PUMPKIN, INC.

San Francisco, CA · Aerospace · Private

Thermal Management System for small satellites using advanced heat dissipation technology

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · pumpkinspace.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Total capital: $6.7M

Federal grants: $1.1M; 1 award · 2022; Rank in peer group#35 of 38
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.7M; 48 awards · Defense, NASA, Homeland Security; Rank in Aerospace#313 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2025Federal contractNASA · Pumpkin Hardware$55K
Mar 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Thermal Management System for High Power Small Satellites$1.1M
Jan 2022Federal contractNASA · Pumpkin Space Systems Inc. Will Construct A Breadboard/brassboard Hyperspectral Imaging$203K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit Flight System$81K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · Supernova Cubesat Solar Panels$192K
Sep 2019Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Engineering Simulation And Development Hardware$228K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Integrated Thermal Management System For High Power Smallsats$149K

Show 42 earlier federal awards

Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf = Other Functions; Supernova 6U Bus$539K
Jun 2017Federal contractHomeland Security · Igf::ot::igf Cubesat Capstone Project Sattelite$12K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Satellite Chassis/components$9K
Sep 2016Federal contractNASA · Custom Solar Panel$70K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Motherboard$15K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Satellite Chassis-frame Components$10K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · The Purpose Of This Procurement Is To Purchase A 3G Clydspace Eps Motherboard-cubesat Development Kit.$8K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Kit Assembly$4K
Nov 2014Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Components$42K
Sep 2014Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Kit And Training$11K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · 2013 DOD Rif Baa Multi-mission 6 Unit (u) Cubesat Bus$2.8M
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit Chassis Walls Assembly$5K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Csra Flatstat$203K
Jul 2014Federal contractNASA · Item 710-01102 - Cubesat Kit - Cubesat Cam (cc 2)SET; Two Fluid Lensing Airborne And Spaceborne Imagers$141K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Purchase Of Cubesat Development Kit From Pumpkin Inc. To Interface With Research And Development Boards Designed And Built Using Internal Research And Development (irad) Funding For Cross Cutting Technical Capabilities Program At Nasa/gsfc.$6K
Sep 2013Federal contractNASA · The Purpose Of This Procurement Is For The Purchase Of A Standalone Batter System And Fully Integrated, High Performance Electrical Power System For Cubesats.$10K
Sep 2013Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Kits$28K
Jul 2013Federal contractNASA · Cubesta Kit And Cubesate Kit Pluggable Processor Module$9K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit Chasis Walls Assembly$4K
Feb 2013Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Parts$4K
Dec 2012Federal contractDefense · Optical Parametric Amplifier$438K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · 3U Cubesat System$49K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Eight Wall Chasis For 1.5U, Eight Cover Plate Assemblies Designed For A Solid Wall Chasis, Eight Base Plate Assemblies Designed For A Solid Wall Chasis, Eight Midplane Standoff Kits To Form The Spacecraft Structure For The Protoflight Unit On The Edison Demonstration Of Smallest Networks (edsn) Project$16K
Jul 2012Federal contractNASA · The Purpose Of This Procurement Is To Purchase A Csk Solar Panel 2U (0.031").$4K
May 2012Federal contractNASA · The Purpose Of This Procurement Is For The Purchase Of A CS-SBAT2-30 4.03 Battery.$4K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit; Item 711-00491$4K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · Clyde Space$5K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Nanosatellites$83K
Sep 2010Federal contractNASA · Assembled Cubesat Skeletonized Kits.$9K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit And Accessories$78K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit (to Assemble A Small Satellite) - Includes Software$9K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Power Board$4K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Ph I$96K
Feb 2010Federal contractNASA · Cube Station Kits.$7K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Iu Form Factor Cubesat Structure For The Space Systems Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca.$6K
Aug 2009Federal contractNASA · Cubesat Kit$9K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit FM430 Flight Module$3K
Jun 2009Federal contractNASA · Acquisition Of Cutsat Kit Kit, Which Includes Computer Motherboard, Development Environment, And Mechanical Structural Elements.$14K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit$8K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit -- Skeletonized, 1U$13K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit - Skeletonized, 3U$14K
Dec 2007Federal contractDefense · Cubesat Kit$10K

Federal awards are summed by year (49 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 38 peers

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Aerospace · Satellite · System

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special 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

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.