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Gilmour Space Technologies logo Gilmour Space Technologies Develops hybrid-propellant launch vehicles, a modular satellite bus, and operates Australia's first licensed orbital spaceport vs JAXA Japan's national space agency conducting launch operations, satellite development, Earth observation, asteroid exploration, and human spaceflight research JAXA logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
Gilmour Space Technologies JAXA
Founded 2015 2003
Headquarters Gold Coast, Australia Chofu, Japan
Type private government
Status operating operating
Employees 176
Total funding $141.1M
Latest round Series E
Sectors Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing, Spaceports & Range Services Launch Services, Earth Observation & Remote Sensing, Planetary Exploration
Products listed 4 42
Federal contracts
Launches 2 (0%)
Leaders listed Adam Gilmour, James Gilmour, Ashley Hasforth Hiroshi Yamakawa, Sonoko Watanabe, Masashi Okada
News mentions 0 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do Gilmour Space Technologies and JAXA compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. Gilmour Space Technologies was founded in 2015 and JAXA in 2003.

Which has more launches, Gilmour Space Technologies or JAXA?

Gilmour Space Technologies leads with 2 tracked launches (0% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.