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Motiv Space Systems

Active ISAM Private HQ: Pasadena, California Founded 2014

Space robotics company (Pasadena, CA) building flight robotic arms and motion systems - including the xLink arm and NASA JPL's COLDArm for lunar-night operation - for servicing, assembly, and surface missions.

43.5
ARI Composite
Very High Risk
#11 of 33
Peer Rank
Infrastructure cohort
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Total Launches
No flights tracked
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Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

43.5
ARI composite · Very High Risk
Peer rank#11 of 33
Peer groupInfrastructure
Data coverage82%
Tracked gov contracts$16.4M across 4 awards
Full finance profile →

CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE

Government capital
$16.4M lifetime tracked obligations across 4 awards — top agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($16.4M) (strict id-matched; unattributed award rows are excluded). Explore grants →
Source: USAspending.gov award obligations matched to this company. Obligations, not recognized revenue.

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorISAM
Rank within sector#11 of 33
Tracked peers33

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameMotiv Space Systems, Inc.
OwnershipPrivate
HeadquartersPasadena, California
CountryUS
Founded2014
AliasesMotiv Space Systems, Motiv Space
Key programsxLink space robotic arm, COLDArm (NASA JPL cold-operable lunar arm)
Gov customersNASA, DARPA
IPO statusPrivate

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate site; robotics awards verified in local gov_grants DB.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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