Companies · Space / Aerospace

Orbital Operations IncNew on the radarWinter 2025Active

HUNTINGTON BEACH · CA, USA · Space / Aerospace · refined from filed group “Other Technology · founded 2025 · https://www.orbitalops.tech/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Orbital Operations Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$520K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 48%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Orbital Operations Inc has raised $520K over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the space/aerospace sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Quiet
  • Last raise 17 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Space / Aerospace

Orbital Operations Inc is one of 133 Space / Aerospace companies tracked from HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, USA, on record since 2025. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 53% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense

Orbital Operations is developing a high thrust, reusable space vehicle for satellite defense. We protect critical satellites, like GPS and Military communication satellites, from adversarial threats, like China and Russia. Our vehicle will use the exact same propulsion systems that launch vehicles have used for decades by implementing a cryogenic management system. This will give us over 100x the thrust or current in-space propulsion. Ross and I have over 15 years of combined aerospace experience across NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Relativity Space. We’ve worked side by side for more than 3.5 years developing propulsion systems, turbomachinery, and building our own respective engineering teams. We are currently working on the first demo of our unique cryo management system and intend to launch an operational vehicle by 2027.

space/aerospace
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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2024
Year incorporated
2025-01-16
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2025-01-16 Raised $520K (real) Modeled valuation $1.6M (est)$520K$1.6MPre-Seed2025

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$520K · 2025

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.6M
Base estimate est.
$294K
Conservative case
$4.6M
Upside case
$2.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the space/aerospace sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
26%
Survival probability
10% low · 47% high
1.71×/yr
Annual markup
2.31×/yr upside case
1.4 yr
Elapsed time used
1.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
space/aerospace
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
1.5 yr
On record since
2025
First round
New
First-time filer
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 133 companies in Space / Aerospace. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$520K
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$520K
Sector median$450K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.0× of median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$38.2M

Raised more than 53% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 52% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Volatus Aerospace Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $1.9M (est)Gaingels Slingshot Aerospace LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $155K · modeled $330K (est)Orbital Operations Inc (this company) Raised $520K · modeled $1.6M (est)Orbital Operations Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Volatus Aerospace Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$1.9M1.22×
Orbital Operations Inc this companyPre-Seed$520K$1.6M1.00×
Gaingels Slingshot Aerospace LLCPre-Seed$155K$330K0.21×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$520K2025-01-16$2.9M$1.6M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$520K2025-01-16
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$831K
Modeled next size est.range $540K$1.3M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Benjamin Schleuniger2025-01
Ross Doherty2025-01
Registry & provenance

Orbital Operations Inc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
2054774
SEC CIK
2024
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Orbital Operations Inc raised?
Orbital Operations Inc has raised approximately $520K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Orbital Operations Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Orbital Operations Inc is approximately $1.6M (modeled range $294K–$4.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Orbital Operations Inc at?
Orbital Operations Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jan 16.
What does Orbital Operations Inc do and where is it based?
Orbital Operations Inc operates in the Space / Aerospace sector, based in HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, USA. High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
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