Satellite Spotlight | Voyager's $383M IPO & Quantum's Quiet Takeover

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space brew

deal flow

government

• USSF awards Kratos a $25M IDIQ contract for telemetry, PNT, & MilSatcom infrastructure for the nuclear NC3 ground operations (SN).

• Dawn Aerospace partners with Oklahoma space port to scale light payload launches (ST).

seed

• Aethero raises $8.4M seed by Kindred Ventures to scale edge computing models for swarm & defense tracking (ST).

series A+

• Logos Space raises $50M Series A by USIT for jam-resistant LEO satcom constellations for enterprise clients (ST).

• Muon Space raises $146M Series B by Congruent Ventures for high throughput production of zinc thruster satellites (SN).

public & m&a

• Voyager raises $383M in oversubscribed IPO to scale M&A & buildout Starlab space station (BBG).

• Gilat secures $27M commercial satcomms orders for multi-orbit ESA terminals (SN).

headlines

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• ICEYE & Portuguese Armed Forces sign JV on SAR satellites for defense situational awareness & climate monitoring (SN).

• NATO & Planet Labs extend SINBAD partnership on real-time intelligence, surveillance & maritime domain awareness (SN).

• AST SpaceMobile awaits long-term mid-band rights for direct-to-device connectivity in LEO (SN).

• FCC expedites satellite licensing & spectrum access to fortify defense communication infrastructure (SN).

🤖

• Leonardo partners on JV with Baykar on next-gen unmanned aerial & swarm systems to service NATO clients (AT).

• Airbus Defence partners with Quantum Systems on tactical aerial reconnaissance to strengthen armed forces (AT).

🔬

• L’Oréal pivots from beauty to biotech unveiling longevity platform fusing skin, geroscience, & cosmetics IP (LT).

community spotlight

today, 06/17

• Hardware happy hour (SF).

wednesday, 06/18

• HackwithNewYork (NYC).

• Aetherflux x fireside chat (SF).

thursday, 06/19

• robotics meetup (SF).

friday, 06/20

• cybersecurity AI panel (SF).

saturday, 06/21

• longevity rave (SF).

monday, 06/23

• advanced materials (SF).

• AI warfare to cyborgs (SF).

• how to start a deep tech startup (SF).

• deep tech pickelball & breakfast (SF).

upcoming

• SF deep tech week.

• Toronto tech week.

• quantum in space (TO).

• quantum disruption (TO).

full events calendar of 2025.

cosmic weekly insights

bite-size signals

• GPS is a single point of failure

  opportunity for SandboxAQ, Infleqtion & Xona Space to build the backbone (HN opinion).

• MilSatComs takes center stage

  capital & policy converge as anti-jam, anti-spoofing tech dominate the Paris Air Show Day 1 (trend).

• Cables are clean energy’s choke point

  electrification transition stymied as HVDC demand outstrips legacy AC production (podcast).

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