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🚀 Space Impulse is tracking ~90 companies that are actively engaged in the development and manufacturing of #space #propulsion... This (non-exhaustive) market map offers a bird's-eye view of the space propulsion landscape, encompassing industry titans like Northrop Grumman and Safran, as well as fast-growing start-ups like Ursa Major and Agile Space Industries. 🔗 The market map showcases those companies with the most traction in terms of revenue, customers, or "space heritage" (NB: nuclear is still in the early stages) - please leave your details here to receive the full breakdown in Excel!: https://lnkd.in/eJKJqwQE For those seeking detailed insights into space segments including space heritage, funding round details, industry partnerships, government funding, etc. - you can find out much more on our upcoming intelligence platform🌟 🔗Sign up for our weekly newsletter where we will announce the launch: https://lnkd.in/eJnC2jTb #SpaceImpulse #SpaceTech #SpacePropulsion #Innovation #SpaceIndustryInsights #FundingTrends

We are thrilled to publish the ‘Seraphim SpaceTech Ecosystem Map 2024’ – Detailing the Most Innovative and Top Funded Space Companies Globally 🚀 🛰   The map represents the most exciting and well-funded VC-funded SpaceTech startups, comprising over 300 companies from 30 different countries.    The data was collated from our individual analysis, looking at companies that are servicing the segments build, launch, collect, analyse and product markets. This unique data helps support the wider ecosystem to understand which companies in which markets are excelling - helping to educate the sector and innovate in the wider ecosystem and beyond.    Below are details of the top 10 funded space companies since 2017 🌟   1.      SpaceX - $8.1bn (since 2017 not total) 2.      Eutelsat OneWeb - $4.3bn (since 2017 not total) 3.      Sierra Space - $1.7bn 4.      Relativity Space - $1.3bn 5.      Axiom Space - $606m 6.      Astranis Space Technologies = $553m 7.       Firefly Aerospace - $480m 8.      Mapbox - $444m 9.      Virgin Galactic - $425m 10.     ABL Space Systems - $419m   View the full map here: https://lnkd.in/e7MSfchp #spacetech #spaceinvestment

We've got touchdown! Intuitive Machines' uncrewed Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, has successfully landed on the Moon. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers and engineers supporting this mission in Langley's Flight Mission Support Center joined teams across the country in celebrating the big moment! On board the Intuitive Machines lander are two technologies developed at Langley: Navigation Doppler Lidar, a ground-breaking guidance system, and Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, an array of four tiny NASA cameras that collected imagery during and after descent. Learn more about NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative here: https://lnkd.in/e9kFwGcR Image Credit: NASA / Angelique Herring

W-1 back on Earth

Meet New Glenn! Our vehicle upended on its launch pad today for the first time. The rocket will remain vertical for at least a week for a series of tests in preparation for its first launch later this year. Thank you to our customers, partners, and everyone else championing efforts to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UQK8TK

Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The photos were captured shortly after separation from SpaceX’s second stage on Intuitive Machines' first journey to the Moon under NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s CLPS initiative.