Unpacking Firefly’s IPO, Business Outlook, and its Valuation at a Third of Rocket Lab’s
There’s threading the needle, and then there is what Firefly just did last week.
Jack Kuhr
Enter the COTS Era
COTS is credited with playing a pivotal role in SpaceX’s rise, helping fund the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.
Tracking Satcom Startup Funding
Companies that can beam down fiber-like internet speeds graduate from the niche legacy satcom market to the generalized consumer broadband internet market.
ISS vs. Commercial Station Costs
The International Space Station cost $150B (inflation adj.) to build, whereas a commercial space station is expected to cost between $2B and $5B.
Tracking Earth Observation Startup Funding
Hate it or love it, the first six months of the year have summed up investors’ love-hate relationship with the sector.
Tracking Orbital Debris
Over the past decade, the number of active satellites has increased by an order of magnitude.
A Banner Quarter for Space Funding
If Q1 introduced the promise of Golden Dome, Q2 was the mad dash to cash in on the hype.
Clouds Above the Clouds: A Look at the Space Data Centers Opportunity
But there are enormous technical hurdles that need to be overcome. So, we spoke to Starcloud and Sophia Space, two startups building data centers in space, to understand the opportunity and separate the fact vs. fiction.
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