Firefly Raises $175M Series D, Aims For 2025 Launch
The news comes as competing small satellite launchers Astra and Relativity are also seeking new funding for their launch vehicle development programs.
Tim Fernholz
Voyager Is Trying to Right-Size National Security Space
There are three major areas where Voyager is investing in national security space: Solid rockets, intelligence, and satellite payloads.
Bridenstine Kicks Off Phase Four Investment Round
“As the NASA administrator, I had a lot of challenges with traditional Hall thrusters,” Bridenstine told Payload. “When I came across this company that’s doing electric propulsion, they can provide as much thrust and as much efficiency as a traditional hull thruster, but do it with a variety of different fuels, I got excited about it.”
NASA Begins Hand-off To Commercial Satellites
Today marks the last day that NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay System satellites will be open for new business.
Is Relativity On The Rocks?
The rocketmaker has has raised more than $2B since 2015.
Matter Intelligence Wants Data That’s Never Been Seen Before
“Hyperspectral is such a buzz word.”
The DoD Is Ramping Up Its Commercial Satellite Spend
Military users already spent $660M through the contract since 2023.
AstroForge Picks Up First Commercial Deep Space License
The license was “our last gate to fly.”
Ursa Major Wins New US Industrial Base Funding
The end goal is to produce 50 to 100 liquid-fueled rocket engines a year.
What Makes Space AI So Tricky?
“There’s just really no certification standard yet for this type of flight software.”