AUSTIN, TX / EL SEGUNDO, Calif., December 6, 2022 (Slingshot Aerospace PR) — Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building data and analytics products to make space operations safer, today announced that it has raised $40.85 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 funding round. The round was led by Sway Ventures and included participation from others, including C16 Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and Draper Associates, the global venture capital firm of prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper. In addition to $40.85 million in equity funding, Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ: HRZN) provided a venture loan to accelerate Slingshot’s growth. 

The contract covers launch and operations of a new low-cost GNSS receiver prototype

FINO MORNASCO, Italy (D-Orbit PR) — The space transportation and logistics company D-Orbit has announced the signing of a hosted payload contract with SpacePNT, a Swiss company specialized in the design and manufacturing of low cost high-accuracy GNSS receivers for the New Space satellite market.

Welcome to this week’s edition of S-SPACⁱ.

With its stock hovering at 50 cents and under threat of being delisted from Nasdaq, launch provider Astra Space shook up its management last week with the departure of its chief engineer and four new appointments.

Tuesday, December 06. 7 PM PST (9 PM CST; 10 PM EST): We welcome DR. DOUG ELLISON of JPL to discuss the new Amazon Prime film, “Good Night Oppy.” Wednesday, December 07. Hotel Mars pre-recorded. See the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for details. Special Guest is Dr. Harold Connolly re Bennu as a rubble pile. Wednesday, December 07. SPECIAL SHOW: 7 PM PST; 10 PM EST: Dr. Space discusses […]

SXM-11 and -12 join SXM-9 and -10 in Maxar development pipeline for SiriusXM

NEW YORK AND WESTMINSTER, Colo., November 29, 2022 – Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) and SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced a new agreement commissioning Maxar to build and deliver two new geostationary communications satellites for SiriusXM.

An update on recent funding rounds, launch agreements and other contracts.

MIDLAND, Texas (AST SpaceMobile PR) — AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS) is pleased to announce the closing of its offering of 13,636,364 shares of Class A Common Stock raising gross proceeds of $75.0 million. B. Riley Securities (“B. Riley”) was the sole book-running manager of the offering. The Company has also granted B. Riley a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2,045,454 shares to cover over-allotments, if any, which would raise an additional $11.25 million in gross proceeds for AST SpaceMobile if exercised.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a private mission to land on the moon and place a batch of broadband satellites for Starlink rival OneWeb, Rocket Lab will attempt its first launch from U.S. soil, and three new launch vehicles — two Chinese, one American — could make their maiden launches in the 10 days ahead.

BRUSSELS (European Commission PR) — The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on a regulation establishing the EU’s secure connectivity programme for the period 2023-2027.

“Safe and reliable communication is a cornerstone of the EU’s strategic autonomy. The secure connectivity programme will build a multi-orbital constellation of hundreds of satellites, which will cover the EU’s need for secure communication services and will underpin our position as one of the main players in space. More importantly, it will bring many benefits to citizens and their daily lives.“

— Martin Kupka, Czech minister for transport

China launched a new crew to its space station for the first handover of command during a week that saw four orbital launches worldwide.

Italian in-space transportation company D-Orbit had a busy couple of months with the announcement of deals with six companies to deploy satellites and hosted payloads into Earth orbit using the company’s ION Satellite Carrier orbital transfer vehicle.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Rocket Lab PR) — Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has created a U.S.-based wholly owned subsidiary to serve the defense and intelligence community. Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS) will deliver reliable launch services and space systems capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies.