Weekly Recap #40

Launch

* Rocket Lab executed a successful mission for the USSF titled Victus Haze in which they went from ‘Notice To Launch’ in 16 hours and 42 minutes, after which they activated and readied their Pioneer spacecraft on orbit in the 38th hour of their 72 hour deadline window. [source]

* Rocket Lab was awarded 3 electron launches for NASA’s PolSIR and TSIS-2 Sun-Earth science missions. [source]

* SpaceX’s orbital re-entry demo mission titled Starfall successfully launched over the weekend, bringing with it Starbase Brewing’s Microbrew-2 demo payload. [source]

* Firefly Aerospace acquired Space-ng to advance the future of autonomous space operations by leveraging Firefly’s space vehicle strengths with Space-ng’s vision-based navigation solutions. [source]

Spacecraft

* Sophia Space raised a $7M SAFE and announced a partnership with Apex Space for an Orbital Computing Demo, bringing their total funding to date to $22M. [source]

* Vantor announced a partnership with BAE to manufacture their Vantage platform. [source]

* ReOrbit launched OrbitCloud R&D with a €4.6M grant from Business Finland. [source]

* Irish startup Ubotica Technologies raised $11M to accelerate the commercial deployment of their AI-powered intelligence platform and expand their Live Maritime Intelligence service. [source]

* Eclipse Space emerged from stealth with an ex-Starlink team to develop economical spacecraft buses for megaconstellations. [source]

Infrastructure