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SpaceWERX Announces New STRATFI Funding Awards

SpaceWERX, the Space Force’s innovation funding division, announced a new batch of STRATFI awardees last week at SXSW.

ExplainerISS

How the ISS National Lab Went Commercial

The US’ highest scientific laboratory is changing with the times.

Polaris

What’s Next For the FY25 Budget Proposal

The dust has settled from the Biden administration’s budget drop yesterday. Now what?

Military

The Space Force Cuts Corners

Cut season isn’t ending with NASA: the Space Force’s budget request for FY2025 is ~$600M lower than its last ask for fiscal 2024.

Civil

NASA Proposes Tight Budget In A Season of Cuts

The Artemis lunar return remains the biggest ticket item on NASA’s budget.

CivilPolicy

White House Requests $25.4B for NASA in FY25

The Biden administration has requested $25.4B for NASA in its fiscal 2025 budget, which prioritizes investment in Earth science, climate research, and the return to the Moon.

VC/PE

Phantom Raises a Bridge Round

Phantom Space has raised a bridge round of funding to scale up hiring ahead of its first rocket launch next year. Balerion Space Ventures led the round, which also included participation from the Reaser Family Office, KOLH Capital, and a handful of existing and new investors. The new tranche of funding brings the company’s total…

StartupsVC/PE

Lumen Orbit Raises $2.4M to Speed Up Downlink

Lumen Orbit, a startup that aims to speed up downlink times by processing data in space, is emerging from stealth today with $2.4M in funding. 

Satcom

Viasat and Rocket Lab Team Up on NASA Comms Demo

It’s the first time the legacy comms giant has chosen a “new space” company to build an on-orbit asset.

BusinessEuropeInternational

Slingshot Opens First Overseas Office in the UK

The space situational awareness (SSA) firm Slingshot Aerospace is opening two offices in the UK in its first expansion outside America’s borders.

Parallax

Just Keep Breathing

Jupiter’s moon Europa creates enough oxygen every day to keep a million people breathing—but that’s less than researchers used to think.

EO

ICEYE Unveils Ocean Vision Product Line

Finnish SAR company ICEYE announced a new family of products today that will use its existing satellite constellation to help customers locate, track, and characterize assets at sea.