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Rendezvous Robotics

Spacecraft tiles that assemble themselves in orbit

Raised to date

$5.2M

of $5.2M offered across 1 Form D filing

Investors
18
Last filed
Apr 2, 2026

About

Rendezvous Robotics is a space infrastructure company building modular spacecraft that assemble themselves in orbit. Its TESSERAE technology uses flat-packed hexagonal tiles with electromagnetic docking interfaces that launch stacked inside a rocket fairing and then autonomously self-assemble and reconfigure in microgravity, without astronauts, robotic arms, or propulsion. The approach is intended to remove the fairing-size ceiling on satellite design and allow orbital structures to be upgraded rather than replaced. The technology originated in MIT research by co-founder Ariel Ekblaw and has flown three space missions, with a further ISS demonstration in mid-2026 and a free-flight autonomous assembly mission planned for late 2026.

Self-assembling electromagnetic tiles let a structure be sized independently of the rocket that launched it, and let an on-orbit asset be reconfigured or upgraded instead of replaced.

Funding

  • Security to be acquiredFiled Apr 2, 2026Form D
    $5.2M/ $5.2M

Product

TESSERAE

Space infrastructure hardware

Modular hexagonal spacecraft tiles that stack flat for launch and then autonomously dock to one another in orbit using electromagnetic interfaces and swarm robotics, forming large functional structures.

  • Flat-packed hexagonal tiles for launch-efficient stowage
  • Electromagnetic docking between tiles
  • Autonomous swarm self-assembly with no astronauts, robotic arms, or propulsion

Built for

Defense and national security space programs, satellite communications operators, and orbital compute and power ventures

People on file