The space in between: The stratosphere
Tess Hatch Contributor Share on Twitter Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space, in the meantime she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in frontier tech. More… Read more »
Category: satellite
Rocket Lab postpones next mission due to coronavirus pandemic
Rocket Lab is the latest new space company to feel the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic: The small satellite launcher announced on Tuesday that it would be suspending its… Read more »
Astranis raises $90 million for its next-gen satellite broadband internet service
YC-backed Astranis has raised $90 million of new combined debt and equity funding in a Series B round led Venrock, with a sizeable contribution by existing investor (and lead of… Read more »
China nears completion of its GPS competitor, increasing the potential for Internet balkanization
On Friday, China announced that it would complete its competitor to the U.S.-operated global positioning system network by the first half of next year, increasing the pace of its decoupling… Read more »
Apple reportedly working on satellite technology for direct wireless iPhone data transmission
Apple is said to be working on satellite technology, having hired a number of aerospace engineers to form team along with satellite and antenna designers, according to a new report… Read more »
Amazon will establish a new headquarters for its Kuiper satellite broadband project
Amazon is ramping operations for its Kuiper project, its forthcoming high-speed satellite internet product, with a new HQ and R&D facility. From a small satellite constellation operating in low Earth… Read more »
An investor’s perspective on the current state of the global space startup industry
Investment in space startups is significant and growing, and the opportunities available to commercial players in space exploration, research and industrialization are multiplying. But for non-expert investors and observers, these… Read more »
Max Q: SpaceX starts building out its production Starlink constellation
There’s literally a lot more stuff in space than there was last week – or at least, the number of active human-made satellites in Earth’s orbit has gone up quite… Read more »
Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $160 million for its 3-D printed rockets
With $160 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars. Tagging along for the ride… Read more »
Why Maxar CTO Walter Scott thinks now is the time to address the orbital traffic boom
The number of objects in orbit around Earth has been growing, and growing fast. Before 1957, of course, there were a total of zero human-made objects in the orbital region… Read more »
Satellite internet startup Astranis books first commercial launch on SpaceX Falcon 9
Y Combinator-backed startup Astranis is now set to launch its first commercial telecommunication satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, with a launch timeframe currently set for sometime starting in the… Read more »
As rocket companies proliferate, new enabling tech emerges as the next wave in the space race
Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Relativity Space, Slingshot Aeropsace, SpaceX and Virgin Orbit have raised billions of dollars to create new vehicles to launch payloads into space, but as the private… Read more »
BORIS Johnson could be forced to stay in self-isolation beyond today — after aides said he was still showing symptoms. The PM has spent a week holed up in his… Read more »
Spain death toll passes 10,000; Italy reports 760 new deaths, taking total to 13,915, but a slower growth rate in infections; Thailand imposes national curfew Latest developments: at a glance… Read more »
