Welcome to S-SPACi! In today’s edition, Astra shares took a header after a story by Bloomberg, Spire and Momentus won contracts, Planet’s newest satellite was shipped for launch, Rocket Lab officially opened an engine development center in Virgin Orbit’s old headquarters, Virgin Galactic completed another suborbital tourism flight, and the US Declaration of Independence is headed for the Moon.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In today’s edition, we’ll look at what happened to shares of Astra Space, Momentus, and Spire Global after the companies did reverse stock splits. Spire and Planet Labs won NASA data purchase contracts, Spire’s senior suits signed new contracts, Rocket Lab acquired another production facility, Intuitive Machines opened a new facility to support its lunar missions, astronomers escalated their concerns about AST SpaceMobile’s massive satellites, and Redwire is sending its technology to another asteroid.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this edition, Uraguay-based Satellogic decided to relocate to the United States, Rocket Lab revised its guidance after its Electron rocket failed, Terran Orbital completed a big raise as its stock hit an all-time low, Redwire’s technology played a key role in OSIRIS-REx’s successful return of an asteroid sample to Earth, and Intuitive Machine has launched a line of apparel.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this edition, Terran Orbital shares sank after the company sold shares and replaced its CFO, Rocket Lab’s booster and stock both fell to Earth, AST SpaceMobile made a cosmic phone call, Spire Global won two contracts, customers for Virgin Galactic next flight revealed themselves, Satellogic and Skyloom announced a laser communications partnership, Momentus signed a contract to deliver a payload in orbit, and Planet Labs’ CEO acquired a big chunk of shares as a joint satellite project with NASA advanced.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this edition, Astra announced a reverse stock split and filed to sell more shares, Redwire filed to raise $400 million, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck plans to sell millions in stock, Rocket Lab won a contract for four HASTE launches, Planet Labs and SatixFy reported higher revenues, Virgin Galactic completed another commercial flight, Terran Orbital doubled its satellite production capacity, and Satellogic announced a new partnership.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this edition, Momentus announced a reverse stock split to avoid being delisted, Redwire will supply a biotech manufacturing facility for Sierra Space’s station, there was news about Virgin Galactic’s next flight, and Planet Labs, Rocket Lab and Satellogic won new contracts. Plus second-quarter results from BlackSky, Intuitive Machines, and BigBear.ai.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this week’s edition, Intuitive Machines set a launch window for its first lunar landing mission, AST SpaceMobile raised money to fund its first five satellites, Terran Orbital reported higher second-quarter revenue, and Virgin Galactic flew tourists for the first time. Plus we’ve got second-quarter results for Astra and Momentus and the latest about Planet Labs and Rocket Labs.
(more…)Welcome to S-SPACi! In this week’s edition, Rocket Lab announced a five-launch deal with BlackSky as it reported higher earnings, Virgin Galactic is on the eve of launching its first space tourists after lowering expectations on future earnings, Astra Space laid off a quarter of its employees as it pivoted to producing rocket engines, Planet Labs conducted layoffs of its own, and Momentus unveiled its first satellite bus.
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