First 100 Claimants Earn Genesis Founder Badge
Are you with Sierra Nevada?
Sierra Space is a Defense Tech leader developing satellites, subsystems, spaceplanes, hypersonics & infrastructure for U.S. National Security
Sierra Nevada Corporation develops and delivers technologies for national defense and space exploration. The company specializes in satellite systems, propulsion technologies, and environmental systems for microgravity. It serves government and commercial sectors, focusing on innovative solutions for space missions and defense applications.
Company facts
- Legal name
- Sierra Nevada Corporation
- HQ
- Louisville, United States
- Founded
- 2021 · 5 yrs
- Stage
- series_d_plus
- Website
- www.sierraspace.com
Trusted by
Milestones
Program transferred to Sierra Space, a subsidiary spun off from Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Conducted pivotal atmospheric test flight of Dream Chaser hardware.
Press coverage
- SpaceOps: Dream Chaser Reality Check
Aviation Week
- Sierra Nevada Unveils Cargo Version of Private Dream Chaser Space Plane
Space.com
- Sierra Space's Dream Chaser New Station Resupply Spacecraft for NASA
NASA
- Dream Chaser - Wikipedia
Wikipedia
- Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Space Plane Aces Free-Flight Drop Test
Space.com
Active products by Sierra Nevada
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | Dream Chaser Eagle | Research | Payload 5500 kg | 2024 | 72.8 |
Research & Prototype buying guides
Industry Knowledge →
The research-robot procurement RFP: questions and red flags
A structured RFP for research robot procurement covers SDK openness, ROS 2 support, spare parts, export control, and end-of-life risk. This is the checklist tha…

A 90-day playbook to stand up a new platform in a lab
Most research robot deployments fail at the handoff: the student who set it up leaves, and no one can reproduce the environment. This 90-day playbook builds rep…

Matching research robot platform to research goal
The wrong platform for a research domain creates years of friction. This domain-by-domain breakdown maps hardware categories to research goals and evaluates ROS…
