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Seraphim Space is launching a more intensive accelerator for early-stage space companies, combining $150,000 in investment for each of 15 startups selected annually with up to 12 months of mentoring and networking support. The program expands the investor’s support for companies developing space technologies.
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Seraphim Space is launching a more intensive accelerator for early-stage space companies, combining $150,000 in investment for each of 15 startups selected annually with up to 12 months of mentoring and networking support. The program expands the investor’s support for companies developing space technologies.
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Virgin Galactic has named its next-generation Delta-class suborbital spaceplane Apeiron, the successor to SpaceShipTwo. The company is preparing the vehicle for test flights, with commercial operations planned for next year, according to one report; another says the spacecraft is being moved to a new home.
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The Pentagon’s inspector general rejected a bipartisan request to investigate disruptions affecting Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield, describing the matter as a business dispute outside his purview. Ukrainian officials dispute Elon Musk’s claim that its military violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the network for offensive drone strikes.
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A Foundation for Defense of Democracies submission recommends judging spaceport capacity by the missions each facility can support, rather than by the number of launch sites alone. A separate comparison of Starbase and Kennedy Space Center construction timelines underscores the infrastructure involved, including launch pads, vehicle integration facilities and support systems.
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Rendezvous Robotics has raised $20 million to develop technology for satellites launched in separate pieces that can assemble themselves in space. The effort targets a different approach to spacecraft deployment, with the company developing the technology needed to make on-orbit assembly possible.
Blue Origin says reconstruction of New Glenn’s launch pad should be complete in the first half of December, maintaining its goal of returning the rocket to flight before year-end. The schedule hinges on restoring the site after the pad was damaged in an explosion, with little time remaining for launch preparations.
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