Apex was founded in 2022 to build satellite bus platforms ahead of customer orders rather than on a bespoke, contract-by-contract basis.
Apex’s Factory One manufacturing campus can produce more than 200 satellites per year at peak capacity.
Apex’s satellite platforms Aries, Nova, and Comet are designed for missions in low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit.
Apex’s $200 million funding round nearly doubled its valuation to $2.3 billion.
Apex will use the new capital to expand its Factory One manufacturing campus in Los Angeles by 30,000 square feet.
Glade Brook Capital Partners led Apex’s $200 million funding round.
The recently announced Mini configuration of Apex’s Comet platform has payload capacity of up to 6,614 pounds.
Michael Kopet joined Apex from Axon, where he served as Vice President of Finance.
Apex acquired Phase Four’s assets.
Apex will support the first flight of Observable Space’s Iguana space imager later this year.
Northrop Grumman is partnering with Apex to develop space-based interceptor satellites for the U.S. Golden Dome missile-defense shield.
Apex’s Nova satellite-bus platform will be fitted with an orbital magazine carrying two scaled-down demo interceptors for Project Shadow.
Apex is moving ahead with Project Shadow in parallel with its work with Northrop Grumman.
Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon said the Northrop Grumman partnership will enable operational, constellation-scale space-based missile defense.
Apex announced a $15 million self-funded demonstration mission called Project Shadow in October.
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated key capabilities through ground tests this year and is on track to deliver on-orbit missile-defense capabilities with Apex in 2027.
Apex was founded to support proliferated constellations like Golden Dome.
The Northrop Grumman-Apex partnership supports the Golden Dome missile defense architecture.
Apex plans to use standardized satellite buses designed for mass commercial production to support proliferated constellations.
Northrop Grumman has partnered with Los Angeles-based satellite manufacturer Apex to develop and demonstrate space-based interceptor capabilities for the United States Space Force.