While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets—with rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, […]
Venture Funding
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies plans maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 on July 15, nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space plans a Tuesday, July 15, launch for the maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 at 2:30 PM – 12:30 AM PDT. The launch will be from Bowen Orbital […]
Impulse Space secures $300 million Series C
Impulse Space has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round—one of the largest venture rounds in the history of the space industry—the round, led by Linse Capital, brings […]
Solestial receives $17 million in Series A funding round to scale space solar manufacturing
Solestial, Inc. (“Solestial”) has closed a $17 million Series A funding round led by AE Ventures. The round welcomed new investors Crosscut Ventures, Zeon Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s ME […]
Complaints over Rivada’s ‘Outernet’ name
Rivada Space Network has been using the term ‘Outernet’ to describe its planned orbital satellite service for some time. But its use, especially as a potential trademark, is being challenged […]
Raising cash should be easier in 2025
By Chris Forrester More than one panelist during the February 4 opening day of the SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View has talked about the need to raise cash. The topic […]
Pixxel raises million$$ in additional funding for hyperspectral imaging solutions
Pixxel, a U.S.-India-based space technology, has closed $24 million in additional funding as part of the firm’s Series B round — this new investment brings the total Series B funding […]
FibreCoat secures million€€ from NewSpace Capital + other investors in Series B raise
FibreCoat has recently raised close to €20 million from NewSpace Capital, Goose Capital, Nova Saint-Gobain, 212 NexT, Otto Krahn New Business, Convergent Ventures and TiE in its Series B raise. […]
Starfish Space secures million$$ in new funding to advance Otter development
Starfish Space has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Shield Capital. Major participants in the round include new investors Point72 Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Aero X […]
OQ Technology secures convertible investment as part of Series-B round
OQ Technology has secured a convertible loan investment as part of its Series-B round — the investment is from the newly-established Luxembourg Space Sector Development fund (LSSD) which is co-led […]