TFX Capital is excited to announce the closure of ThinkOrbital’s seed round, led by TFX Capital, to accelerate Defense-Driven Space Capabilities, On-Orbit Servicing, and In-Space Construction.
“This funding enables us to move faster on capabilities that will define how we defend and operate in orbit, whether that’s inspecting spacecraft with Space-to-Space X-ray to determine their capabilities and intent, servicing critical assets, or building infrastructure at a scale that simply cannot be deployed from the ground.
The U.S. and our allies are asymmetrically reliant on space for national security and commercial missions; our adversaries will take advantage of that.
We must understand and defend the high ground. Space is no longer a remote frontier; it is an operational domain.”
– Col Lee Rosen (USAF Ret.), Co-founder and CEO of ThinkOrbital.
Upcoming Launches to Demonstrate Space-to-Space X-ray Imaging
ThinkOrbital’s revolutionary “Space-to-Space X-ray” system is entering the next phase of trials and will be tested in space on demonstration missions March and October 2026. Designed to improve space domain awareness (determine adversary capabilities and intent, anomaly resolution, damage assessment, etc.), this system provides penetrating inspection and imaging for definitive characterization of objects in orbit.
Investor Perspective
“Infrastructure at scale is the key to unlocking the next phase of the space economy, from manufacturing to defense to power and compute, and we believe ThinkOrbital has both the technology and the team to make that future real.”
– Brandon Shelton, Founder and Managing Partner at TFX Capital
Read the entire press release here.
For deeper insight into our investment philosophy and the leadership behind ThinkOrbital, we encourage readers to watch the Founders Tales episodes with Brandon Shelton and Lee Rosen.
