Polimak Space

Corporate Status and Origins

Unlike typical venture-backed startups, Polimak Space is a high-growth spinoff. It leverages the technical IP, manufacturing capacity, and engineering pedigree of its parent company, founded in 1980. The space division was formally established with internal seed funding from Polimak Industrial in 2022, marking the transition of terrestrial handling technology to extraterrestrial environments.

Key Economic and Business Value

Enabling High-Value Resource Extraction Polimak technology serves as the infrastructure for the most lucrative markets in the solar system. It enables the industrial-scale regolith processing required to harvest Helium-3, a fuel essential for next-generation nuclear fusion power and the cryogenic cooling of quantum data centers.

Propellant for Orbital Logistics By feeding regolith into chemical reactors, Polimak facilitates the production of LOX and LH2 fuel on-site. This provides a refueling network for satellites, space shuttles, and orbital space data centers, decoupling the space economy from Earth-based supply chains.

Lunar and Martian Infrastructure The company enables a sustainable human presence by providing the systems for site preparation and construction. Their technology delivers the feedstock for 3D-printing landing pads, roads, and habitats, preventing the dust damage that threatens long-term missions.

Space Mining and Circular Economy Polimak solutions allow for the extraction of critical raw materials like Iron, Aluminum, and Silicon. This enables the manufacturing of solar arrays and structural components directly on the lunar surface, creating a self-sustaining circular economy.

Funding and Partnerships

The company received its first funding from Polimak Industrial in 2022 to initiate technology transfer. In 2025, it was awarded funding and selected for Phase 2 by the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC).

Polimak Space has been working on NASA SBIR awarded projects for over 2 years, focusing on lunar landing and launchpad construction, excavation, processing, and transport logistics. The company maintains several ongoing projects with global space exploration companies and top-tier academic institutions. Through these collaborations, Polimak has solved significant technical difficulties regarding the handling of abrasive, electrostatic lunar materials for exploration missions.

Intellectual Property

Polimak has patented several key technologies for both terrestrial and celestial use. These patents cover the processing and utilization of lunar materials as well as critical raw materials on Earth, with specialized applications for the defense industry.