SPACE INDEX COMPANIES INSIGHTS SECTORS PRODUCTS NEWS BLOG ANSWERS RESEARCH ABOUT FOR COMPANIES BUILD / 2026.06.04
Space One logo Space One Develops and launches the solid-fuel KAIROS small satellite launch vehicle from its private Spaceport Kii facility in southern Japan vs Space Pioneer Develops reusable kerosene-liquid oxygen launch vehicles and rocket engines for commercial and government satellite deployment missions Space Pioneer logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
Space One Space Pioneer
Founded 2018 2019
Headquarters Japan Beijing, China
Type private private
Status operating operating
Employees 120
Total funding $28M $351M
Latest round Series A Series C
Sectors Launch Services, Spaceports & Range Services Launch Services, Space Propulsion
Products listed 3 6
Federal contracts
Launches 3 (0%) 2 (50%)
Leaders listed Masakazu Toyoda, Nobuhiro Sekino Kang Yonglai
News mentions 99 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do Space One and Space Pioneer compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. Space One was founded in 2018 and Space Pioneer in 2019.

Which has more launches, Space One or Space Pioneer?

Space One leads with 3 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.