SATELLITE MANUFACTURING · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-06-10

Spectrolab

Active Satellite Manufacturing Subsidiary HQ: Sylmar, California Founded 1956

Sylmar, CA Boeing subsidiary and the highest-heritage III-V space solar cell maker - more than 4 million cells produced, powering much of the GEO fleet. Boeing stated in 2025 it is investing in automation to raise capacity and cut price, with no divestiture despite broader portfolio pruning.

59.5

ARI Composite

Low-Moderate Risk

#8 of 56

Peer Rank

Manufacturing cohort

—

Total Launches

No flights tracked

—

Estimated valuation

Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

59.5

ARI composite · Low-Moderate Risk

Peer rank#8 of 56

Peer groupManufacturing

Data coverage45%

Tracked gov contracts$4.8M across 1 awards

Full finance profile →

CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE

Government capital

$4.8M lifetime tracked obligations across 1 awards — top agency Department of Defense ($4.8M) (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 sectorSatellite Manufacturing

Rank within sector#8 of 56

Tracked peers56

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameSpectrolab, Inc.

OwnershipSubsidiary

HeadquartersSylmar, California

CountryUS

Founded1956

ParentThe Boeing Company

AliasesSpectrolab, Spectrolab Inc

Key programsIII-V multi-junction space solar cells, >300 W/kg space solar arrays (DoD)

Gov customersDoD, NASA (via primes)

IPO statusN/A - Boeing subsidiary

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate site documents III-V cell heritage; $4.8M DoD array award (Aug 2019) corroborated in local gov_grants DB; Boeing commitment per SpaceNews (Mar 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.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.