ATMOS Space Cargo
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About
ATMOS Space Cargo is a German aerospace company building orbital transfer and return vehicles to enable Earth-to-space-to-Earth logistics. The company was co-founded by CEO Sebastian Klaus and operates from bases in Lichtenau, Germany and Strasbourg, France 12. ATMOS successfully completed its PHOENIX 1 demonstration flight in April 2025 and is now building PHOENIX 2, an initial three-vehicle fleet of orbital return spacecraft, while also developing PHOENIX 3, its next-generation vehicle 12. The Series A funding also supports the launch of ATMOS WORKS, a service for governmental and defence customers 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-04-22 | Series A | €25.7M | Balnord, Expansion Ventures | Keen Defence and Security, EIC Accelerator, OTB Ventures, HTGF, APEX Ventures, Seraphim, Faber, E2MC, Kirch Ventures, Lennertz & Co., Mätch VC, MBG Baden-Württemberg, Tech Horizons 12 |
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HTGF, “ATMOS Space Cargo Raises €25.7 Million in Series A to Build Europe’s Orbital Return Infrastructure,” April 22, 2026. https://www.htgf.de/en/atmos-space-cargo-series-a/↩↩↩↩
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Tech.eu, “ATMOS Space Cargo secures €25.7M Series A to expand Europe’s sovereign return-from-orbit capability,” April 22, 2026. https://tech.eu/2026/04/22/atmos-space-cargo-secures-eur257-million-to-expand-europes-sovereign-return-from-orbit-capability/↩↩↩