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Xplore

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commercialFounded 2017
Redmond, Washington, United States
www.xplore.com
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The mission is the first launch in a program to build a constellation of 12 satellites using Xplore’s XCRAFT platform.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/8/2023Xplore Multi-Sensor Satellite to offer Space Data Products under NOAA Imagery License

The mission is the first launch that will build to a constellation of 12 satellites using Xplore’s XCRAFT platform.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/3/2023Xplore Satellite to Offer Space Data Products under NOAA Imagery License

Xplore reached an agreement with Orbital Astronautics to launch a remote-sensing payload on OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform, and that mission suffered delays.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/31/2023Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

Xplore plans to launch its first Xcraft small satellite in the fourth quarter of 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare.

NARRATIVE PLAN1/31/2023Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

Xplore plans to launch its first Xcraft small satellite in the fourth quarter of 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/31/2023Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

Xplore has raised $16,200,000 since it was founded in 2018.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL1/31/2023Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

Xplore has a long-term plan to build a constellation of 12 Xcraft platforms carrying eight primary instruments.

NARRATIVE PLAN1/31/2023Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

The mission is the first launch toward a constellation of 12 satellites using Xplore’s XCRAFT platform.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/31/2023Xplore multi-sensor satellites to offer space data products under NOAA imagery license

Xplore operates out of a facility in Redmond, Washington.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/26/2022Xplore completes satellite testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital

Xplore acquired Kubos, the developer of Major Tom, on 2022-04-04.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/26/2022Xplore completes satellite testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital

Xplore operates a 22,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility in Redmond, Washington.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/5/2022Space-as-a-Service™ Startup Acquires Major Tom + The Assets Of Kubos Corporation

As of February, Xplore had raised $16,200,000 since its establishment in 2017.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/4/2022Xplore acquires Kubos and Major Tom software

Xplore is accelerating hardware development of the Xcraft satellite data collection platform at a 22,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility in Redmond, Washington.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/25/2022Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions

Xplore’s current Phase II effort culminates in a hardware-in-the-loop testbed designed to demonstrate required performance for precision cislunar missions and to lay the foundation for a subsequent on-orbit test of the PNT system.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/24/2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Xplore’s PNT system is enabled by and will deploy on the Xcraft®, a multi-mission, ESPA-class space vehicle capable of supporting missions across cislunar space and operating from Venus to Ceres.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/24/2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space