Payload Pioneers 2023: Brendan Rosseau
Brendan Rosseau believes even Earth-bound businesses need to be prepared for the space economy to take off.
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Stories on space business, including company updates, funding announcements, and contract awards.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Makena Fetzer
Makena Fetzer’s journey to the space industry began at her high school’s telescope observatory in Arizona, where she spent her time gazing up at the stars.
Investors Publicly Urge Terran Orbital to Step it Up
A group of investors in Terran Orbital ($LLAP) sent a letter to the company’s board on Thursday laying out a pathway to success after “underlying strategic and operational issues” have “significantly harmed the business,” the letter says.
Exclusive: Spaceium and Aphelia Partner on In-Space Recharging
In-orbit wireless charging for spacecraft, here we come.
Proteus Space Emerges from Stealth with a $4.2M Seed
Proteus Space thinks satellite manufacturing takes too damn long.
Voyager, Northrop Team Up For Private Space Station Competition
Northrop Grumman is pulling out of NASA’s competition to build a private space station in LEO as a solo entity to instead pair up with Voyager’s Nanoracks.
NASA Awards SmallSat Contracts
NASA is scaling up its number of eyes in space after announcing a new slate of partnerships with the commercial smallsat crew on Monday.
ispace US Unveils New Denver HQ
ispace US unveiled a new headquarters on Thursday that will serve as the homebase for its mission to establish long-term lunar infrastructure and the birthplace of the company’s newest lander. The lunar tech company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese entity of the same name, has ambitious goals to land craft on the Moon consistently […]
Kayhan Space Closes $7M Seed Extension, Updates Pathfinder
Kayhan Space raised a $7M seed extension ahead of the release of Pathfinder 3.0, an update to the free version of its space traffic coordination software, the company announced this morning.
General Atomics Buys EO Vista
General Atomics acquired EO Vista, an electro-optical sensor supplier, the company announced Friday. EO Vista will be tucked into the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems division, which houses the company’s satellite manufacturing and nuclear propulsion operations. EO Vista is currently a General Atomics supplier, providing electro-optical weather sensors for its satellite buses. The acquisition brings a […]
Astra Space Announces Reverse Stock Split
Astra Space announced a reverse stock split on Wednesday in a last ditch effort to prevent a delisting on the stock exchange. The company’s board of directors approved the stock split of Astra’s Class A and Class B common stock, both valued at $0.0001, at a ratio of one for 15, effective immediately. Coming back […]