
Lodestar provides autonomous and highly dexterous capabilities to inspect, protect, and repair the world’s most critical assets in orbit today while building the space infrastructure of tomorrow. Their technology enables delicate and critical tasks in microgravity, withstanding radiation and extreme temperatures, while retaining precision and accuracy. They focus on urgent challenges faced by customers, designing hardware that is modular and flexible to achieve higher in-orbit penetration and decreased response times. By working with commercial and government partners, Lodestar safeguards the assets that underpin national security and modern life in space.

Lodestar provides autonomous and highly dexterous capabilities to inspect, protect, and repair the world’s most critical assets in orbit today while building the space infrastructure of tomorrow. Their technology enables delicate and critical tasks in microgravity, withstanding radiation and extreme temperatures, while retaining precision and accuracy. They focus on urgent challenges faced by customers, designing hardware that is modular and flexible to achieve higher in-orbit penetration and decreased response times. By working with commercial and government partners, Lodestar safeguards the assets that underpin national security and modern life in space.
What they do: Autonomous in‑orbit inspection, repair, protection and orbital defence-as-a-service using dexterous robotics and onboard AI
Flagship tech: Autonomous 'fighter-pilot' AI called Mithril powering bodyguard satellites and dexterous robotic arms
Founded / origins: Founded by Thomas Santini and Neil Buchanan; emerged from Entrepreneur First
Locations: El Segundo, CA and London
Disclosed funding: $2.5M (pre-seed + UK Space Agency grant, announced Jul 25, 2024)
Employee count: 16
On-orbit servicing, inspection, repair, and orbital defence/threat mitigation for satellites and other space infrastructure.
Aerospace / Space Robotics
$2,500,000
Amount reported combines pre-seed equity and non-dilutive grant funding from the UK Space Agency
Reported non-dilutive support from the UK Space Agency
“Includes strategic venture investors (Inflection.xyz, Lunar Ventures), angel participants (including Zehan Wang, Mehdi Ghissassi, Charlie Songhurst) and a government grant from the UK Space Agency”