What Lunar Resources Registry does

Lunar Resources Registry (LRR), legally Lunar Resources Registry UG, is a Frankfurt am Main-based early-stage company building geospatial databases, interactive maps, and a tradeable Registration service for lunar surface locations. Its core technology stack combines a curated registry of all known human activity on the Moon (64 years, 74 unique locations including landers, rovers, orbiters, heritage sites, and pits) with machine-learning analysis of remote sensing data aimed at identifying optimal iron, titanium, silicate, thorium, and rare earth deposit locations. Key technical components include the Open Lunar Registry Educational Map, Lunar Orbital Registry, Lunar South Pole Map and Registry, named development zones (New Pilbara for iron, New Silicon Valley for silicate/titanium), and a Space Resources Legal Framework service.

LRR monetizes through three streams: (1) quote-based Lunar Resource Registrations that grant exclusive use of a specific lunar area for exploration, extraction, or manufacturing/energy bases, targeting energy, space resources, aerospace, infrastructure, mining, and commodities clients (a Registration is explicitly not a claim of ownership of any lunar territory); (2) printed A1 educational/collectible moon maps at €100 per unit sold via the website and through UK distributor SpaceStore UK; and (3) selected-client consultancy helping corporate buyers build realistic space-resource missions and identify ISRU and infrastructure providers. GTM is direct, consultative, sales-led, and gated to pre-qualified corporate clients with compatible business models; marketing relies on social (Twitter, LinkedIn), industry events (Space Resources Week Luxembourg, Hessen in Space), and earned media (Frankfurter Allgemeine, January 2026). The company is privately held, was funded in 2023 by Space Ventures Investors Ltd and its two founders, is an Alumnus of the ESA Business Incubation Centre Hessen 2023, and holds an MOU with Thales Alenia Space's Space Business Catalyst (September 2024).

Name

Lunar Resources Registry

Legal name

Lunar Resources Registry UG

Website

https://lunarresourcesregistry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lunar Resources Registry is a Frankfurt am Main-based early-stage company that builds geospatial databases, interactive maps, and a tradeable Registration service for specific lunar surface locations, serving selected corporate clients in space resources, mining, energy, aerospace, and commodities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lunar Resource Registration Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

akta.pro primary industry

Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

Keywords

• Lunar resource registration
• Lunar geospatial mapping
• Space mining exploration
• In-situ resource utilization
• Space resources legal framework

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lunar Resource Registrations: LRR sells Registrations to selected clients for specific lunar locations. A Registration grants exclusive use of an exact area for exploration, extraction, and establishment of manufacturing or energy production bases. Registrations are tradeable. Target customers include Energy, Space Resources, Aerospace, Infrastructure, Mining, and Commodities companies. Note: A Registration is explicitly NOT a claim or right to ownership of any part of the Moon.
2. Printed Educational Moon Maps: Sale of printed A1 size, numbered and signed educational and collectible maps of the Moon displaying all known human activity and objects, spanning 64 years and 74 locations. Sold for €100 per map, delivered in a cylindrical tube.
3. Selected Client Consultancy Services: Selected clients can use LRR's service to build realistic Space Resource businesses, missions, and operations. LRR assists in identifying appropriate lunar resource technologies (e.g., ISRU) and infrastructure providers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lunar Resources Registry (LRR) is an early-stage lunar mining exploration company that operates a geospatial database and mapping platform and sells Lunar Resources Registrations granting selected clients exclusive use of specific lunar areas for exploration, extraction, and the establishment of manufacturing or energy production bases. The Registrations are tradeable and complemented by interactive online maps documenting all known human activity on the Moon, a Lunar Orbital Registry of lunar spacecraft, a Space Resources Legal Framework governing commercial operations, ML-based resource location analysis, printed A1 educational moon maps, and consultancy services for building realistic Space Resource businesses and missions.

