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Apex announced today it was jumping into Golden Dome space-based interceptor development, a reveal that helps explain the company’s two $200M raises in back-to-back quarters this year.
Comparing the before and after submissions from the small sample size suggests the impact of the change provided a significant bump to LEO providers, although fiber predictably still took the lion’s share.
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In 2017, SpaceX built 13 new boosters for its 18 total Falcon 9 launches—a 72% new booster rate. So far this year, the company has built seven new boosters for 124 Falcon launches—a 6% new booster rate.
Germany is poised to infuse a transformative amount of capital into the European space ecosystem.
The top 10 deals this quarter raised a combined $1.4B in funding, higher than Q2 at $1.2B, and Q1 $859M.
How hot is the current space investing cycle right now? Apex raising two $200M funding rounds in back-to-back quarters, kind of hot.
Planet Labs is proving that space businesses can cash flow. It just takes some time.
So, what is Rocket Lab cooking up?
American Enterprise Institute recently published a report gaming out six different Golden Dome architectures and cost estimates that the Trump administration could choose from.
