Tag: ThinkOrbital
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ThinkOrbital Raises Seed Funding to Build Orbital Defense, Infrastructure Systems
ThinkOrbital Inc said it has closed a seed funding round led by TFX Capital to accelerate development of its defense-focused space technologies, including on-orbit servicing, space-to-space inspection and large-scale in-space construction. The company said the new funding will support the advancement of capabilities designed to inspect, service and build systems in orbit at scales that…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, others highlighted in new NASA low-Earth orbit partnerships
On June 15, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its intention to partner with seven U.S. aerospace companies in order to advance human spaceflight and the commercial low-Earth orbit economy. The agency stated in a press release that these partnerships — done through the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) along…
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Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital transportation system for astronauts
Coby Cotton and Steve Young gaze at Earth during a Blue Origin suborbital spaceflight in August 2022. (Blue Origin Photo) NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities that will provide high-frequency access to low Earth orbit for astronauts and cargo. The project…