Tag: Aerospace
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ICEYE Launches Satellite Into Space
Irvine-based ICEYE, which develops synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, says it has launched two new satellites into orbit. According to ICEYE, the satellites were launched on the the recent SpaceX Transporter-3 smallsat rideshare mission. ICEYE …
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Hadrian Finds $36M for Aerospace Manufacturing
Hawthorne, California-based Hadrian, which is working on aerospace manufacturing technology, disclosed in a recent regulatory filing that it has raised $36.3M in an ongoing funding. Details of the funding have not yet been announced by the company. The…
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LA Venture: UP Partners’ Ben Marcus on the Changes Coming to Aerospace
UP Partners’ Ben Marcus has been fascinated by flight since he was young. After stints as a founder of aerospace startups, he’s now working on funding some of the most ambitious companies in the space.Marcus joined this episode of LA Venture to talk a…
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This Airline Aims to Fly People Around in a Hydrogen-Propelled Plane as Soon as 2025
Connect Airlines hopes to start flying passengers around in a hydrogen-powered plane as soon as 2025, thanks to a deal announced this week with Hawthorne-based Universal Hydrogen.The Boston-based airline has yet to launch, but it intends to kick off r…
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Former SpaceX Engineer’s Platform for Makers of EV, Rockets and Air Taxis Raises $14M
Led by a former SpaceX engineer, First Resonance makes software for aerospace and electric car makers to manage their inventory, supply chain and manufacturing process. Over the last year, the company has seen revenue shoot up 500% year-over-year and …
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Stratolaunch Snags Contract With Defense Agency
Mojave-based Stratolaunch, which is developing an aerial rocket launch system based on its own aircraft design, says it has snagged a research contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
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NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights On Boeing Delays
NASA said on Friday that it is awarding three more, crewed astronaut missions to SpaceX. According to NASA, the addition of those three new crew flights will allow the agency to “maintain an uninterrupted U.S. capability for human access to the space s…
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NASA, SpaceX Launch Asteroid Intercept Mission From Vandenberg
NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a test mission to intercept an astroid last night out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Santa Barbara. The launch–which was visible up and down the California coast around 10:25pm–will test a known asteroid …
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Inversion Snags $10M For Space Cargo Efforts
Los Angeles-based Inversion, a company which says it is developing space capsules aimed at making it easier to return cargo to Earth from space, has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Spark Capital, and also included Y Combinat…
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Rocket Lab Acquires Planetary Systems Corporation
Long Beach-based rocket launch provider Rocket Lab said late Monday that it has acquired Planetary Systems Corporation (PSC), a Maryland-based company developing spacecraft separation systems. According to Rocket Lab, it will pay $42M in cash and 1,720…