Slingshot Aerospace is a space technology company that provides AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation. As a space situational awareness and space traffic management service provider, Slingshot's platform combines data from various sources to create a holistic view of the space domain. Its key products include Slingshot Beacon, Slingshot Laboratory, and Digital Space Twin, with major partners and customers including the U.S. Space Force, NOAA, and commercial space operators. Associated keywords include space safety, space sustainability, space security, and space domain awareness.
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Slingshot Aerospace targeted $20,000,000 in the financing round but raised $25,000,000.
Slingshot Aerospace plans to hire 40 employees over the next 12 months.
Since its inception in July 2017, Slingshot Aerospace has raised $42,000,000 in funding.
The combined total raised by Slingshot Aerospace for the Series A and A-1 rounds is $34,600,000.
Slingshot Aerospace previously raised $9,600,000 in a Series A round in October 2020.
Slingshot Aerospace raised $25,000,000 in a Series A-1 funding round.
Slingshot Aerospace has raised $42,000,000 since it was founded in 2017.
Slingshot Aerospace will use the new funds to hire 40 new employees over the next 12 months.
Slingshot Aerospace raised $25,000,000 in Series A-1 funds on 2022-03-10.
Slingshot Aerospace will develop an analytics tool under a $2,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force that uses location data from commercial satellites in low Earth orbit to identify potential sources of electronic interference on the ground.
Slingshot Aerospace initially secured a contract to develop Slingshot Laboratory for the U.S. Space Force and delivered an initial version in July 2021.
On 2021-09-29, Slingshot Aerospace began offering commercially an interactive simulation of the space environment developed for military satellite operators.
Slingshot Aerospace won a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force last year to develop Slingshot Laboratory.
Slingshot Aerospace partnered with Numerica Corporation to deliver precision tracking data and analytics based on Numerica’s global telescope network and data processing suite.
Slingshot Beacon provides customers with existing positional data packaged with the information necessary to resolve a conjunction.
The players participating in the Slingshot Beacon pilot program account for 53% of satellite constellations in LEO.
Slingshot Aerospace planned to introduce a robust set of Slingshot Beacon features on a rolling basis starting in 2021-07-01.
Slingshot Beacon will serve as a centralized communication and coordination platform to resolve on-orbit conjunctions and notify others about planned maneuvers.
Slingshot Aerospace partnered with Numerica Corp., a space data provider that operates a network of deep space telescopes.
Slingshot Aerospace developed Slingshot Beacon as a centralized communication and coordination platform to resolve on-orbit conjunctions, notify others about planned maneuvers, and provide orbit-raising notifications.