Reflect Orbital
Hawthorne, CA startup selling 'sunlight after dark': large mylar orbital mirrors that redirect sunlight to ground solar farms and military sites. First demonstration satellite slated mid-2026 with a 4,000-satellite constellation application on file at the FCC; a $1.25M AFWERX SBIR Phase II (2025) anchors the defense use case. Faces organized dark-sky/astronomy opposition.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE
Source: USAspending.gov award obligations matched to this company. Obligations, not recognized revenue.
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | Payload Space | Reflect Orbital Cleared to Fly In-Orbit Mirror by FCC |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Space.com | Reflect Orbital just got permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow |
| Jul 11, 2026 | SpaceNews | FCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Space Frontier Foundation SBSP company report documents the mirror constellation plan and funding history; AFWERX award corroborated in local gov_grants DB ($1.2M DoD, May 2025).
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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