Apex
Apex manufactures productized, configurable satellite bus platforms at scale for commercial and government missions.
Operating headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USFounded
2022Apex manufactures productized, configurable satellite bus platforms at scale for commercial and government missions.
Apex differentiates itself from bespoke satellite builders through speed, scale, and transparent pricing. The company blends traditional aerospace techniques with lessons from high-rate terrestrial manufacturing and operates a 50,000-square-foot Los Angeles production facility known as Factory One.
Its vertical-integration strategy includes in-house Hall-effect thruster technology acquired from Phase Four, aimed at controlling supply-chain bottlenecks and accelerating delivery. Apex also publishes base pricing and delivery timelines for its buses, an unusual practice in the satellite industry.
Source: prnewswire.com
Demand for proliferated satellite constellations is growing among defense and commercial operators. Apex targets national security opportunities such as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and Golden Dome, alongside commercial remote sensing and communications constellations.
The company has disclosed production capacity sold out through 2025 and booked slots extending into 2027 and 2028, and it plans to scale output by leasing a second Los Angeles facility to support higher-rate bus production.
Source: spacenews.com
Apex offers productized, configurable satellite bus platforms designed for manufacturing at scale. Its three platform lines—Aries, Nova, and Comet—support payloads ranging from 150 kg to 3,000 kg and missions across LEO, MEO, and GEO orbits.
Customers can select pre-engineered configuration packages to adapt platforms for earth observation, communications, remote sensing, and defense applications, with base versions starting at publicly listed prices and delivery timelines.
Source: apexspace.com