Tag: Tumbleweed
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Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build Its Own Reentry Vehicle
The raise follows Tumbleweed’s first in-space mission. The company sent its first satellite, Oasis Alpha, to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare in July, where it demonstrated the ability to host microgravity research payloads from four different customers. Since then, Tumbleweed has seen an influx of demand from customers seeking access to microgravity without building a…
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Austrian Startup Tumbleweed Ships First Commercial Satellite Ahead of July Launch
Vienna-based startup Tumbleweed has shipped its first satellite, Oasis Alpha, to launch services provider Exolaunch ahead of a planned launch in July, marking what the company says is Austria’s first fully commercial satellite mission. The milestone comes less than a year after Tumbleweed was founded in 2024, highlighting the company’s goal of simplifying access to…