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Danti Raises $5M, Announces US Military Customers

AI startup Danti raised a $5M funding round to grow the engineering and go-to-market teams for its AI-powered search engine that can sift through large amounts of data, including satellite imagery, CEO Jesse Kallman told Payload. 

Military

DoD Reveals New Russian Space Weapon Details, Conflict Over Commercial Imagery 

John Plumb became the first Biden administration official to acknowledge Russia’s nuclear counterspace weapon in unclassified testimony.

Research

Payload Research: China’s 2024 Space Day Updates

China held its annual Space Day conference last week, unveiling new insights into the space program’s hardware development.

International

Artemis Accords Signatories to Meet This Month in Canada

Artemis Accords signatories will meet in Montreal this month to discuss best practices and guidelines for responsible and sustainable space exploration. 

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MilitaryMoon

Astrobotic Exploring National Security Tech Crossover

Astrobotic is looking to expand into the national security sector and pitching DoD on how some of its Moon landing tech could be used by troops here on Earth.

MilitaryOSAM

Space Force Backs Multi-Vehicle Commercial RPO Demos

Rocket Lab and True Anomaly will square off in orbit next year.

AnalysisCivilMilitary

US Space Agencies Call for Public-Private Partnerships

The US civil and military space orgs got together to suss out the state of the space industrial base, and their conclusions are clear: resilience and speed are top priorities, and commercial partnerships are what will make that possible.

BusinessMilitary

Pentagon Releases First Commercial Space Strategy

The Pentagon on Tuesday released its long-awaited strategy for working more closely with the commercial space sector, which includes plans to boost cooperation during times of peace and protect commercial assets in times of conflict. 

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BusinessCivil

Industry to Save the Day on MSR

The fate of Mars Sample Return is in industry’s hands.

Business

Astroscale Sees its Debris

Astroscale has hunted down its targeted space debris and is now within paparazzi distance. 

BusinessGEO

Astranis Reveals Higher Capacity GEO Broadband Satellite 

Astranis, a satcom startup, unveiled its Omega micro GEO broadband satellite platform yesterday, designed to offer five times the power of its first-generation models.

Business

Lockheed’s Mid-Size Bus Set to Fly This Year

Lockheed Martin is preparing to launch its medium-sized LM 400 bus before the end of the year in preparation for a few classified opportunities coming down the pipeline, Lockheed Space President Robert Lightfoot told a small group of reporters at Space Symposium.

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BusinessVC/PE

Varda Raises $90M Series B

MilitaryVC/PE

DoD Opens Line of Communication to VCs

VC/PE

Phantom Raises a Bridge Round

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Biden Considers Taxes on Commercial Launchers

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The State of Launch

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Delta IV Heavy Bids Farewell