Japan’s WERU Investment, Airbus Ventures lead LeoLabs’ $13 million Series A
LeoLabs, a California-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) startup, has just closed a US$13 million Series A financing round led by Japanese Venture Capital (VC) firm WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures. Other...
Gilmour Space appoints ex-NASA veterans to advisory board
Rocket startup Gilmour Space Technologies today announced, in a press release, the appointment of two space veterans to its advisory board as it prepares to enter the global small launch market...
Australian govt awards AU$1.235m defence contract to Saber Astronautics
Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Phase II Defence Innovation Hub contract to advance the capability in detecting degraded electronic signals, according to the company's...
Blue Origin’s New Shepard carries first payload from Asia with Mission 9
Blue Origin today successfully launched the New Shepard space vehicle's Mission 9, carrying payloads from private companies, universities and space agencies.
A statement by the company indicated that the mission was a success for...
Updates on GLXP teams from Israel, India and Japan
Former Google Lunar X-Prize team SpaceIL have announced a launch and landing date via social media and other outlets. If all goes to plan, then Israel will be the fourth country...
Trapped Thai boys rescued; tech companies aid in efforts
“Wild Boars is finally going home!”
That was mu Space Corp CEO and founder James Yenbamroong’s reaction as he witnessed the final mission to rescue the remaining four teenage players of the...
Jingwei China invests in newspace firm i-Space’s Series A round
Jingwei China (Matrix Partners China) has led the Series A financing round of i-Space (Beijing Star Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd.), a newspace firm headquartered in Beijing, according to the firm's...
SpaceX, mu Space to help Thai govt rescue trapped boys
UPDATE 11 July AM: Read about the aftermath in a new article here.
UPDATE 10 July PM: The entire crew (12 boys and the coach) has been safely rescued from the cave...
Chinese startup One Space successfully tests first stage engine for orbital rocket
On 4 July, One Space, a Chinese NewSpace startup developing low-cost launch vehicles, successfully tested the first stage rocket motor of its M-series family of rockets.
The success of this test means...
Astroscale establishes ground station in Japan for LEO satellites
Astroscale, a space debris removal startup headquartered in Singapore, has announced the establishment of an S/X-band ground station in Yokohama, Japan, which will be operational in end-2018.
Located in Totsuka, this is...
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