Spire has launched 200 sats since 2015, and operates 60 active spacecraft as older spacecraft have deorbited. It has two main businesses, RF sensing on its own spacecraft, and flying hosted payloads for other customers.
Northrop Grumman ($NOC) invested $50M in Firefly Aerospace’s Series D to accelerate the production of Firefly’s medium-lift vehicle, now named Eclipse.
The rapid expansion of the Space sector, expected to reach a value of $1.8 trillion by 2035, marks the beginning of a new era in space exploration and innovation.
Rocket Lab, a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch services provider, is expanding deeper into the defense sector with the acquisition of Geost, a supplier of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor payloads used in U.S. military satellites.
