深圳起源太空科技有限公司
Origin Space is a Chinese space technology company founded in 2017 focused on the exploration and utilization of space resources, including asteroid mining. It operates in the space resources industry, providing services such as asteroid database management and space debris removal. Origin Space has launched satellites like NEO-1 for technology verification and Yangwang-1, a space telescope for detecting near-Earth asteroids, and has partnered with entities like the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
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Origin Space, the UAE’s National Space Science and Technology Centre, and the University of Hong Kong signed letters of intent 2023 regarding establishing a space technology center in Abu Dhabi.
Origin Space signed a contract on 2020-04-10 with DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. for development of an optical space telescope named Yang Wang-1.
Origin Space is part of a project with Hong Kong University to launch a 50-kilogram soft x-ray space telescope utilizing lobster eye technology.
The Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) CubeSat launched in September of the previous year carried a small ultraviolet telescope belonging to Origin Space designed for monitoring the atmosphere for impact events.
Origin Space raised $7,000,000 in October in an angel round led by Matrix Partners China and Linear Venture.