IT総合 In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third party logistics provider for science and industry
Two year old space startup In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third party logistics provider for Earth to space commerc...
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IT総合 IT総合 Amazon’s Project Kuiper confirms its super-fast satellite communication tech works in space
Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully validated key technology that will increase throughput and reduce latency for custo...
IT総合 True Anomaly raises $100M to scale space security tech
True Anomaly has closed $100 million in new funding, a strong signal that the appetite for startups operating at the int...
IT総合 Bezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next week
Blue Origin is aiming to finally conclude an over 15 month pause in operations of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, wit...
IT総合 Terran Orbital CEO tells staff it is not looking for a buyer
Terran Orbital CEO Marc Bell told employees Monday the company is not looking for a buyer in an effort to quash a report...
IT総合 Max Q: Our sky
In this issue: OurSky's new funding, news from DARPA, the FAA and more
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IT総合 Helicity Space raises $5M to unlock fusion propulsion – and fast travel in deep space
Helicity Space has closed a $5 million seed funding to accelerate development of a technology that could finally unlock ...
IT総合 Asteroid mining startup AstroForge faces setbacks – and successes – on demonstration mission
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge is racing against the clock to complete its refinery demonstration on orbit after enc...
IT総合 Report: FAA should improve investigation process after a rocket launch goes awry
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has let launch providers conduct their own investigations in nearly every insta...
IT総合 Commercial companies to collaborate for DARPA’s new lunar economy study
Establishing commercial markets on the moon is going to require thinking a little differently. That’s DARPA’s hunch, any...
IT総合 OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data
A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space o...
IT総合 Max Q: A Starlink terminal and a Kuiper terminal walk into a bar
Welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Why space parachutes are so hard, a new lawsuit alleging safety issues at Blue Ori...
IT総合 Atomic Industries closes $17M seed to exascale America’s industrial base
In 2014, investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel infamously posed the distinction between companies that deal in “atoms...
IT総合 Amazon signs 3-launch deal with SpaceX for Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation
Amazon has purchased three Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX to support deployment of its Project Kuiper mega-constellation,...
IT総合 Anduril unveils Roadrunner, “a fighter jet weapon that lands like a Falcon 9”
Leading defense tech startup Anduril has developed a new product designed to take-on the proliferation of low-cost, high...
IT総合 Anduril unveils Roadrunner, “a fighter jet weapon that lands like a Falcon 9”
Leading defense tech startup Anduril has developed a new product designed to take-on the proliferation of low-cost, high...
IT総合 Defense startup Epirus CEO leaving to take new job at a public company
Defense startup Epirus, Inc. is getting new leadership. Staff were told at an all-hands meeting this morning that CEO Ke...
IT総合 Former Blue Origin rocket engine manager alleges wrongful termination for whistleblowing on safety
The former program manager of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engines has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging whistle...
IT総合 SpaceX acquires parachute company for $2.2M – because it turns out space-rated parachutes are very hard
SpaceX is known for its vertical integration, but one component it’s been outsourcing is parachutes — until earlie...
IT総合 Loft Orbital is launching ‘virtual missions’ for developers wanting access to space
SaaS – software-as-a-service – was the paradigmatic acronym for startups operating over the last decade. But if Loft Orb...
IT総合 Relativity Space CEO: Building a backlog isn’t “worthless,” it’s the path to product market fit
Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis is hitting back against recent comments from fellow aerospace exec Peter Beck, who called...
IT総合 Terran Orbital sues former CTO who joined call for leadership shake-up
Terran Orbital is suing its former CTO, Austin Williams, a little over a month after he and other shareholders publicly ...
IT総合 Max Q: The Thanksgiving edition
For my American readers, I hope you had a restful Thanksgiving with loved ones. In this issue: Venturi Astrolab's first ...
IT総合 Max Q: SpaceX’s mega-rocket for the moon and Mars goes farther than ever before
In this issue: More on Starship's second launch, news from Blackshark.ai and more
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IT総合 5 investors have high hopes for defense tech amid growing venture interest
It is likely not an overstatement to say that the relationship between U.S. defense and Silicon Valley is undergoing its...
IT総合 SpaceX launches Starship for the second time, going farther than ever before
Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test → — SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 18, 2023 SpaceX flew Starship, the most p...
IT総合 How to watch SpaceX launch Starship for a second time live
In less than twenty-four hours, SpaceX will attempt to launch Starship to space for the second time. The official launch...
IT総合 Musk: SpaceX now aiming for Saturday for Starship’s second flight test
SpaceX has officially pushed back the second orbital flight test of Starship by one day to Saturday, CEO Elon Musk confi...
IT総合 Despite setbacks, ispace to launch second moon mission in Q4 2024
Japanese lunar technology company ispace will make its second attempt at putting a lander on the moon in the fourth quar...
IT総合 Go for launch: SpaceX receives regulatory green light for second Starship flight
Regulators have given SpaceX the green light to launch its super massive Starship rocket for a second time, just a few d...