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Munich-based space situational awareness startup Project-S has emerged from stealth with what it describes as “multi-million-euro backing.” The company is currently preparing for the first in-orbit demonstration of its active radar, with a spokesperson telling European Spaceflight that it is scheduled to be launched aboard a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission next month. On 2 September, […] The post German Space Situation Awareness Startup Project-S Emerges from Stealth appeared first on European Spaceflight.

I have spent much of my career looking at the defense industrial base from different vantage points: as a warfighter, inside major defense companies, and now leading a company whose […] The post Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime appeared first on SpaceNews.

"From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship."

HELSINKI — A Chinese startup building a constellation to detect and geolocate radio-frequency emissions from orbit has closed a funding round as China’s commercial sector expands. Tianjin-based Xingkan Jiuzhou Technology, […] The post Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round appeared first on SpaceNews.

Company founded by former SpaceX executives aims to produce a low-cost hypersonic weapon and a broader portfolio of longer-range strike and missile defense weapons The post Hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises $1 billion  appeared first on SpaceNews.

Pentagon contractors are beginning to book Golden Dome related work, but much of it is flowing through established programs The post Golden Dome money starting to reach contractors, but long-term funding still unclear appeared first on SpaceNews.

HELSINKI — Commercial launch company Orienspace has kicked off preparations for an IPO coaching process while closing a funding round for accelerating its reusable Gravity-2 rocket. The Shandong-based company, formally […] The post Chinese launch startup Orienspace targets IPO, secures funding for reusable Gravity-2 rocket appeared first on SpaceNews.

Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did not […] The post SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups appeared first on SpaceNews.

While SpaceX has now flown two flights out of the newly designed Pad 2, crews… The post Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights Start appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

SINGAPORE — A Beijing-based startup has secured around $14 million to build a satellite constellation for tracking orbital objects, adding to China’s growing SSA sector.  Xingchen Daohe, also known as […] The post Chinese startup raises funds for space situational awareness constellation, joining commercial SSA rush appeared first on SpaceNews.

Startup companies which have come up with brilliant ideas for using space will join the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Industry Space Days (ISD) event on 16–17 September at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands.

Italian startup ORiS has raised 5 million euros ($5.7 million) to help it develop wireless power-beaming technology for satellites using lasers. The post Italian startup ORiS raises funding for laser power-beaming technology appeared first on SpaceNews.