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Spaceflight Industries

PSLV launch

India’s PSLV rocket launches BlackSky’s Global-1 satellite (plus 30 other satellites)

The first Earth observation satellite for Seattle-based BlackSky’s Global constellation has been sent into orbit aboard an Indian rocket. Global-1… Read More

LeoStella building in Tukwila

With Spaceflight’s help, LeoStella moves ahead with Seattle-area satellite factory

TUKWILA, Wash. — Today it’s an empty office building in a business park south of Seattle, not far from a Mexican restaurant… Read More

Satellite deployment

Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch

LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch… Read More

BlackSky constellation

BlackSky teams up with ATLAS Space Operations for satellite communications

News Brief: Michigan-based ATLAS Space Operations says it will provide telemetry, commanding and data support for the Earth-observing satellite constellation… Read More

Rocket Lab Electron launch

Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas

Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More

Comet propulsion system

Deep Space Industries will equip BlackSky satellites with water-spraying thrusters

California-based Deep Space Industries says it has signed a contract to provide water-spraying thrusters for the BlackSky Earth observation satellites… Read More

BlackSky Global-1 satellite

Spaceflight Industries firms up European satellite alliance and $150M funding round

It’s official: After receiving all government approvals, a French-Italian joint venture has taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries… Read More

BlackSky Global satellites

BlackSky shows off first next-generation Global satellite for Earth observation

Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky geospatial intelligence service is taking the wraps off its first operational satellite, Global-1, which will blaze the… Read More

UPDATED: Planetary Resources and Spaceflight Industries mark successful rocket launch in India

Updated on Friday morning with details of launch. A rocket that lifted off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center just… Read More

Top Pacific Northwest startup funding rounds of 2017: Remitly, Rover, Vacasa lead the way

Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

PSLV launch

Planetary Resources’ prototype asteroid prospector set for January liftoff in India

Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources’ technology demonstrator satellite for asteroid prospecting is due for launch in early January, along with more… Read More

Black Sky satellites

Spaceflight Industries issues $150 million investment offer amid high-flying plans

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is seeking as much as $150 million in new investment as it gets ready for a key… Read More

Spaceflight SHERPA

Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch services

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s been awarded its first contract for launch and integration services from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in… Read More

Spaceflight Industries teams with Europe’s Thales Alenia and Telespazio for satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has forged a partnership with a French-Italian venture known as the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia… Read More

BlackSky platform shows Aleppo

Spaceflight’s BlackSky wins $16.4M Air Force contract for geospatial data platform

BlackSky, a division of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, has been awarded a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus prime contract with the Air… Read More

PSLV launch

India’s PSLV rocket puts Spire satellites in orbit – with an assist from Spaceflight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket wasn’t the only launch vehicle that took to the air today: India’s PSLV-C38 rocket sent an… Read More

Rocket Lab electron

Spaceflight buys Rocket Lab Electron launch for a small satellite sampler

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck a deal to buy the full capacity of a single Electron rocket launch from L.A.-based Rocket… Read More

Elysium Space

Elysium Space and Seattle’s Spaceflight plan to spread loved ones’ ashes in orbit

Elysium Space has struck a deal to give people an out-of-this-world memorial by sending their cremated remains into orbit. The… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Groundbreaking tech for driverless cars, VR, data centers and more

Each year, as part of the GeekWire Awards, we recognize game-changing technologies in the category of Innovation of the Year.… Read More

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