Intuitive Machines is an American space exploration company that provides lunar surface access, payload delivery, and data transmission services. As a NASA CLPS partner, they design and build lunar landers like Nova-C to transport payloads to the Moon. Their customers include NASA, for whom they deliver science instruments and technology demonstrations as part of the Artemis program, and they are developing lunar data relay satellites. Intuitive Machines aims to commercialize the Moon through infrastructure and services.
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After the transaction, Goonhilly will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines and will retain its status as a U.K. entity.
The Goonhilly acquisition is Intuitive Machines’ third recent acquisition after Lanteris Space Systems and KinetX.
Intuitive Machines is building its Space Data Network in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Intuitive Machines reported record quarterly revenue and positive adjusted EBITDA of 2.7 million dollars in first-quarter 2026 financial results.
Goonhilly will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines and retain its UK identity and its strategic base in Cornwall.
Intuitive Machines reported positive adjusted EBITDA of $2.7 million for the first quarter of 2026.
Goonhilly supported the IM-1 Odysseus lunar landing in February 2024.
The acquisition would bring Goonhilly’s Cornwall, England facility and its U.S. teleports in Southbury, Connecticut, and Santa Paula, California, into Intuitive Machines’ integrated space-to-ground network.
Intuitive Machines acquired spacecraft manufacturer Lanteris Space Systems, formerly Maxar, and deep space navigation provider KinetX.
Intuitive Machines’ subsidiary Lanteris Space Systems completed the SXM-11 satellite.
The purchase price includes cash and 960,649 Class A shares of Intuitive Machines common stock, plus a £592,621 escrow.
Intuitive Machines is building capability to manufacture spacecraft, connect space-to-ground networks, and operate space infrastructure across multiple domains for a diversified customer base.
The acquisition would add 44 antennas across two continents to Intuitive Machines’ infrastructure.
In 2021, Goonhilly signed a long-term agreement to support all Intuitive Machines lunar missions.
Intuitive Machines is acquiring U.K.-based Goonhilly Earth Station, which operates a network of ground station antennas and provides deep space communication services.
The first lunar data relay satellite for NASA is expected to launch later this year on the same mission as the Intuitive Machines IM-3 lunar lander.
Intuitive Machines is acquiring Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. and its U.S.-based subsidiary COMSAT.
NASA selected Intuitive Machines in 2024 to build a lunar satellite constellation to provide communication and navigation services for Artemis activities on the Moon as part of the Near Space Network.
Quantum Space is part of Kam Ghaffarian’s portfolio, which also includes Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines, and X-energy.
Intuitive Machines is expanding into surface mobility.