York Space Systems

Denver, CO · Founded 2012 · Aerospace · Public

Small satellite spacecraft and integrated mission solutions including ground infrastructure and operations platform

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · yorkspacesystems.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Denver, CO
Founded: 2012
Latest Form D: $250K, Apr 2016
Total capital: $126M

Federal grants: None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
Private capital raised: $250K; 1 Form D · last Apr 2016; 126 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $126M; 5 awards · Defense, Commerce; Rank in Aerospace#39 of 1335
Granted patents: 1; first 2020; Rank in peer group#32 of 181

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Contractor Provided Space Craft And Ground Technical Specification Sheet Delivery Order As Part Of The Requirement Specified In Section M Of The Idiq$5K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · Space Transport Layer Tranche 0 (qty. 10 Space Vehicles)$125M
Apr 2020Federal contractCommerce · Gaea - Leo Soundersat Mission Concept Study$370K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · Research Image Processing And Machine Learning$50K
Apr 2016Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$250K

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.

Standing among 181 peers

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Aerospace · Orbital_ops · System

Granted patents#32 · top 18%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Dirk WallingerResearcherDirectorLinked by 1 patent
Brad WilfordDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Robert AssenmacherDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Willam BonnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 1 granted of 1

Mar 10, 2020GrantedPressurized Payload Compartment And Mission Agnostic Space Vehicle Including The SameUSPTOUS 10,583,940

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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

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

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