Product overview

Lunar Resources Registry (LRR) is an early-stage lunar mining exploration company that operates as a geospatial database and mapping platform. The core offering is the Lunar Resources Registration service, which is complemented by interactive mapping products (Open Lunar Registry, Lunar Orbital Registry, South Pole Map) and physical printed maps. The company identifies valuable lunar resources (Platinum Group Metals, Critical Metals, Helium 3, Water, Iron, Titanium, Silicates) using remote sensing data and offers registrations for development zones including New Pilbara (iron), New Silicon Valley (solar energy infrastructure), and various titanium exploration zones. LRR also provides science registrations for observatories and infrastructure services for ports and launch facilities. A Registration is not a claim to ownership but a service agreement providing exclusive use of specific lunar areas for exploration and extraction operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lunar Resources Registration A registration service (explicitly not a claim of ownership) that provides qualifying clients with exclusive use of a specific lunar area for exploration, extraction, and the establishment of manufacturing or energy production bases. Registrations cover named development zones such as New Pilbara (iron-rich zones for ISRU), New Silicon Valley (silicate and titanium zones for solar panel manufacturing), titanium exploration zones, lunar pits, heritage sites, infrastructure sites (launch pads, ports, refuse sites), and scientific research sites (e.g., 'Bullseye' Near-Side Earth Observatory, 'The Ear' Far-Side Radio Telescope). Target customers are commercial operators in space resources, mining, commodities, energy, and aerospace sectors, as well as space agencies and educational institutions for partnership-based science registrations.
• Open Lunar Registry Educational Map An interactive, sortable web-based map displaying all known human activity and objects on the Moon, including landers, rovers, orbiters, discarded space hardware, and the latest 2023 missions (iSpace Hakuto-R, Luna 25, Chandrayaan-3). Available as an interactive online map and as a printed A1 educational collectible. Meant for researchers, educators, journalists, and the general public interested in lunar exploration.
• Lunar Orbital Registry An interactive online registry of all known spacecraft in orbit around the Moon, including active and dormant spacecraft, with profiles and orbital data. Targets aerospace operators, mission planners, and researchers tracking lunar orbital assets.
• Lunar South Pole Map and Registry An interactive online map displaying previous missions and potential Artemis landing sites at the lunar south pole. Useful for mission planners, researchers, and educational users tracking south pole exploration activity.
• Printed Moon Maps A1-sized educational and collectible printed maps showing all known human activity and objects on the Moon, spanning 64 years across 74 unique locations. Printed on matt finish thick paper, numbered and signed, and delivered in a cylindrical tube at €100 per unit. Targeted at educators, collectors, journalists, space enthusiasts, and consumers seeking a physical reference artefact.
• Space Resources Legal Framework A clear and transparent legal framework service governing commercial space resource exploration and extraction rights. Supports the commercial Registration service by establishing governance rules for fair use of lunar areas and provides early registrants with a structured commercial rights framework. Targets the same commercial and government clients engaged in lunar extraction or research.
• Selected Client Consultancy Services A consultative engagement service for selected clients wishing to build realistic Space Resource businesses, missions, and operations. LRR assists clients in identifying appropriate lunar resource technologies (e.g., ISRU equipment and methods) and infrastructure providers, leveraging its geospatial database and partner network. Targets commercial operators and governments planning lunar resource operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Locations with >€1 Billion resource value identified
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Thales Alenia Space's Space Business CatalystcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Thales Alenia Space's Space Business Catalyst and Lunar Resources Registry UG in September 2024. This partnership positions LRR within a major aerospace company's ecosystem for commercial lunar development.
• European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre Hessen (managed by CESAH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023LRR is an Alumnus of the ESA Business Incubation Centre Hessen 2023, managed by CESAH in Darmstadt. The ESA BIC program supports space-related startups with mentorship, infrastructure, and business development support.
• Lunar Station CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLRR has partnered with Lunar Station Corporation to create multiple Registrations across various lunar development zones. Together they have built the Space Resources Network. Lunar Station provides analytical lunar surface imaging and geospatial intelligence that supports LRR's resource location database.
• LifeShipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeShip, a space-time capsule program focused on saving and sending humanity's DNA on spaceships, partnered with LRR to include a lunar map as a virtual payload on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission in March 2025, along with Copernic Space and the Moon Mars Museum.
• Copernic SpaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCopernic Space partnered with LRR and LifeShip to include a lunar map as a virtual payload on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission in March 2025.
• Moon Mars MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoon Mars Museum partnered with LRR and LifeShip to include a lunar map as a virtual payload on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission in March 2025.
• Berlin Space ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLRR has partnered with the Berlin Space Consortium as part of its broader Space Resources Network of international companies, geologists, academics, and entrepreneurs.
• SpaceStore UKminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpaceStore UK provides sales of LRR's printed maps in the UK market, acting as a distribution partner for physical map products.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lunar Station Corporation: Lunar Station Corporation provides analytical lunar surface imaging and geospatial intelligence, and is LRR's data partner within the Space Resources Network. It is the most directly comparable peer — both firms curate lunar surface data, identify resource-rich sites, and combine imaging with analytical overlays for commercial customers.
• ispace: ispace is a Japanese lunar exploration company developing landers and rovers with commercial lunar resource ambitions. It is comparable to LRR because both operate in the commercial lunar ecosystem with multinational reach and pursue commercially viable lunar surface activity, and ispace's landed and crashed missions (Hakuto-R) are even tracked within LRR's registry.
• Astrobotic Technology: Astrobotic is a US-based lunar logistics and payload delivery company developing landers and rovers for the Moon. It is comparable because Astrobotic operates the commercial surface access infrastructure that LRR's port/launch-pad Registrations are designed to support, sharing the same end customer base of lunar payload customers.
• Moon Express: Moon Express is a US company pursuing commercial lunar resource extraction and payload delivery, and was an early recipient of FAA commercial lunar mission authorization. It is comparable as one of the founding commercial lunar mining ventures whose activities, sites, and resource rights overlap directly with LRR's registration mandate.

Emerging players

• Astroforge: Astroforge is an emerging US startup focused on asteroid and lunar mining, particularly platinum-group metals. It is comparable because it sits on the same speculative-resource commercial frontier LRR supports via its resource-location database and Registrations.
• Open Lunar Foundation: Open Lunar is a non-profit focused on peaceful and cooperative lunar settlement governance. It is comparable as an adjacent ecosystem actor addressing lunar policy, governance, and rights frameworks — the same legal ambiguity space LRR's Space Resources Legal Framework attempts to address.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates the world's largest commercial Earth-observation satellite constellation and sells geospatial analytics to enterprise and government. It is comparable as a broad incumbent in satellite-imagery-driven geospatial analytics — the same data-stack category LRR applies to lunar surface analysis at a much smaller scale.
• Maxar Technologies: Maxar is a leading provider of satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence with deep US government and defense penetration. It is comparable because Maxar already serves the lunar reconnaissance domain (LROC imagery is publicly used in LRR's analyses) and could vertically integrate into authoritative lunar registries if the market develops.

Others

• LeoLabs: LeoLabs provides commercial space situational awareness, particularly tracking objects in low Earth orbit via a global radar network. It is comparable as a foundational infrastructure/data layer that enables commercial activity in orbit — analogous to LRR's role for the lunar surface — rather than competing directly.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/registrylunar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/68527837

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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