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Loft Orbital, building space infrastructure for any mission, led by Pierre-Damien Vaujour, Alex Greenberg, and Antoine de Chassy, has announced the procurement of 10 new Longbow satellites and the availability of a larger, high-powered satellite platform, expanding its inventory to meet growing customer demand. This reflects continued momentum for Loft’s space infrastructure services, offering a range of off-the-shelf buses so Loft can focus on the integration and execution o

Slingshot Aerospace, bringing together the systems, software, and AI that turn sensing, data fusion, and simulation into coordinated operational action, led by Tim Solms and the team, has announced a $69.2 million award in support of the U.S. Space Force’s ongoing digital transformation efforts. This 4.5-year initiative, part of the Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program, will deliver AI-powered mission rehearsal and operational training capabilities to G

Flexell Space, leading innovations in space solar cells, focusing on improving cost, delivery, design, and power efficiency, led by Taehun(Tim) Ahn, PMP, Dr. Shinyoung Noh, and Keosan Lee, has completed a $20 million Series A funding round. Existing investors InterVest, L&S Venture Capital, and QUAD Ventures made significant follow-on investments. New investors included Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Mirae Asset Capital, Industrial Bank of Korea, NH Venture Investment, IBK S

Pulse Space, building the power grid for space, led by Karl Stedman and the team, has announced a $40 million contract award from the United States Space Force for technology development, the largest award in the company's history. Karl Stedman said the $40 million award marks a major milestone for Pulse Space, supporting its partnership with the United States Space Force to advance laser-based technologies and accelerate the company’s technical development roadmap. The award

Nebex, building the exchange for the global space economy, led by Tejpaul Bhatia, Anand Subramanian, and the team, has raised a $30M seed investment led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from other top-tier venture funds. The company also announced a banking relationship with J.P. Morgan. The funding and new banking partnership will support Nebex's expansion, enabling the platform to better connect sovereign space programs with the founders and companies developing

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab”), a global leader in launch and space systems and Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) (“Iridium”), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium. Rocket Lab will acquire all the outstanding shares of Iridium common stock for $54 per share in a cash and stock

GATE Space, the Austrian space company, led by Moritz Novak, Fabian Duschel, and the team, has won €6.3 million in funding through the European Commission’s EIC Accelerator program. The financing consists of a combination of research and development grants and equity investment implemented by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and is considered one of Europe’s most competitive technology funding instruments. Funding Utilization. GATE Space was the only company from the space,

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ElevationSpace, creating a new path back from space to earth, led by Ryohei Kobayashi and the team, has raised a total of US $40 million in its Series B round through a third-party allotment of shares. Through the largest funding round in the company’s history, the close of the funding round brings the total amount raised since its founding to US $63.5 million, demonstrating the growing attention and confidence in the space transportation and low-Earth orbit (LEO) utilization

Northwood Space, taking space missions further faster, led by Bridgit Mendler, Griffin Cleverly, Shaurya Luthra, and the team, has introduced high-throughput infrastructure for modern space missions - Prism. Expanding Space Data Infrastructure. Space communications infrastructure was built for an era when satellite traffic was limited, mission requirements were narrow, and data volumes were relatively small. Today's space economy operates under very different conditions. Grow

Sophia Space, building orbital compute and data centers, led by Rob DeMillo, Dr. Leon Alkalai, Brian Monnin, and Jim Chase, announced a strategic collaboration with satellite bus manufacturer Apex, while finalizing the closing of a $7 million financing round, bringing its total funding to $22 million, in a pair of moves designed to carry orbital edge computing from concept to operational reality. The round was led by EverGreen, the NVIDIA Alumni Investment Network, alongside

Dawn Aerospace, building a scalable, sustainable space transportation network, with the frequency and reliability of aviation to seamlessly connect the Earth and space economies, led by Stefan Powell, Jeroen Wink, James Powell, Robert Werner, and Tobias Knop, has announced the close of its Series B funding round, raising $25 million at a $195 million post-money valuation. The round was led by US-based VC Balerion Space Ventures. Participants include Mana Ventures (US), ANA Fu

Katalyst Space, developing next-gen satellite and mission designs that break through the long cycle times, rigid architectures, and inflexibility in mission planning that dominate the space industry, led by Ghonhee Lee, Gavin Petit, and the team, has raised $12 million, led by Geodesic Capital, with significant participation from Fortitude Ventures and other investors to develop Katalyst’s NEXUS robotic spacecraft and expand satellite servicing to multi-orbit, multi-mission o

Arkadia Space, making space exploration sustainable, accessible, and innovative, led by Francho García, Sergio Soler, Ismael Gutiérrez, and Francisco Espinosa, has entered into a strategic partnership with Reflex Aerospace, desiging and developing adaptable satellites, led by Walter Ballheimer, Felix Motzki, and Dennis Moore, to integrate Arkadia’s green propulsion technology into an upcoming Reflex mission, marking an important milestone for both companies and for the Europe

Aavuus, a Finnish deep-tech company building infrastructure for a new era of orbital safety, led by Joonas Jokela, Jouni Peltoniemi, and Brian Dunne, has secured a pre-seed investment from Maki.vc. Improving Space Traffic Awareness. Aavuus is building a global network of ground-based laser tracking stations designed to provide significantly more precise orbital data than today's commercial tracking systems. The company is targeting a growing challenge in Low Earth Orbit: the

Isar Aerospace, developing next-generation rockets for sustainable access to space for small and medium satellites and satellite constellations, led by Daniel Metzler, Josef Fleischmann, and Stella Guillen, has signed a EUR 270m Series D round to expand operations worldwide and provide sovereign space capabilities for Europe, NATO, and allies. The round is backed by new investors Island Green Capital and Molten Ventures, with strong participation from existing investors HV Ca

ICEYE, building actionable intelligence for resilience, readiness & response, led by Rafal Modrzewski, Pekka Laurila, and Eric Jensen, has raised EUR 450 million (USD 520 million) in a primary Series F funding round led by General Atlantic, at a valuation of over EUR 10 billion (USD 12 billion). Additional investors include Solidium, Tesi, Varma, Ilmarinen, Lifeline Ventures, as well as Nokia from Finland, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), and TCV. Together with a secondary p

Juno Propulsion, building the next-generation rocket propulsion with rotating detonation combustion, led by Alexis Harroun and Ari Martinez, has announced the successful close of a $1.4 million pre-seed financing round led by SOSV, with participation from Hypernova Fund, Leslie Ventures, Activate, Collaborative Fund, Safar Partners, and Cape Fear Ventures. The funding will accelerate development and flight qualification of Project IRIS, Juno’s rotating detonation combustion (

Neworbit, engineering earth's lowest orbiting satellites, led by Anatolii Papulov and Ruslan Rakhimov, has raised $18.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A, led by Voyager and joined by angel investors including David Kirk (former Chief Scientist at NVIDIA) and Lawrence Leuschner (co-founder and former CEO of TIER Mobility), the family office Custos, and continued backing from Atlantic.vc, Lifeline Ventures, LGF, and Illusian. Commercial aircraft fly at around 10 kilometers

Muon Space, designing, building, and operating satellite constellations optimized for your mission, led by Jonny Dyer(CEO and Co-Founder), Paul Day(VP Production and Co-Founder), Dan McCleese(Chief Scientist and Co-Founder), Reuben Rohrschneider(Chief Mission Architect and Co-Founder), and Pascal Stang(CTO and Co-Founder), has unveiled Condor-Ultra, its newest spacecraft platform developed for high-power, networked constellations of hundreds to thousands of satellites. Built