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Orbital Achievements: Navigating the Future
From Space-Based Solar Farms to Tech Upgrades in the Stratosphere
KillerStartups
April 08, 2024
The KillerStartups weekly newsletter is back this Monday after our 2024 special.
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Featured Startups
KillerStartups’ Mission is to help entrepreneurs achieve the next big thing. Our role is to connect you with founders you can help, and founders who can help you!
When we featured Uber in 2010, Founder Travis Kalanick might have still been your driver.
Uber raised their first $1.6MM three months after we featured them. $4.9B later, we are still proud to have discovered them.
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60-Second News Picks
Our 30-Second Summary:
This week's 30-second news pick features Vilnius-based spacetech startup, Blackswan Space, which has recently raised €760k in a pre-seed funding round led by ScaleWolf, with contributions from notable investors including Linas Sargautis and Vladas Lašas. Founded in 2019, Blackswan Space has been at the forefront of satellite autonomy, collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) and commercial partners. Their pioneering products, including the Mission Design Simulator and Vision Based Navigation hardware, enable spacecrafts to perform complex maneuvers and autonomous navigation, addressing the critical challenge of managing the burgeoning number of satellites in orbit. This funding round marks a significant step towards accelerating Blackswan Space's product development and commercial activities, reinforcing their position in the space economy's next big leap.
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Our 30-Second Summary:
From their lab in Belfast, Space Solar achieved a significant milestone by successfully lighting up an LED sign using a world-first 360-degree wireless power transmission. This technological feat is crucial to their innovative solar power satellite design, aimed at capturing the Sun's energy in space and beaming it back to Earth as microwaves. Space Solar's vision includes deploying a massive satellite system in geostationary orbit, designed to harness sunlight continuously and supply a substantial amount of clean energy to the Earth. With plans to launch a prototype satellite in three years and ambitions to establish the first commercial solar farm in space within the decade, Space Solar is at the forefront of transforming how we think about renewable energy sources.
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Our 30-Second Summary:
We're launching into news from the final frontier with Defense Unicorns, a Colorado Springs-based startup making headlines for securing a $15 million STRATFI contract with SpaceWERX, the tech arm of the U.S. Space Force. This ambitious agreement aims to overhaul IT systems and software applications crucial for U.S. Space Force rocket launches, transitioning them from legacy setups to cutting-edge digital infrastructure. As part of their mission, Defense Unicorns will modernize technology at key Space Force launch ranges, ensuring the U.S. stays at the forefront of space exploration and security. With commercial space launches on the rise, the urgency for seamless, state-of-the-art support systems has never been greater. This venture is not just a leap for Defense Unicorns but a giant leap for space tech modernization.
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Tweets of the Week
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