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Astranis, the California-based small satellite manufacturer, has announced its largest commercial contract to date: a $115 million deal to deliver Taiwan’s first dedicated communications satellite.
Aetherflux has raised $50 million in Series A funding, marking a significant step forward for a company that aims to change how energy is harvested in orbit and delivered to Earth.
Portal Space Systems, a aerospace startup developing next-generation spacecraft propulsion, has raised $17.5 million in a seed funding round to support the development and upcoming launch of Supernova, its highly maneuverable spacecraft powered by solar thermal propulsion (STP).
SpinLaunch has announced that it will develop its own 280 satellite internet constellation called Meridian Space; backed by smallsat manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics
NASA has awarded a contract to Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science small satellites aimed at studying the formation of storms.
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, an advanced space telescope designed to detect and monitor asteroids and comets that could pose an impact threat to Earth.
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a major delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to develop spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project.
The newly ordered satellite will be the third Mako satellite bus developed for these experiments, joining two previously commissioned for the Tetra-5 mission.
K2 Space, a satellite manufacturing startup aiming to disrupt the industry with lower-cost, high-capacity spacecraft, has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round.
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the U.S. Space Force to launch a mission under the military’s quick-reaction space program, marking the company’s third such award.
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