Founded in 2020, Katalyst Space Technologies is an engineering research & development company focused on modular spacecraft designs and mission architectures intended to interact with on-orbit service. The small business operates out of its headquarters in Flagstaff, AZ and has a staff of 9 full-time engineers.
A core component of the Company’s mission is to advance novel innovations associated with on-orbit, servicing, and assembly. Katalyst’s roadmap emphasizes small satellite (“SmallSat”) development and technologies related to refueling, on-orbit structures and mechanisms, and algorithms necessary to conduct such operations. Katalyst envisions utilizing such solutions to solve challenges presented from the proliferation of untracked Resident Space Objects (RSOs) as well as deploying modular and serviceable platforms within Earth’s sphere of influence.
Katalyst is funded through a mix of private and government monies such as awards through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.