In 2024, it plans to start deploying a constellation of three satellites in medium Earth orbit that would receive and pass data from customers’ satellites in low Earth orbit using optical communications. As the number of satellites operating in low Earth orbit keeps growing, he said, “the demand for higher data sampling and downlink has […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. More than a dozen companies have either gone public through mergers with special purpose acquisition corporations in the last year or have announced plans to do so. The Promus Ventures New Space Index, which includes many space companies that have gone public in the last year, is down more than 42% in […]
“Importantly, this is not specific to any one SPAC, but all SPACs,” said an official for launch company Rocket Lab, which is merging with the Vector Acquisition Corp. Stable Road has until May 13 to finalize the deal, but is asking shareholders to approve a three-month extension as government reviews of the transaction drag on. […]
