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We are happy to announce that we have raised $650,000 in seed funding from @winklevosscap, @aweissman, @sammcingvale, @litcapital, @juliadewahl and a variety of investors. Thread 👇
The United States has already landed astronauts on the surface of the Moon multiple times, so sending humans back under the Artemis program should be easy, right? Wrong. payloadspace.com/sustaining-lif…
AI startup Enabled Intelligence won an IDIQ contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) worth up to $708.3M to support data labeling activities across the US government. payloadspace.com/enabled-intell…
Starliner is working on its redemption arc. After making headlines for a troubled crew flight test that ended last year, the Boeing capsule is trying to shed its negative reputation. payloadspace.com/starliner-to-f…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with US Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting last week to talk about how to fast-track the relocation of Space Command HQ from Colorado to Alabama. payloadspace.com/spacecom-kicks…
.@Thales_Alenia_S’s Italian subsidiary won the initial @esa contract to build a descent module for a lunar lander. Getting down to the lunar surface will be a team effort, though, and on Friday the space firm announced it has picked its team. payloadspace.com/thales-alenia-…
.@blueorigin announced several upgrades to its New Glenn rocket that will take effect as soon as the launcher’s next flight. The changes are aimed at boosting performance, increasing launch cadence, and making the platform more reliable. payloadspace.com/blue-announces…
.@OrbitFab announced it landed the first stage of a contract from ESA and the UK Space Agency worth £1.3M ($1.7M) to demonstrate in-space refueling capabilities by 2028 alongside a consortium of European partners from the UK, Austria, and Lithuania. payloadspace.com/orbit-fab-land…
Germany gave the world a peek at its strategy to maintain security in space—including how it wants to spend its €35B investment in space-based defense projects during the next five years. payloadspace.com/germany-outlin…
French launch startup @HyPr_Space announced a €21M Series A this week to fund the development of the company’s Baguette One suborbital launch vehicle—targeting an inaugural launch in late 2026. payloadspace.com/hyprspace-e21m…
.@RedwireSpace landed a $44M Phase 2 contract from DARPA, which tasks Redwire to manufacture and deliver a VLEO satellite with air breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) technology. payloadspace.com/redwire-wins-4…
Canada will 10x its investment in ESA programs to CDN $528.5M ($377M). The announcement comes amid a whole-of-Canada business pivot due to US tariffs, which backdropped the Canadian federal election this spring. payloadspace.com/tariff-turbule…
Luxembourg-based satcom startup @OqTechnology sent a test emergency broadcast message from its satellites in LEO to mobile phones on Earth, marking the first time a European satellite operator has connected directly with cellular devices on the ground. payloadspace.com/oq-technology-…
.@ursamajortech announced that it had closed a $100M Series E, which will allow the propulsion company to scale its manufacturing capabilities for its hypersonic, in-space propulsion, as well as its solid-rocket-motor tech. payloadspace.com/ursa-major-clo…
.@Infinite_Orbits, a French satellite servicing company, announced yesterday that it has brought in a €40M ($46.3M) round of financing to support its trek toward deployment. payloadspace.com/infinite-orbit…
A recent debate hosted by @AerospaceCorp and GWU’s Space Policy Institute questioned whether the nearly 15-year-old Wolf Amendment remains a vital security safeguard or an outdated barrier to U.S.–China space cooperation. payloadspace.com/a-debate-on-th…
German space hardware manufacturing startup @DCUBEDspace unveiled three planned demo missions today that will culminate with building a 2kW solar array in space. payloadspace.com/dcubed-to-demo…
A Russian sat spent five weeks in MEO without the US public SDA database knowing its whereabouts. @sling_shot_aero found it after just a few hours of looking. payloadspace.com/slingshot-spot…
The Space Force is plotting for a complex future in Earth’s orbit, and that takes a lot of big-picture thinking and coordination. To set the stage for that future, the branch released a new type of strategic guidance document. payloadspace.com/space-force-re…
.@blueorigin's New Glenn rocket launched for the second time, carrying its first @NASA mission—the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers project, better known as ESCAPADE. payloadspace.com/new-glenn-laun…
Glow up or blow up? @amazon announced that it was rebranding its Project Kuiper mission to @Amazonleo. The change represents the transition from the early days of the program. payloadspace.com/project-kuiper…
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