Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Fortastra closes $30 million Series A for autonomous orbital spacecraft
- Capital will expand spacecraft development and testing and advance autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations.
- The financing follows the Watchdog V0 launch and a manufacturing memorandum with Hadrian for national-security spacecraft.
Orbital Robotics and Arkisys plan ISS autonomous-arm demonstrations for 2027
- Astronauts will install the arms on a NASA Astrobee to capture a second Astrobee and replace a compute module.
- Orbital is funding the programme, with Arkisys providing integration and platform support through its NASA Space Act Agreement.
- Three demonstrations are planned roughly a month apart, after which the arms will remain aboard for further experiments.
Katalyst Space selected for OECIF ASGARD robotic assembly programme
- NEXUS is planned to launch with modular tiles under development by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and assemble them using robotic arms.
- The assembled system is intended to collect solar energy, convert it to microwave energy and transmit power to Earth.
- Contract value was not disclosed, and the orbital assembly remains a future demonstration rather than a completed operation.
True Anomaly selected to deliver Jackal for GHOST-R GEO reconnaissance mission
- True Anomaly will initially operate Jackal jointly with U.S. Space Force mission operators.
- The spacecraft is intended to transition to a government-owned, government-operated on-orbit asset after joint operations.
- GHOST-R is positioned as a pathfinder for the Space Force RG-XX persistent reconnaissance programme.