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Gravitics plans to leverage space station architecture for $1.7M Space Force project

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The company said it plans to leverage its commercial space station product architecture to develop orbital platforms that will enable rapid response options for the U.S. Developing and manufacturing commercial space station modules will continue to be at the core of our company mission,” Doughan said. .” Space Force. “We

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

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Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. The former CEO of Ada Developers Academy said she will focus on Conduit’s health and performance vertical. “Prototyping alone sidelines most hardware founders.

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First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid

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million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft , which is due to conduct the first-ever up-close study of a metal-rich asteroid. The contract calls for the hardware to be delivered in early 2021. NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Illustration).

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Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system

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“Working with Westinghouse, we will build the nuclear hardware for our RPSs to provide reliable power in the most critical domains of the 21st century — from the depths of the oceans to the surface of the moon,” Zeno co-founder and CEO Tyler Bernstein said today in a news release.

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Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO

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We plan to use this capital to accelerate our product development and accelerate our goal to bring this transformational computing capability to every major industry.” It estimates revenue to grow to $288 million by 2025, and $594 million by 2026. ” Rigetti reported revenue of $5.5 million for the year ended Jan.

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Amazon satellites are placed atop Atlas V rocket for milestone launch on October 6

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The satellites for both those networks are built in the Seattle area: SpaceX’s satellite development and manufacturing facility is in Redmond, Wash., Project Kuiper’s two prototypes — Kuipersat 1 and 2 — are meant to test the hardware and system operations in advance of the expected production ramp-up.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

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They’re designed to test the hardware as well as the software, ground-based facilities and procedures that will be used for the full constellation. At least half of the 3,236 satellites will have to be placed in orbit by mid-2026 to satisfy the requirements of Amazon’s license from the Federal Communications Commission.

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