Blue Origin, Stoke, NASA: $1.2B+ Fuels Launch, Biotech & Data

Government spending meets frontier innovation as the next cycle begins. Satellite Spotlight, Edition 41.

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Imagining Forward
October 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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space brew

deal flow

government

  • Blue Origin wins $78.2M USSF SSC contract to construct new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral (SF).

  • Muon Space wins $44.6M USSF fixed price award for DaaS environmental monitoring & climate response (AT).

  • Momentus wins $5.1M NASA award to host microgravity payloads for in space manufacturing research (SN).

  • PDW wins USAF contract for heavy lift tactical UAS for ISR operations (AT).

  • Atheras Analytics SAS wins ESA contract for space traffic simulations (MG).

  • SFL Missions wins University of Alberta contract to study space radiation’s impact on terrestrial climate (MG).

seed

  • TCHC raises $1.2M Seed by Early Game Ventures to extend feline longevity with therapeutic biotech (LT).

series A+

  • Stoke Space raises $510M Series D by USIT, General Innovation, Washinton Harbour, SVB to expand medium-lift dual-use launch capacity (SS).

public

  • Spire Global wins $3.4M EUMETSAT contract renewal for radio occultation weather intelligence data (SN).

  • Algen Biotechnologies & AstraZeneca forge $555M contract for CRISPR-driven drug discovery (LT).

headlines

  • AST SpaceMobile & Verizon partner to extend space broadband across remote United States regions (TC).

  • Serpentrio & Xona Space Systems partner on high precision navigation for drones, autonomous robots, agriculture, & mining (ST).

  • Semtech Corp & Skylo partner to solve IoT-NTN access (SN).

community spotlight

It’s LA Tech Week!

today, 10/13

  • Building in Space Panel x Ben (Orbital Ops), Lee (Astracene), Yuk Chi (Charter), Ian (NASA) (LA).

  • Tech St. Santa Monica (LA).

  • Surf & tech networking (NYC).

tuesday, 10/14

  • Founder game night (NYC).

  • Code & cocktail (NYC).

  • Climate cafe (LA).

  • Tech x maritime industry (LA).

wednesday, 10/15

  • Industrials happy hour (NYC).

  • Early stage founders (NYC).

  • Founders showcase (SF).

thursday, 10/16

  • VC founder coffee (NYC).

  • Healthtech mixer (NYC).

  • Hardware meetup (LA).

  • Space civilization builders (LA).

  • Women’s health happy hour (LA).

cosmic weekly insights

Trends in 30 seconds

  1. Launch is the new logistics.

    From Blue Origin to Stoke, launch shifts downstream, building for throughput. Signals maturing market where cadence & supply chain integration drive valuation.

  2. Space intelligence turns to climate & biology.

    Muon Space, Spire, NASA’s microgravity research mark pivot to environmental & bio-manufacturing data. New data layers unlock climate & pharma innovations.

  3. Quantum & edge compute enter mission operations.

    Quantum QKD contracts signal shift from research to deployment as secure, autonomous decisions become table stakes for communications & defense.

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