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Astranis Raises $450M+, Including $300M Series E
Snowpoint Ventures and Franklin Templeton co-led the round, which valued the company at $2.8B, according to a source close to the deal.
Commerce Aiming to Open Novel Space Applications This Summer
In March, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) unveiled its plan to serve as a one-stop shop for licensing novel space missions.
Bridenstine Takes Over as Quantum Space CEO
Bridenstine, who was NASA chief between 2018 and 2021, told Payload that the new position allows him to get back into national security and defense—“That’s where my background is, and where my heart is,” he said.
Anduril Names Its SBI Team For Golden Dome
Anduril is one of 12 primes working on the SBI aspect of the Golden Dome missile defense architecture.
Lt. Gen. Schiess Nominated to Lead Space Force
If confirmed, Schiess will be just the third person to serve as the chief of space operations since the Space Force was established in 2019.
House Subcommittee Approves $24.4B NASA Budget
Lawmakers have spent the past week telling NASA that they don’t support the administration’s FY27 budget request for the agency. Now, House appropriators have taken the first legislative step to formally reject the spending plan.
CATALYST Unveils its Sat Product for City Skylines
“Now we can show a construction firm what was already moving before they broke ground, an insurer the risk they were underwriting blind, and a city authority the consequences of densification they had approved but were not monitoring,” PCI Geomatics CEO June McAlarey said in a statement.
Golden Dome Will Use COTS Parts, Space Execs Say
Asked what a Golden Dome satellite bus would have that a commercial satellite bus doesn’t, Apex Space CEO Ian Cinnamon’s answer was simple—”Hopefully, nothing.”
Dems Slam Trump Over NSF Board Cuts
“This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said in a statement.
True Anomaly Closes $650M Series D
True Anomaly has raised a $650M Series D, announced on the heels of its Golden Dome award for space-based interceptor tech—a new product for the four-year-old company.
Pentagon Taps 12 Companies for Golden Dome SBI Tech
The 20 awards to 12 companies are worth up to $3.2B combined.
Astra Targets Golden Dome With Small Rockets, Says CEO Chris Kemp
“We’re going to do target practice. We’re going to make the clay-pigeon rocket,” Kemp said. “That’s great, because that will drive scale for us…and allow us to bring our cost down for commercial customers, and other government customers.”
Trump Taps Space Execs For Military Space Roles
Both nominees will need to be confirmed by the Senate before they can get on the job.
