StartupCaliforniaLast reviewed September 2026

Heliospace

Offers systems engineering, mission hardware, and integration services for complex space missions.

Overview

Heliospace provides systems engineering, space-qualified hardware, and analysis for NASA flagship missions and private space projects, supporting everything from low-cost academic missions to planetary exploration programs. Hardware development happens at its Berkeley, California facility. Since a January 2024 reverse merger it has been the wholly owned operating subsidiary of Helio Corporation, whose shares are quoted on OTC Markets under the symbol HLEO and which is also pursuing space-based solar power.

AI Outlook

Exploring

Heliospace is a small systems engineering firm focused on mission hardware, with AI playing a limited role in its space instrument design and integration work.

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