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Trans Astronautica Corporation

Los Angeles, CA · Aerospace · Private

Inflatable capture bag system for orbital debris removal and spacecraft capture

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Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Latest Form D
$3.1M, Sep 2021
Total capital
$22.9M
Federal grants
$6.3M
10 awards · 2017–2025
Rank in peer group#61 of 155
Private capital raised
$3.1M
1 Form D · last Sep 2021
61 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$13.4M
13 awards · NASA, Defense
Rank in Aerospace#195 of 1335
Granted patents
25
15 pending · first 2021
Rank in peer group#7 of 155

Capital timeline

20172019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $22.9M$2M$1.2M$1.8M$2.5M$2.5M1st Form D$3.1M
20172019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $22.9M$2M$2.5M$2.5M1st Form D$3.1M

Latest events

  • Federal contractDefense · Provide Engineering Services To Containerize Theia, Create An Integration Guide, Develop A Performance Analysis Tool, And Deliver Program Management And Cdrls$250K
  • Federal contractDefense · Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative (eei)$310K
  • Federal contractNASA · Ccrpp 80NSSC25C0432 Transastra Capture Bag For Large Debris Remediation - Demonstration Payload Development$2.5M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Ccrpp 80NSSC25C0432 Transastra Capture Bag For Large Debris Remediation - Demonstration Payload Development$2.5M
  • Federal contractDefense · Transastra Tacfi Sequential SBIR Phase II$1.8M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Transastra Tacfi Sequential SBIR Phase II$1.8M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Long Life Cryogenic Propellant Storage In Space By New Compressor-expander Cycle (cex-c) System$109K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.1M
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  • Federal contractDefense · Long Life Cryogenic Propellant Storage In Space By New Compressor-expander Cycle (cex-c) System$109K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · End-of-life Disposal And Active Debris Remediation - Flytrap Capture Bag$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · End-of-life Disposal And Active Debris Remediation - Flytrap Capture Bag$1.2M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Flytrap Multi-object Capture Bag For End-of-life Disposal And Relocation To On-orbit Depot For In-space Servicing, Assembly, And Manufacturing$109K
  • Federal contractDefense · Flytrap Multi-object Capture Bag For End-of-life Disposal And Relocation To On-orbit Depot For In-space Servicing, Assembly, And Manufacturing$109K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II Ignite - Mini Bee Capture Bag For Active Debris Remediation$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Sutter Turn Key Observatory Systems$1.2M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Worker Bee™ Solar-Thermal Space Vehicle for Cislunar Mobility and Logistics$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Sutter Algorithms For Cislunar Space Domain Awareness On Ground-based Telescopes$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Sutter Algorithms For Cislunar Space Domain Awareness From Space-based Telescopes.$1.2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Mini Bee Capture Bag for Active Debris Remediation$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Sutter™ Space Telescope System for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness (SDA)$75K
  • Federal contractNASA · Lunar Water Extraction Techniques And Systems (lunar Wets)$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Sun Flower: Systems Design and Technology Maturation of a Sustainable Lunar Power Generation Architecture$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · This Study Will Mature The Technology And Engineering Know-how As Needed To Fly The Mini Bee Technology Demonstration Mission As A Tipping Point Or Other Flight Demonstration Program Mission.$2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Microgravity Granular Material Research (MGMR) Facility for ISS$124K

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

52months

from Trans Astronautica Corporation’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Jun 2017
NASA · $124K
First Form D · Sep 2021
$3.1M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
4 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 155 peers

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Aerospace · Orbital_ops · Device

  • Federal grants#61 · top 39%
  • Granted patents#7 · top 5%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants
  • Joel SercelResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 4 patents · $549K in grants as PI
  • Paul VegerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Stanley LoveDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 25 granted of 40
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Related companies, and why

Regulatory activity · Aerospace

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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.

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Data freshness

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