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Written by Connor Sattely
2025 kicked off with a strong month in the space tech industry, with 24 companies raising $836m in venture capital. The month was led by a handful of larger US-based Series C rounds, with Stoke Space ($260m) leading the way with funding to support the development of their 100% reusable medium-lift rocket. Loft Orbital ($170m) and Firehawk Aerospace ($60m) also logged big rounds to start the year.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/03/loft-orbital-to-launch-new-longbow-satellite-platform-on-yam-8/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64255 Loft Orbital's next satellite program, YAM-8, is ready as the company begins deploying another standardized satellite platform: the Longbow.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/loft-orbital-and-helsing-to-develop-defense-and-securtiy-satellite-constellation/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63996 Loft Orbital and Helsing have announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deploy a multi-sensor satellite constellation. The partnership aims to harness AI-driven capabilities to deliver real-time intelligence and situational awareness to European defense and security stakeholders]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/skyserve-partners-loft-orbital-for-mission-denali/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54234 SkyServe has announced a partnership with Loft Orbital towards Mission Denali to deploy SkyServe STORM, its in-space edge computing platform, on YAM-6. As a result, Mission Denali will leverage Sensing and Compute Resources on YAM-6 to deliver insights from space. By processing multispectral and hyperspectral data in real-time, SkyServe STORM aims to define the paradigm of space-based data processing, delivering insights processed from the edge.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/nasas-muri-instrument-measure-earths-surface-temperature/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45890 A new NASA radiometer is now in low Earth orbit, paving the way for future satellite constellations dedicated to measuring infrared energy radiating from Earth’s surface. With development happening at Leonardo DRS with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office, the SpaceX Transporter 6 launched the Multiband Uncooled Radiometer Imager (MURI) instrument on Tuesday, January 3, as one of several hosted payloads within Loft Orbital’s YAM5 washing machine-sized satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/anywaves-joins-airbus-on-loft-orbitals-satellite-order/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42095 Antenna developer, Anywaves, has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to supply antennas for over 15 satellite platforms for a project for space infrastructure provider, Loft Orbital, Anywaves said. According to the contract, Anywaves will provide more than 70 products for the platforms to be deployed by Loft Orbital.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/loft-orbital-contracts-airbus-for-arrow-satellite-platforms/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38623 Airbus and Loft Orbital signed a contract for Airbus to supply more than fifteen satellite platforms stemming from Arrow, the foundational platform of OneWeb. There are currently 394 such platforms in orbit for the OneWeb constellation with a further 254 under production. The contract signals start-up Loft Orbital’s intention of implementing the Airbus Arrow service business model.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/spacewatchgl-column-e2mc-update-on-space-financing-rounds-in-december-2021/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 08:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38292 2021 finished strong, with another SPAC merger with a space-related (albeit not originally a space) company (Tomorrow.io), more fundraising by SpaceX, a few major private rounds, a couple of investments by Virgin Orbit (and hence yet further examples of a de-SPAC’d company deploying part of its cash towards investments) and even a small IPO (Sidus).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/loft-orbital-raises-140-million-led-by-blackrock/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37842 Loft Orbital raised US $140M in a new round of funding led by investment company BlackRock, CNBC reports. Loft launched its first two commercial ride-share satellites in Earth orbit earlier this year. The company is to use the new capital to extend its business and double its team.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/anywaves-partners-with-loft-orbital-for-yet-another-mission/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31181&preview=true&preview_id=31181 nywaves partners with Loft Orbital for "Yet Another Mission"]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/loft-orbital-awards-launch-contract-to-exolaunch-to-deliver-yam-3-microsatellite-into-orbit-on-falcon-9/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23424 Exolaunch, the leading rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, has announced a Launch Services Agreement with Loft Orbital, a San Francisco-based company, to deliver Loft Orbital’s YAM microsatellite into sun-synchronous orbit on Falcon 9. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/aac-clyde-space-wins-us250k-order-from-loft-orbital/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21709 AAC Clyde Space announced on 16 April 2020 that it has won an additional $US250,000 (2.5 MSEK) order from Loft Orbital for power systems for two satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/eutelsat-kicks-off-elo-its-constellation-of-nanosatellites-dedicated-to-the-internet-of-things/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16102 Eutelsat has unveiled its ELO constellation project targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) market.]]>