Tag: SpinLaunch
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SpinLaunch Partners with Aalyria for Meridian LEO Network
How will SpinLaunch manage its Meridian constellation network architecture? SpinLaunch has partnered with Aalyria Technologies to develop network orchestration infrastructure for its planned Meridian low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation. The collaboration positions Alphabet’s advanced networking subsidiary as the strategic partner for managing inter-satellite links and ground connectivity across SpinLaunch’s cost-optimized satellite fleet. Aalyria…
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SpinLaunch Partners Equinix for Ultra-Compact Teleports
SpinLaunch will deploy “ultra-compact teleports” at Equinix data centers to support ground infrastructure for its Meridian satellite constellation, marking the kinetic launch company’s first major ground segment partnership as it prepares for commercial satellite operations. The partnership leverages Equinix’s network of 260+ data centers across 70+ metros globally, providing SpinLaunch with distributed ground stations that…
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SpinLaunch—yes, the centrifuge rocket company—is making a hard pivot to satellites
Outside of several mentions in the Rocket Report newsletter dating back to 2018, Ars Technica has not devoted too much attention to covering a novel California space company named SpinLaunch. That’s because the premise is so outlandish as to almost not feel real. The company aims to build a kinetic launch system that spins a…
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SpinLaunch raises $40M from Airbus, Google and others for space catapult
SpinLaunch’s hangar is home to a vehicle that’s designed to be launched from a catapult. (SpinLaunch Photo) A stealthy Silicon Valley startup called SpinLaunch says it’s raised a total of $40 million from a high-profile array of investors to get a space catapult system ready for launch by 2022. The company, founded in 2015 by…