fbpx

Do rocket science. We’ll do the rest.

Precious Payload helps teams ship satellites to space.

Skyroot, Outpost, and OQ Technology raise millions, SLS and New Shepard launches are scrubbed

Precious Payload Weekly Smallsat News: August 29 — September 5

 

Here’s what you need to know about the recent smallsat headlines.

 

Launch Updates

 

🇺🇸Artemis-1 launch was scrubbed again. [SpaceNews]

 

🇺🇸Blue Origin scrubbed its NS-23 mission launch because of weather. The company has not specified when the next window opens. The mission’s supposed to fly 36 international students’ payloads. [Space.com]

 

🇺🇸Firefly Aerospace hires a new CEO, Bill Weber (ex-CEO of geospatial intelligence company 🇺🇸KeyW Corporation), right before its second orbital launch attempt, mission ‘To The Black’, scheduled for September 11. [TalkSatellite

 

🇪🇸IENAI Space’s demonstration for its ATHENA electrospray thruster will fly aboard Firefly’s Alpha Flight 2 later this week. Tech demos will be carried by two GENESIS pico-satellites, integrated by AMSAT Spain, with masses of just 400g each. See the full list of the payloads for FireFly’s ‘To The Black’ mission here>>> [Launch Schedule]

 

 

 

Funding

 

🇺🇸Outpost raises $7.1M to develop reusable satellites for its Earth return service. [TalkSatellite]

 

🇱🇺Luxembourg startup OQ Technology raises $13M to launch its IoT satellite constellation. The Series A round was co-led by 🇸🇦Saudi oil and gas company Aramco’s venture capital arm and a fund managed by 🇬🇷Greek early-stage investor 5G Ventures. [SpaceNews]

 

Investment firm Accenture invests in 🇮🇳Pixxel. The investment amount is not disclosed. [TalkSatellite]

 

🇮🇳 Skyroot Aerospace raises $51M from 🇸🇬Singapore investment company GIC to fund infrastructure and initial developmental launches, enabling commercial operations next year. [LinkedIn]

 

Headlines

 

🇺🇸Orbit Fab will offer refueling GEO satellites with hydrazine starting in 2025 at a price of $20M. The spacecraft could use a “self-service” refueling depot and “fuel shuttle” spacecraft. [SpaceNews]

 

🇹🇭mu Space is going to advance its business to build a space supply chain in Southeast Asia, from procuring satellite production materials and aerospace components, all the way to producing and assembling the product. [TalkSatellite]

 

🇺🇸Astra will sell electric thrusters to 🇺🇸Airbus OneWeb Satellites. [SpaceNews]

 

🇫🇷ThrustMe will provide seven I2T5 iodine cold gas propulsion systems for 🇺🇸Spire three-unit cubesats scheduled to launch later this year on a 🇺🇸SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. [Press Release]

 

🇺🇸Scout Space partners with 🇺🇸Privateer to collaborate on space-tracking technologies. Scout plans to launch OVER-Sat, its new space-sensing cubesat, before the end of 2023. [SpaceNews]     

 

🇨🇳A Chinese nuclear reactor (developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences) for providing power and propulsion in outer space has passed a comprehensive performance evaluation. It can generate one megawatt of electricity. [SpaceNews]

 

A nonprofit organization 🇺🇸KSF Space will be announcing the first test launch of its suborbital rocket JUPITER 1 (developing in partnership with 🇺🇸Kansas State University) in October. [LinkedIn

 

 

Check out Precious Payload Weekly Smallsat News: August 22 — 28

 

NO COMMENTS

POST A COMMENT