New and recently funded Space Startups
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Country: USA | Funding: $185.4M
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
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Country: USA | Funding: $106M
Venus Aerospace has developed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) which is theoretically more efficient way to launch rockets. Instead of burning propellants in a round chamber, the engine creates a continual supersonic wave of combustion that rotates through a circular channel. It allows to waste less propellant. Now, the company is focused on hypersonic weapons development, replacing the solid rocket motors that power many missiles with its own thruster, and high-speed space vehicles that appeal to the military.
Venus Aerospace has developed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) which is theoretically more efficient way to launch rockets. Instead of burning propellants in a round chamber, the engine creates a continual supersonic wave of combustion that rotates through a circular channel. It allows to waste less propellant. Now, the company is focused on hypersonic weapons development, replacing the solid rocket motors that power many missiles with its own thruster, and high-speed space vehicles that appeal to the military.
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Country: UK | Funding: $1.7B
Virgin Galactic is Richard Branson's company that develops commercial spacecraft and offers suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Its spacecraft are launched from the air from beneath a carrier aircraft. After launch, the spacecraft travels another hundred kilometers, providing tourists with a weightless experience for several minutes. At the end of the flight, the capsule carrying the tourists descends via parachute. The company has already completed dozens of successful launches. A ticket for a space tourist costs approximately $750,000.
Virgin Galactic is Richard Branson's company that develops commercial spacecraft and offers suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Its spacecraft are launched from the air from beneath a carrier aircraft. After launch, the spacecraft travels another hundred kilometers, providing tourists with a weightless experience for several minutes. At the end of the flight, the capsule carrying the tourists descends via parachute. The company has already completed dozens of successful launches. A ticket for a space tourist costs approximately $750,000.
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Country: India | Funding: $8M
PierSight is building application-specific SAR systems. Application-specific means serving the needs of an application(maritime/land/forest) with one system at a time. This approach delivers superior intelligence at a fraction of traditional costs. Some of the systems are: Varuna (32 Satellite Constellation, using SAR fused with AIS, for persistent maritime surveillance), Vidura (SAR payload that can be mounted on drones, built for foliage penetration), Sanjay (High-resolution SAR satellites built for terrestrial imaging), MATSYA (Maritime Analytics & Tracking System using AI)
PierSight is building application-specific SAR systems. Application-specific means serving the needs of an application(maritime/land/forest) with one system at a time. This approach delivers superior intelligence at a fraction of traditional costs. Some of the systems are: Varuna (32 Satellite Constellation, using SAR fused with AIS, for persistent maritime surveillance), Vidura (SAR payload that can be mounted on drones, built for foliage penetration), Sanjay (High-resolution SAR satellites built for terrestrial imaging), MATSYA (Maritime Analytics & Tracking System using AI)
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Country: USA | Funding: $2.2B
Sierra Space implements complex space projects, including satellite missions (using its own small, high-performance, and affordable satellites for in-orbit servicing) and space stations. The company also develops new technologies and systems for spacecraft, including solar-powered electrical systems, surface-mount technology to significantly reduce space power supply lead times, hypersonic engines and life support systems. Sierra's most famous product is the reusable Dream Chaser spacecraft, designed to deliver cargo and crew to and from the station. It is the only commercial spaceplane capable of takeoff and landing.
Sierra Space implements complex space projects, including satellite missions (using its own small, high-performance, and affordable satellites for in-orbit servicing) and space stations. The company also develops new technologies and systems for spacecraft, including solar-powered electrical systems, surface-mount technology to significantly reduce space power supply lead times, hypersonic engines and life support systems. Sierra's most famous product is the reusable Dream Chaser spacecraft, designed to deliver cargo and crew to and from the station. It is the only commercial spaceplane capable of takeoff and landing.
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Country: South Korea | Funding: ₩58.5B
Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
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Country: USA | Funding: $722M
Apex develops small satellite platforms for commercial and government customers. Its productized bus platform improves reliability, reduces costs and accelerates manufacturing at constellation scale, while built-in customization allows you to easily adapt an existing platform to your mission's specific requirements. The company also provides comprehensive space mission management services, from spacecraft analysis to payload integration and on-orbit commissioning.
Apex develops small satellite platforms for commercial and government customers. Its productized bus platform improves reliability, reduces costs and accelerates manufacturing at constellation scale, while built-in customization allows you to easily adapt an existing platform to your mission's specific requirements. The company also provides comprehensive space mission management services, from spacecraft analysis to payload integration and on-orbit commissioning.
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Country: Spain | Funding: €136.4M
Sateliot is a satellite operator offering global, continuous Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity via 5G protocol via its low-orbit satellite constellation. Sateliot's network is designed to connect small devices, such as monitoring equipment on refrigerated containers transported by sea, to satellites. Its clients include logistics companies, farmers, oil platforms, and environmental research organizations. The company's customers are primarily located in the countries with large areas unserved by mobile networks, including Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Australia.
Sateliot is a satellite operator offering global, continuous Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity via 5G protocol via its low-orbit satellite constellation. Sateliot's network is designed to connect small devices, such as monitoring equipment on refrigerated containers transported by sea, to satellites. Its clients include logistics companies, farmers, oil platforms, and environmental research organizations. The company's customers are primarily located in the countries with large areas unserved by mobile networks, including Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Australia.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1B
Impulse Space develops orbital maneuvering vehicles for last-mile cargo delivery.
Impulse Space develops orbital maneuvering vehicles for last-mile cargo delivery.
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Country: Japan | Funding: $443.4M
Astroscale provides a full range of on-orbit services, including refueling, in-situ space monitoring, and debris disposal and removal to build resilient space systems. The company also provides on-orbit asset diagnostics to support ADR, EOL, and LEX services to extend the life of spacecraft, maximize their usefulness, and reduce manufacturing and operating costs.
Astroscale provides a full range of on-orbit services, including refueling, in-situ space monitoring, and debris disposal and removal to build resilient space systems. The company also provides on-orbit asset diagnostics to support ADR, EOL, and LEX services to extend the life of spacecraft, maximize their usefulness, and reduce manufacturing and operating costs.
