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CompanyUnited StatesAbsorbed

Deep Space Industries

US company founded in 2012 to pursue asteroid mining that later concentrated on the Comet water-based electrothermal thruster and the Xplorer small deep-space spacecraft bus. Bradford Space announced on 2 January 2019 that it had acquired control of DSI and would rebrand it Bradford Space, Inc.; DSI never flew an asteroid or resource-prospecting mission.

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Facts

Headquarters
United States
Type
Company
Founded
2012
Status
Absorbedas of 2019-01-02. Acquisition release posted on DSI's own website (Internet Archive capture of 7 Jan 2019), corroborated by GeekWire.
Funding rounds
1 in this dataset. Most recent: 2018-04-16, USD 3,500,000 (company announcement) (details)Each amount is shown as its source states it and amounts are never added together. The count is of records, not a count of distinct rounds: separate notices may concern the same financing. Rounds still under review are not listed.
Roles
Prospecting
Targets
Near-Earth asteroid
Parent or acquirer
Bradford Space
Also known as
Deep Space Industries, Inc.; DSI

Missions

1 records
MissionRoleLaunch or landingPhaseOutcome
Prospector-X (Deep Space Industries experimental nano-spacecraft, Luxembourg MoU 2016)SpacecraftOperatorNot recordedStalledNot applicable

Dated events

Amounts are shown one at a time as each source states them. They are never added together.

  1. 2019-01-02

    Bradford Space acquires control of Deep Space Industries

    AcquisitionDeep Space IndustriesWith Bradford Space

    Bradford Space announced it had acquired control of Deep Space Industries, taking over the Comet thruster line and the Xplorer spacecraft bus and rebranding DSI as Bradford Space, Inc.; terms were not disclosed.

    Sources (2)
    1. [1]Deep Space Industries home page with acquisition release (archived)
      Deep Space Industries / Bradford Space (Internet Archive capture)Company statementPublished 2019-01-02Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: summary
      announced today that it has acquired control over Deep Space Industries, Inc., often known as DSI
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.
    2. [2]Bradford Space Group buys Deep Space Industries, shifting focus from asteroid mining to propulsion
      GeekWirePressPublished 2019-01-02Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: summary
      Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  2. 2018-04-16

    Deep Space Industries Series A first tranche

    Funding roundDeep Space IndustriesUSD 3,500,000 (company announcement)

    DSI announced closing the first tranche of a Series A of just over $3.5 million from private investors, to fund its Meteor engine and Xplorer deep-space spacecraft.

    Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.

    Sources (2) and evidence gaps
    1. [1]DSI Raises $3.5M+ Series A to Fund New Propulsion System and Deep Space Exploration Spacecraft (archived)
      Deep Space Industries (Internet Archive capture)Company statementPublished 2018-04-16Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: amount
      The company raised just over $3.5M from private investors.
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.
    2. [2]DSI Raises $3.5M+ Series A to Fund New Propulsion System and Deep Space Exploration Spacecraft (archived)
      Deep Space Industries (Internet Archive capture)Company statementPublished 2018-04-16Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: funding round
      announced today the closing of the first tranche of its Series A funding round
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.
    • Date taken from the archived page's article:published_time metadata (2018-04-16).

Open evidence gaps

  • The deepspaceindustries.com domain now hosts unrelated gambling content (checked 2026-09-25); DSI pages are cited from Internet Archive captures.
  • Current existence of Bradford Space, Inc. in the US: the bradford-space.com contact page (2026) lists only Netherlands and Luxembourg addresses.
  • Specific resources DSI targeted were not stated in the sources retrieved.

Sources

3 excerpts from 2 publications

One web address counts as one publication.

  1. [1]Deep Space Industries home page with acquisition release (archived)
    Deep Space Industries / Bradford Space (Internet Archive capture)Company statementPublished 2019-01-02Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: status, parent organization, aliases
    Deep Space Industries, Inc. is now Bradford Space, Inc.
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  2. [2]Deep Space Industries home page with acquisition release (archived)
    Deep Space Industries / Bradford Space (Internet Archive capture)Company statementPublished 2019-01-02Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: year founded, summary
    Founded in 2012 as an ambitious venture to mine the resources of the asteroids
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  3. [3]Bradford Space Group buys Deep Space Industries, shifting focus from asteroid mining to propulsion
    GeekWirePressPublished 2019-01-02Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: status
    DSI will continue to operate in San Jose, Calif., as Bradford Space Inc.
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.

Cite this record

SpaceMiningData, “Deep Space Industries”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/deep-space-industries.html. Record checked 2026-09-25.