Jack Kuhr, Author at Payload

AstroForge Conducts Hot Fire Test Ahead of Early 2024 Mission

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge successfully conducted a hot fire test of its Brokkr-2 surveyor spacecraft—a key milestone towards its scheduled Q1 2024 launch.

Equities

Astra Stock Drops with No End in Sight

Astra stock dropped another 19% yesterday to 75 cents a pop as it continues its downhill march.

Business

Atomic Clock Market to Grow to $1B, Future Market Insight Finds

Future Market Insights, a research firm, estimates the global atomic clock market will top $532M in sales this year and will nearly double to $1B in a decade, according to a report released Tuesday.

Business

Urban Sky Nabs $9.75M for Stratospheric Balloon Imaging

Urban Sky, a stratospheric balloon imaging startup, announced a $9.75M Series A round yesterday to build out its sensor tech and expand commercial imaging capabilities to 15+ states.

Business

Ligado Sues the US Over Spectrum Rights

Ligado Networks, a VA-based satellite business, filed a lawsuit against the US government last week, claiming the DoD violated its spectrum riots and illegally thwarted its 5G program without compensation.

Science

NASA Reveals Bennu Asteroid Samples, Finds Water and Carbon

Small rocks, big rocks, carbon rocks, water rocks—everyone gets a space rock.

VC/PE

Exclusive: Auriga Space Emerges from Stealth with $5M Funding Round

Auriga Space emerged from stealth today with a novel electromagnetic launch system and $5M in its pocket for prototyping and expanding its LA facility.

Launch

Spain’s PLD Space Launches for the First Time

PLD Space, a Spanish rocket startup, successfully launched its Miura-1 suborbital rocket on Saturday.

Analysis

Starlink Nears Approval in India + Payload Analysis

India is on the verge of approving SpaceX’s Starlink service, paving the way for the launch—or, dare we say, broadband—giant to bring satellite internet to a nation of 1.4B people.