Space conducted the Dream Chaser acoustic test at the Space Systems Processing Facility.
The Andromeda contract award includes Anduril Industries, Lockheed Martin, Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, BAE Systems, Sierra Space, Redwire, General Atomics, Astranis Space Technologies Corp., True Anomaly, Turion Space, Intuitive Machines LLC, and Quantum Space LLC.
Jeff Schrader will lead initiatives supporting Sierra Space’s scale and expansion priorities, including corporate development, mergers and acquisitions strategy, and planning for franchise wins.
Jeff Schrader was vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin Space before joining Sierra Space.
Jeff Schrader has joined Sierra Space as Chief Strategy Officer.
Jeff Schrader serves on Sierra Space’s executive leadership team.
Pete Hegseth visited Sierra Space and True Anomaly facilities on 24 February.
Sierra Space has a $450 million award to build satellites for a national security customer.
Sierra Space says the new funding will support expansion of production capacity and continued development of national security space solutions.
Sierra Space completed all manufacturing and assembly milestones for its Dream Chaser spaceplane in 2025.
Sierra Space has raised more than $2 billion in total capital investment since 2021.
Sierra Space closed a $550 million Series C equity round led by LuminArx Capital Management.
Sierra Space plans a Dream Chaser demonstration flight for late 2026.
Sierra Space holds contracts with all eight space procurement agencies within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
Sierra Space has an SDA Tranche 2 contract worth up to $740 million for missile warning and tracking satellites.
Sierra Space’s Series C round valued the company at $8 billion post-money.
The Dream Chaser spacecraft developed by Sierra Space is a civil spaceplane derivative intended to perform cargo resupply missions to the ISS and will be launched on a conventional rocket.