Private company

Portal Space Systems

Portal Space Systems is an American private aerospace company headquartered in Bothell, Washington. Founded in 2021, the company develops maneuverable spacecraft designed for "orbital mobility"—the ability to rapidly change orbits for defense, civil, and commercial missions.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Portal Space Systems is an American private aerospace company headquartered in Bothell, Washington. Founded in 2021, the company develops maneuverable spacecraft designed for "orbital mobility"—the ability to rapidly change orbits for defense, civil, and commercial missions.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$5.7M 2023–2025
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2023–2025: $5.7M in all. Federal contracts $5.7M.$0$2M$4M$6M2023 · Federal contracts: $149.9K20232024 · Federal contracts: $5.5M20242025 · Federal contracts: $5002025
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2025$500$500
2024$5.5M$5.5M
2023$149.9K$149.9K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2023–2025, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Jan 5, 2024$1.7M from Department of the Air Force: High delta-v space vehicle for persistent orbital tracking and rapidly responsive space operations4 To PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC. Award FA864924P0381
  2. Aug 21, 2024$1.2M from Department of the Air Force: Flare propulsion qualification testing for enhanced dynamic space operations5 To PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC. Award FA864924P1078
  3. Aug 16, 2024$1.2M from Department of the Air Force: Solar concentrator development and validation testing for advanced spacecraft maneuverability6 To PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC. Award FA864924P1022
  4. Feb 9, 2024$1.2M from Department of the Air Force: Supernova solar energy collection and storage (secs)7 To PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC. Award FA864924P0514
  5. May 14, 2024$74.9K from Department of the Air Force: Sbir phase i fx245-pcso2-0353 - highly mobile space vehicle for space domain awareness8 To PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC. Award FA864924P0895