Orbital Sidekick - About the company
Orbital Sidekick is a series A company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2016 by Tushar Prabhakar and Dan Katz. It operates as a Platform offering space-based hyperspectral imaging and analysis solutions. Orbital Sidekick has raised $47.5M in funding from investors like Temasek, Allied Minds and Energy Innovation Capital. The company has 306 active competitors, including 50 funded and 32 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Planet, ICEYE and Satellogic.
Company Details
Platform offering space-based hyperspectral imaging and analysis solutions. It offers a constellation of satellites that captures hyperspectral data over customer assets on a daily basis for enabling unparalleled rapid target monitoring services for both commercial and defence users on a global scale. It analyzes the chemical fingerprint of each target and provides multiple services to the energy sector including regulatory compliance, leak prevention, detection, and speciation monitoring services.
- Website
- www.orbitalsidekick.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@orbitalsidekick.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2016
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$47.5M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
27th among 306 active competitors
Employee Count
20 as on Aug 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Orbital Sidekick
Orbital Sidekick is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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ORBITAL SIDEKICK, INC. CIN: 81-1401426 , United States, Active | Feb 07, 2016 | - | 27 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
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Orbital Sidekick's funding and investors
Orbital Sidekick has raised a total funding of $47.5M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 16, 2017. Orbital Sidekick has 13 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Orbital Sidekick:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jun 30, 2025 | 3881460 | Series A | 6955616 | 3956344 | 8601074 | 1603146 |
Oct 28, 2024 | 6336435 | Series A | 3013592 | 4136616 | 2224733 | 9102126 |
Mar 19, 2024 | 1625441 | Series A | 8291725 | 7550923 | 9325366 | 6145687 |
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Orbital Sidekick's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Orbital Sidekick are Tushar Prabhakar and Dan Katz. Spencer Hill is the CEO of Orbital Sidekick.
Here are the details of Orbital Sidekick's key team members:
- Tushar Prabhakar: Co-Founder & COO of Orbital Sidekick and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Dan Katz: Founder of Orbital Sidekick and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Spencer Hill: CEO of Orbital Sidekick. Contact Info: 1 email address
Orbital Sidekick's Board of Directors
Orbital Sidekick's board has 11 active members. Christopher Smith, Daniel Katz, Tushar Prabhakar, Jill Smith, Sam Dobbyn, Joseph Pignato, Michael Turner, Matthew Thoms, Donna See, Eddy Ho and Nick Stavropoulos are independent board members.Here is the list of Orbital Sidekick's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 11m | |
keocupm | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 6m |
wbsh{rc | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 6m |
hnqffkz | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 1m |
fpqicmf | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 5m |
ordunak | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 7m |
qenmnvp | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 3m |
gfaw{el | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 5m |
yiiaq{x | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 5m |
ppsewps | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 4m |
fukonmg | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 5m |
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Orbital Sidekick's employee count trend
Orbital Sidekick has 20 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Orbital Sidekick's employee count trend over the years:
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Orbital Sidekick's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Orbital Sidekick include Planet, ICEYE and Satellogic. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Orbital Sidekick, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Planet 2010, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of daily satellite imagery and geospatial data analytics services | $602M | 80/100 | |
2nd | Manufacturer of radar satellite constellations providing persistent earth observation imagery | $1.25B | 72/100 | ||
3rd | Satellogic 2010, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Public | Provider of satellite based earth imaging and data solutions | $249M | 70/100 | |
4th | Operator of imaging satellites providing earth observation data solutions | $195M | 67/100 | ||
5th | Synspective 2018, Koto City (Japan), Public | Provider of cloud and AI-based satellite imaging data | $244M | 67/100 | |
6th | Developer of microsatellites and earth observation platform providing related services | $107M | 67/100 | ||
7th | Spire 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services using a large nanosatellite constellation in low orbit | $246M | 67/100 | |
8th | Muon Space 2021, Menlo Park (United States), Series C | Provider of integrated satellite constellation technology stack for Earth intelligence missions | $386M | 66/100 | |
9th | Capella Space 2016, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | Provider of satellite-based imaging solutions | $234M | 66/100 | |
10th | BlackSky 2013, Seattle (United States), Public | AI and cloud-based geospatial intelligence data solutions | - | 66/100 | |
27th |  Orbital Sidekick 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Platform offering space-based hyperspectral imaging and analysis solutions | $47.5M | 56/100 |
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Orbital Sidekick's Investments and acquisitions
Orbital Sidekick has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Orbital Sidekick
Filter this listMedia has covered Orbital Sidekick for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about company updates.
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Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt SatelliteGeospatial World•Jun 14, 2023•Orbital Sidekick
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NRO Selects 6 Companies for Hyperspectral Imagery Study Contracts; Christopher Scolese QuotedGovCon Wire•Mar 23, 2023•Nro, Xplore, Pixxel, Orbital Sidekick and 2 others
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NRO Selects Orbital Sidekick for Hyperspectral Capabilities StudyGlobeNewswire•Mar 22, 2023•Orbital Sidekick, Nro, BlackSky, HyperSat and 3 others
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Xplore Awarded National Reconnaissance Office contract for Commercial Hyperspectral CapabilitiesPRWeb•Mar 22, 2023•Xplore, Nro, Planet, HyperSat and 3 others
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Orbital Sidekick announces Newest Additions to Advisory BoardGeospatial World•Mar 22, 2023•Orbital Sidekick
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