Launch
April 24, 2024
In Rocket Lab's fifth successful launch of 2024, the New Zealand-based launcher deployed the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology's (KAIST) NEONSAT-1 satellite and NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System to their intended orbit. Rocket Lab's “Beginning Of The Swarm” (B.T.S.) mission — its 47th on the Electron rocket — lifted off from Rocket…
April 23, 2024
Spanish launcher in development PLD Space has raised 78 million euros ($84 million) from investors, the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to open the first rocket factory in Elche, Spain in mid-2024. This new funding is in addition to 42 million euros ($45 million) the company received from the Spanish…
April 19, 2024
Apogeo Space, an Italian space company, is teaming up with Korean launch company Innospace as looks to launch and complete its IoT picosatellite constellation by 2027. Apogeo Space aims to create Italy's first private satellite constellation to provide telecoms services for IoT devices. The deal was announced April 18. The deal with Innospace sees Apogeo…
April 18, 2024
Orbex, the U.K. rocket company, received 16.7 million pounds ($20.8 million) in funding from a group of six significant investors in an update to its Series C funding round. Investors involved in the deal include 10.5 million pounds ($13 million) of follow-on investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank, venture capital firms Octopus Ventures, BGF,…