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Orbital Raises $5 M Pre-Seed to Build ODC Constellation
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (106+ words) Orbital's ODC concept instead relies on a network of relatively smaller satellites, which can together handle large AI inference workloads, and remain in constant contact with the ground....
Reflex Aerospace Taps Arkadia Space for 2027 Mission
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (145+ words) Reflex Aerospace selected Spanish startup Arkadia Space to provide a propulsion system for its satellite mission, launching in 2027....
Quantum Space To Go Public Via SPAC
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (100+ words) We need to scale, and to do that we need capital, but it's also important to have access to public markets for other things we want to do. But the key right now is speed....
New Orbit Raises $18. 5 M to Build VLEO Spacecraft at Scale
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (541+ words) UK startup New Orbit announced a $18. 5 M Series A today to fuel development of a new class of VLEO satellites. Voyager Ventures led the round, which was joined by previous investors Atlantic, Lifeline Ventures, LGF, Illusian, as well as multiple…...
Mass Is the Easy Part, Coordination Is The Hard Part
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (715+ words) But building at this scale " thousands of units, across an expansive supply chain, on a wartime clock " is new, and it's not just startups facing these pressures. It's new for everyone, with traditional primes trained to operate on multi-million dollar…...
Astro Forge Completes its Deep Space-2 Spacecraft
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (163+ words) Deep Space-2 will aim to demonstrate the company's ability to rendezvous with an asteroid and set the stage for future asteroid mining missions before the end of the decade....
Apex Raises $200 M At $2. 3 B Valuation
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (82+ words) It's the company's third $200 M round in about 14 months....
US Commercial Space Stations Expand to Europe
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (379+ words) Two commercial space station companies'Vast and Axiom Space'announced new offices in France and Switzerland, respectively....
The Exploration Company Completes Nyx Drop Test
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (410+ words) The Exploration Company completed a drop test in the Mojave Desert as part of its Nyx cargo spacecraft development program, the company announced on Thursday. The test, which was completed on May 19, used a dedicated drop-test vehicle to help engineers…...
Muon Space Unveils New, Larger Satellite Bus
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (21+ words) Condor-Ultra is three times larger than its Condor-XL satellite bus, and geared toward the nascent orbital-data-center market....