Techstars Space Startup Digest

Steve Wozniak hopes to address the growing space junk problem in orbit.

Rocket science is hard.  So far, no commercial rocket launch company has ever successfully gotten to orbit on the first try.  The first flight of Firefly‘s Alpha rocket prototype did not break that streak last week when it exploded two and a half minutes after takeoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.   The launch, which took … Continue reading “Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch”

The current wave of space startups going public through mergers with SPACs might lead to a round of industry consolidation as they snap up suppliers.

None of the companies that recently completed SPAC deals have seen a dramatic increase in share price. Meanwhile, share SPAC redemptions are growing, indicating a lack of enthusiasm.

Peter Thiel is financing a startup set to launch cameras on satellites for the U.S. government, extending the billionaire’s portfolio of national security investments.

Sierra Space, created from Sierra Nevada Corporation, and Space Tango are joining forces to make manufacturing more accessible and available in space, opening up new market opportunities in low-Earth orbit (LEO).  The new space economy will include partners from several sectors, including technology, materials and biomedical industries.  This key work can help humanity and the medical field on Earth by opening more opportunities for scientific and technical breakthroughs. The partnership opens up advancements in BioTech, FiberOptics and Organ Re-Cellularization. 

Space rideshare service provider Spaceflight Inc. is going to be shuttling customers on a lunar flyby mission next year, part of its long-term vision of giving companies easy access to lunar orbits and beyond. The Seattle-based company will be delivering payload using its propulsive transfer vehicle, Sherpa EScape, or Sherpa-ES, the latest iteration of Sherpa […]

Manufacturing in space is a thing. Lots of value to be had producing products where there’s no gravity. A closer look at the space manufacturing opportunity

More than 100,000 satellites will be in orbit by the end of the decade, and we’re going to need these gas stations.

Space situational awareness data used by satellite operators isn’t accurate enough to support decisions on whether to maneuver to avoid collisions.

Small launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems has won a contract to launch a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft in 2023.