Beyond Reach Labs

Football-field-size solar arrays that fold into a rocket.

Founded
2023
Headquarters
New York, NY
Disclosed funding
$10M
Status
Operating
Sector
Space
Latest round
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Reported valuation
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Website
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Overview

Beyond Reach Labs builds large deployable solar arrays for space stations and orbital data centers, and opened a 16,000-square-foot factory at Brooklyn's Industry City in 2026. CTO Pele Collins spent about seven years at SpaceX leading Dragon parachute engineering and production (Y Combinator W26).

Impact

  • Aerospace manufacturing facility at Industry City, Brooklyn

Funding

$10M seed; reports more than $175M in customer letters of intent.

Disclosed funding is the sum of publicly reported rounds found in the sources below. It is a floor, not a complete total.

Founders

Mitchell Fogelson, Co-founder & CEO
Not a SpaceX alum
Pele Collins, Co-founder & CTO
At SpaceX: Led Dragon parachute engineering & production · ~7 years

Topics

Sources

  1. Y Combinator: Beyond Reach Labs
  2. Payload: Beyond Reach Labs raises $10M seed
  3. SatNews: Beyond Reach opens Brooklyn facility

Last verified September 30, 2026.