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Inversion Space

US commercial space company specialising in re-entry vehicles; named on Anduril's Golden Dome SBI team.

Last refreshed: 10 May 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic

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Named as Golden Dome SBI partner gaining prime-adjacent positioning

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Common Questions
What does Inversion Space do?
Inversion Space is a US start-up building precision re-entry vehicles that can deliver payloads from orbit to any point on Earth. Its technology combines heat-shield systems with guided atmospheric re-entry for rapid response missions.
Why is Inversion Space on Anduril's Golden Dome team?
Inversion Space was named as one of Anduril's five Golden Dome Space-Based Interceptor partners in May 2026. Its re-entry vehicle and terminal guidance expertise is relevant to boost-phase intercept, where the interceptor must manoeuvre to engage a missile during its ascent.Source: Anduril Industries press release, 5 May 2026
What is a re-entry vehicle and why does it matter for missile defence?
A re-entry vehicle is a spacecraft designed to survive and control descent through the atmosphere from orbit. For missile defence, re-entry guidance technology is relevant to interceptors that must execute precise terminal manoeuvres to intercept a Ballistic missile during its boost phase before warhead deployment.Source: event

Background

Inversion Space is a US commercial space start-up founded in 2021, focused on building re-entry vehicles capable of precision re-entry from orbit for rapid payload delivery anywhere on Earth. The company develops heat-shield technology and guidance systems for controlled atmospheric re-entry, an area with dual-use potential spanning commercial logistics, intelligence payloads, and hypersonic delivery applications.

In May 2026, Inversion Space was named as one of five partners on Anduril Industries' Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) team, inside the Space Force's $3.2 billion Other Transaction Authority pool . The Golden Dome inclusion positions Inversion alongside Impulse Space, K2 Space, Voyager Technologies, and Sandia National Laboratories, giving it prime-adjacent status on one of the US government's highest-profile missile-defence programmes.

For Inversion, the programme provides stable government revenue while the commercial re-entry market remains nascent. Its re-entry and terminal guidance expertise is relevant to the boost-phase intercept mission, where the interceptor vehicle must manoeuvre and engage a Ballistic missile during its powered ascent phase.

Source Material
Anduril team of partners to work on Space Force Space-Based InterceptorsInversion Space