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Planetary Resources

US
commercialFounded 2009
Redmond, Washington, United States
www.planetaryresources.com
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The failure of the creation of a management plan for planetary resources in space has raised security concerns amid private sector growth in space.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2024Framing the success of the Polaris Dawn mission

The development of robotic capabilities to extract planetary resources is critical for states in the Global South.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralSep 5, 2023India is on the Moon, but needs to avoid the “Moon Race” trap

Elizabeth Frank, a planetary scientist who previously worked at Planetary Resources, raised issues including challenges extracting platinum-group metals from asteroids, difficulty identifying such metals using existing remote sensing instruments, and a lack of experience working with metallic asteroids.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2022Startups raise millions for lunar rovers and asteroid mining

U.S. company Planetary Resources launched several technology demonstrators before encountering financial difficulties and was acquired by ConsenSys, Inc. in 2018.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipApr 23, 2020Chinese space resource utilization firm Origin Space signs deal for space telescope

By early 2019, Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources, the two major startups in the space resources industry, had been acquired by other companies with no interest in space resources.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipDec 6, 2019Luxembourg expands its space resources vision

The government of Luxembourg lost 12,000,000 EUR invested in Planetary Resources.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019Luxembourg extends space resources work through new agreements with NASA and ESA

A venture linked to former space mining company Planetary Resources rolled out a project called TruSat on 2019-10-21 in Washington during an event tied to the 70th International Astronautical Congress.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesTechnical ProductOct 23, 2019ConsenSys Space announces crowdsourced SSA data system

ConsenSys Space was established by blockchain company ConsenSys after it acquired Planetary Resources nearly a year before the TruSat rollout.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019ConsenSys Space announces crowdsourced SSA data system

The Luxembourg government, through SpaceResources.lu, invested 12,000,000 EUR in Planetary Resources in 2016 and lost nearly all of that investment when Planetary Resources was purchased by ConsenSys.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipMay 10, 2019United States and Luxembourg sign space cooperation agreement

Planetary Resources was acquired by ConsenSys in October 2018.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralMay 10, 2019United States and Luxembourg sign space cooperation agreement

Planetary Resources was acquired by ConsenSys a little more than two months before Bradford Space acquired Deep Space Industries.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralJan 2, 2019Deep Space Industries acquired by Bradford Space

In November 2016 SpaceResources.lu invested 25,000,000 EUR in Planetary Resources, split between grants and an equity stake.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2018Luxembourg government to continue commercial space initiatives after election

Planetary Resources announced plans in 2012 to develop a series of spacecraft to prospect for and extract resources such as water ice from near-Earth asteroids.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralNov 5, 2018Luxembourg government to continue commercial space initiatives after election

Planetary Resources was being acquired by ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, as of 2018-10-31.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2018Luxembourg government to continue commercial space initiatives after election

The Luxembourg government acquired a 10 percent shareholder stake in Planetary Resources as part of the SpaceResources.lu investment.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2018Luxembourg government to continue commercial space initiatives after election

Planetary Resources first announced its asteroid mining plans in 2012 after operating in stealth mode for three years.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesNarrative GeneralOct 31, 2018Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources acquired by blockchain firm

Planetary Resources Inc. was acquired by ConsenSys, Inc. in an asset-purchase transaction on 2018-10-31.

Mentioned as: Planetary ResourcesOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2018Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources acquired by blockchain firm