PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.
Supernova: a highly mobile in-space servicing spacecraft platform
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Bothell, WA
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $61.5M, Mar 2026
- Total capital
- $72.7M
- Federal grants
- $5.7M
- 7 awards · 2023–2024
- Rank in peer group#36 of 89
- Private capital raised
- $61.5M
- 1 Form D · last Mar 2026
- 7 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $5.6M
- 7 awards · Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#316 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 1
- 2 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#33 of 89
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$61.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Solar Concentrator Development And Validation Testing For Advanced Spacecraft Maneuverability$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Flare Propulsion Qualification Testing For Enhanced Dynamic Space Operations$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Flare Propulsion Qualification Testing For Enhanced Dynamic Space Operations$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Solar Concentrator Development And Validation Testing For Advanced Spacecraft Maneuverability$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I FX245-PCSO2-0353 - Highly Mobile Space Vehicle For Space Domain Awareness$75K
Show 8 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I FX245-PCSO2-0353 - Highly Mobile Space Vehicle For Space Domain Awareness$75K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Supernova Solar Energy Collection And Storage (secs)$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Supernova Solar Energy Collection And Storage (secs)$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Delta-v Space Vehicle For Persistent Orbital Tracking And Rapidly Responsive Space Operations$1.7M
- Federal contractDefense · High Delta-v Space Vehicle For Persistent Orbital Tracking And Rapidly Responsive Space Operations$1.7M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Highly Mobile Space Vehicle For Fuel Shuttling & Life Extension Services$75K
- Federal contractDefense · Highly Mobile Space Vehicle For Fuel Shuttling & Life Extension Services$75K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Highly Mobile Small Spacecraft for Rapidly Responsive Orbital Transfer and Hosted Payload Services$75K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
35months
from PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · May 2023
- Defense · $75K
- First Form D · Mar 2026
- $61.5M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 14 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 89 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · System
- Federal grants#36 · top 40%
- Granted patents#33 · top 37%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Jeffery ThornburgResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 1 patent
- Ian VorbachDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Prashaanth RavindranDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rayfe Gaspar-AsaokaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 3- PendingSystems, Devices, And Methods For Spacecraft Propulsion With A Heat ExchangerUSPTOApplication 19447732
- GrantedSystems, Devices, And Methods For Spacecraft Propulsion With A Heat ExchangerUSPTOUS 12,521,784
- PendingSystems, Devices, And Methods For Spacecraft Propulsion With A Heat ExchangerUSPTOApplication PCTUS2024038401
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- E BEAM INCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $5.5M in contracts
- AERODYNAMIC SOLUTIONS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Aerospace · $5.5M in contracts
Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .