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NorthStar Earth and Space

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commercialFounded 1952
Canada
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Emergency arbitration procedures are available under major arbitral rules, though parties may seek immediate relief from domestic courts as seen in the NorthStar case.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 16, 2025Latest News

NorthStar Earth & Space has joined the ALBATOR project to advance space debris removal technology.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2025NorthStar Earth & Space Europe joins ALBATOR project for space debris removal technology

Stewart Bain is the Founder and CEO of NorthStar Earth & Space.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2025NorthStar Earth & Space Europe joins ALBATOR project for space debris removal technology

NorthStar will contribute astrodynamics and space situational awareness to support Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) for safe manoeuvres planning and execution for debris de-orbiting scenarios.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2025NorthStar Earth & Space Europe joins ALBATOR project for space debris removal technology

NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. received $995,062 to develop advanced software for space situational awareness.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2025Canadian Space Agency awards $13.2M to 17 companies for technology development

NorthStar Earth and Space Inc. is developing a hyperspectral-based capability to map plant species from space.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and Space Inc.Technical ProductSep 30, 2025Canadian Space Agency selects 20 biodiversity projects to fund

The ALBATOR consortium includes five partners: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, NorthStar Earth & Space, and OsmosX.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJul 15, 2025Mit Plasmastrahl in einen Friedhofsorbit

Beth Michelson is a Partner with Cartesian Capital Group, a New York City-based global private equity firm that invested in NorthStar Earth & Space in December 2022.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2024NorthStar Earth & Space secures financing + names a new CFO

Spire is under contract to build an initial 12 space situational awareness cubesats for Canada’s NorthStar Earth and Space to track objects from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit to improve STM models.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2024Spire deploying space traffic management tools across fleet

Rocket Lab launched the first four of NorthStar’s initial Spire-built satellites at the end of January, each the size of a 16-unit (16U) cubesat.

Mentioned as: NorthStarOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2024Spire deploying space traffic management tools across fleet

Rocket Lab launched the company’s first Electron mission for 2024 on a space-junk focused mission for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2024Rocket Lab successfully launches 1st Electron mission of busy 2024 launch

NorthStar signed a launch contract with Rocket Lab for a fall 2023 launch that was delayed after an Electron launch failure in September 2023.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

NorthStar plans to launch the next eight satellites on two future Electron missions by 2026.

Mentioned as: northstarTechnical ProductJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

On 2024-01-31, Rocket Lab launched the 'Four Of A Kind' mission, its first Electron mission of 2024, for Spire Global and NorthStar from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:34 NZDT / 06:34 UTC.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2024Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission of Busy 2024 Launch Schedule

NorthStar raised $15,000,000 in December and has raised $105,000,000 overall.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceTechnical ProductJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

The four NorthStar satellites are equipped with sensors capable of tracking objects as small as 0.4 m across in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceTechnical ProductJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

The Electron deployed four NorthStar satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit at 530 km.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

Rocket Lab launched the first four satellites for NorthStar Earth and Space on 2025-01-31.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

NorthStar had planned to launch the four satellites on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system before Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 in April 2023 and was later liquidated.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 31, 2024Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test

Exolaunch will deploy four NorthStar Earth & Space satellites built by Spire Global on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 17, 2024Exolaunch to deploy four Spire-built satellites for NorthStar via Rocket Lab’s Electron
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