K2 Space Corporation

K2 Space Co-Founder and CEO Karan Kunjur recently sat down with Nasdaq MarketSite’s executive producer and host, Kristina Ayanian, to share how K2 is blurring the line between current capabilities and science fiction by building large, powerful satellites at speed and scale. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eXJprhSU

K2 Space recently hosted Rep. Jake Ellzey, who visited our factory for a close-up look at how we’re building the biggest, most powerful satellites on orbit to support national security priorities, including Golden Dome. Just like Rep. Ellzey’s home state of Texas, everything is bigger at K2 – including our satellites’ size, power, and payload mass to support our customers’ complex mission needs.

K2 Space was honored to recently host Secretary of the United States Air Force Troy Meink at our California factory as we scale to build hundreds of large, high power satellites to support our warfighters and national security objectives.

Had a great time talking with Neel Kunjur of K2 Space Corporation today on the podcast about their progress over the last few years (including their first flown missions!), how they are adjusting to industry changes and movements, and where they go from here. https://lnkd.in/e3nmaJbF

K2 Space's Co-Founder and CTO Neel Kunjur returned to the Main Engine Cut Off (MECO) podcast with host Anthony Colangelo to talk in-depth about K2's ongoing Gravitas mission (shown launching from Transporter-16 below), recent partnerships with SES Satellites and Anduril Industries, and what's next as K2 approaches its four-year anniversary. Give it a listen here: https://lnkd.in/ehit244j

K2 Space is building bigger, more powerful satellites to support the unique mission needs of our customers, including the United States Space Force's Space Test Program (STP). Our first satellite mission Gravitas is testing and validating multiple STP payloads in orbit, like the one pictured below, to provide valuable scientific data for STP’s research and development initiatives. This payload partnership is facilitated through the Pentagon’s STRATFI and TACFI programs, which help scale defense capabilities from the prototype to the operational level.

Launching Factory Floor Fridays — EXIM’s new campaign spotlighting American manufacturers, workers, and innovators building the future here at home. The series will highlight how EXIM supports U.S. jobs, strengthens supply chains, and helps American companies compete in markets around the world. During EXIM’s visit to K2 Space Corporation, EXIM leadership met with company leaders to discuss how EXIM can finance American manufacturers to expand exports, strengthen supply chains, and compete globally. Factory Floor Fridays is about showcasing the companies, workers, and partnerships helping build America’s economic future. Partnerships like these support U.S. jobs and industrial growth, and K2 Space represents a new generation of U.S. manufacturers that could play a meaningful role in expanding the country’s export footprint in advanced space technologies. Read more: https://bit.ly/48S4Toe

K2 Space was honored to recently welcome President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, John Jovanovic, to our California factory for a close-up view of how we’re scaling to build hundreds of large, powerful satellites right here in the U.S. As a startup manufacturer building 85 percent of our satellite components in house, we appreciate Chairman Jovanovic’s focus on strengthening American competitiveness through secure supply chains and strategic investment in emerging technologies. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eiyGzNCN

K2 Space is proud to announce that we are partnering with Anduril Industries on the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense program. K2 will be providing our proven Mega-class satellites to host Space Based Interceptors. Our satellites are bigger and more powerful than anything on orbit, and we’re thrilled to be selected for Golden Dome to demonstrate what these high power, high payload mass satellites can bring to the warfighter. Read more from our partner Anduril here: https://lnkd.in/eqz6XA58