K2 Space
US commercial space company partnered with Anduril on the Space Force Space-Based Interceptor team for Golden Dome.
Last refreshed: 10 May 2026
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Joined Anduril Space-Based Interceptor team for Golden Dome
Drones: Industry & Defence: Anduril names Sandia on Golden Dome team- What is K2 Space and what does it build?
- K2 Space is a US commercial space company building high-power satellite platforms for LEO and GEO orbits. Its systems are designed to sustain the high electrical power output that government missions — including missile-defence sensors — require over extended periods.Source: Anduril Industries press release, 5 May 2026
- What is K2 Space's role in the Golden Dome missile defence programme?
- K2 Space is one of five partners on Anduril's Space-Based Interceptor team inside the Space Force's $3.2 billion Golden Dome OTA pool. Its satellite platform expertise provides the on-orbit power and payload bus for the boost-phase intercept system targeting a 2028 demonstration.Source: Anduril Industries press release, 5 May 2026
- Who are Anduril's Space-Based Interceptor team partners?
- Anduril named five partners for its Golden Dome SBI team on 5 May 2026: Impulse Space (propulsion), Inversion Space (re-entry vehicles), K2 Space (satellite platforms), Voyager Technologies (space infrastructure), and Sandia National Laboratories (boost-phase intercept physics).Source: Anduril Industries press release, 5 May 2026
Background
K2 Space is a US commercial space company focused on developing high-power satellite platforms capable of operating in low Earth orbit (LEO) and geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Founded to address the gap between small-satellite bus capabilities and the power and payload requirements of next-generation government missions, K2 Space targets applications where sustained high electrical power output — rather than simply launch mass — is the binding constraint.
On 5 May 2026, K2 Space was named as one of five partners on Anduril Industries' Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) team, inside the US Space Force's $3.2 billion Other Transaction Authority pool awarded on 24 April 2026 to twelve companies for Golden Dome boost-phase intercept development . The other team members are Impulse Space, Inversion Space, Voyager Technologies, and Sandia National Laboratories. The programme targets a demonstration of integrated boost-phase intercept capability by approximately 2028.
K2 Space's inclusion on the SBI team reflects the programme's dependence on sustained on-orbit power for target acquisition, tracking, and kill-vehicle guidance. Its role provides prime-adjacent positioning on one of the US government's highest-profile missile-defence contracts, offering stable government revenue against a still-developing commercial satellite market.