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Muon Space completes $146 million Series B to scale satellite constellations for Defense and Commercial missions

Muon Space has closed their oversubscribed $89.5 million Series B1 round, bringing total Series B funding to $146 million—this new capital includes $44.5 million in equity and $45 million in […]

Sierra Space prepares for the 7th validation + 2nd structural tests of the firm’s space platform

Sierra Space has announced the company’s expandable space station technology is scheduled for he seventh key validation test,and second full-scale structural test in June at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center […]

Northrop Grumman advances Sentinel design phase with key tests

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed tests of several crucial elements of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), marking significant progress for the program in its engineering, manufacturing and […]

ESA’s call for proposals: Fly Your Satellite!

ESA invites university and other tertiary education student teams from an eligible state that are producing pico- or nanosatellites (CubeSats or PocketQubes) with educational objectives to propose their satellite for […]

Benchmark raises million$$ + moves to new HQ with world-class test + mfg. capabilities

Benchmark Space Systems has raised $33 million in Series B funding and has moved the firm’s headquarters to facilities that feature state-of-the-art testing systems plus 4x manufacturing capacity. The funding […]

Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]

Successful test of rotating artificial gravity space station for Above: Orbital

Above: Orbital, a company that designs and develops adaptable, space-based platforms for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial customers, successfully completed a test of the firm’s proprietary cold […]