Agile Space Industries Closes $17M Series A
Agile Space Industries built a business on, you guessed it, agility—the ability to deliver high-performing propulsion systems on-time, every time.
SatVu Raises £30M to Accelerate its Constellation
SatVu’s plans for the new capital are twofold: accelerating deployment of its HotSat constellation, and fulfilling demand from across the market.
Demonstrators Are No Longer Optional — They’re How Programs Stay on Track
For decades, aerospace and defense programs followed a familiar pattern: define requirements, finalize designs, then validate at the end of the process. That model assumed time was available to manage surprises.
Haridopolos Praises Isaacman As ‘Dynamic Leader’ For NASA
Jared Isaacman is just over 60 days into his tenure as NASA administrator, and he’s already getting rave reviews from one space leader on Capitol Hill. Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), who chairs the House space subcommittee, commended the entrepreneur-turned-astronaut-turned-NASA-chief for sharing the space agency’s mission with the public—and energizing a NASA workforce in which morale…
When Space Businesses Should Accelerate Cash Burn, When to Improve
Space businesses continue their burn streak.
Revenge of the Bad Businesses: Refining the Space Hardware Investing Thesis During This Year’s Software Rout
The investor playbook has flipped: In the era of AI, Asset-light, high-margin good businesses (software) start to look bad, while greasy, capital-intensive, bad businesses (hardware) now look good. That’s just as true in space as anywhere else.
Kepler Plots European Expansion with NanoAvionics Deal
Kepler Communications and Kongsberg NanoAvionics have teamed up to put on a laser show for Europe.
OroraTech’s New Exec Plans to Step on the Gas
With Zuleta as a catalyst, OroraTech aims to grow to a few hundred sats in the coming years, with the aim of providing worldwide coverage, 15-minute revisit rates, and resolution as low as 50 m.
Axiom Space Raises $350M to Fuel Station, Suit Development
The company also confirmed that both pieces of hardware are on track to be ready in time to hit critical NASA deadlines.
Orbex’s Troubles Open Opportunities for Skyrora
It seems Scotland’s two launch startups—Orbex and Skyrora—are playing by Highlander rules: There can only be one.
Vast Wins Its First Private Astronaut Mission to ISS
The previous five missions have all gone to competitor Axiom, which (like Vast) is building its own private station vying to replace the ISS.
