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Gilmour Space raises $146M to scale launch vehicle and satellite production

Gilmour Space raised $146 million in its largest funding round to date to industrialize production of launch vehicles and small satellites. The capital will scale manufacturing capacity and support the company's return-to-flight and commercial launch ambitions from its Australia-based operations.

Discovered 2026-01-20T03:56:41.582599-08:00 | 2026-01-20T03:56:41.582599-08:00

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The $146M raise — the company's largest to date — funds industrial-scale manufacturing for launch vehicles and satellites and underpins Gilmour's planned return-to-flight campaign (see prior return-to-flight coverage) [source:553fcfef-b3b6-499b-a05c-cff858f25d5e]
The financing signals continued investor willingness to back capital-intensive scaling of space hardware; comparable production-focused raises and factory expansions have accelerated smallsat and launcher industrialisation elsewhere [source:a9b5aa12-4cd8-4232-b185-1031374a9a5f] [source:def3f82e-5033-4036-9e4f-f95102ec9626]

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