VIRIDIAN SPACE CORP
Air-scooping electric thruster (ASET) satellite system that ingests rarefied atmospheric air at very low earth orbit altitudes and converts it to plasma propulsion
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- El Segundo, CA
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $2M, Apr 2022
- Total capital
- $9.3M
- Federal grants
- $3.8M
- 8 awards · 2022–2026
- Rank in peer group#106 of 155
- Private capital raised
- $2M
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2022
- 54 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $3.5M
- 6 awards · Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#399 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · STTR Phase I Simulation And Design Of Satellite Control Surfaces For Maneuvering In Vleo$225K
- Federal contractDefense · Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative (eei) + Mvp Option$350K
- Federal contractDefense · F2D-18802 Resilient Vleo Operations With An Air Scooping Electric Thruster. This Effort Will Mature Viridians Abep System Through Comprehensive System Design And Analysis Campaign To Demonstrate Reliability, Propulsion Performance, And Effectiveness.$1.7M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · F2D-18802 Resilient Vleo Operations With An Air Scooping Electric Thruster. This Effort Will Mature Viridians Abep System Through Comprehensive System Design And Analysis Campaign To Demonstrate Reliability, Propulsion Performance, And Effectiveness.$1.7M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Air-breathing Electric Propulsion With Oxygen Resilience For Long Duration Operation In Very Low Earth Orbit (vleo)$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Air-breathing Electric Propulsion With Oxygen Resilience For Long Duration Operation In Very Low Earth Orbit (vleo)$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Space Vehicle Optimization For Very Low Earth Orbit Operations With Air Breathing Electric Propulsion$75K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M
Show 7 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Space Vehicle Optimization For Very Low Earth Orbit Operations With Air Breathing Electric Propulsion$75K
- Federal contractDefense · RF Cathode For Air Breathing Electric Propulsion Space Vehicles In Vleo$73K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · RF Cathode For Air Breathing Electric Propulsion Space Vehicles In Vleo$73K
- Federal contractDefense · Lifetime And Swap Analysis Of Air-breathing Electric Propulsion Vs. Traditional Electric Propulsion In Vleo$110K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Lifetime And Swap Analysis Of Air-breathing Electric Propulsion Vs. Traditional Electric Propulsion In Vleo$110K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion$275K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Studies of Power, Propulsion, and Thermal Systems for Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion Space Vehicles in VLEO$75K
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Standing among 155 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Satellite · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Matthew FeldmanDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rostislav SpektorDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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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.
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