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NorthStar Earth and Space

CA
commercialFounded 1952
Canada
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NorthStar Earth & Space’s satellites are built and operated by Spire Global.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth & SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 15, 2024Update 1: Rocket Lab has delayed the launch the NorthStar SSA mission

NorthStar Earth & Space’s satellites are built and operated by Spire Global.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth & SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 9, 2024Rocket Lab Announces Space Situational Awareness Mission Launch for Spire and NorthStar

NorthStar’s satellites are built and operated by Spire Global.

Mentioned as: NorthStarOrg RelationshipJan 8, 2024Rocket Lab to Launch Space Situational Awareness Mission for Spire and NorthStar

NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. closed a CA$20,000,000 Series D funding round on 2023-12-06.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative FinancialDec 6, 2023NorthStar Earth & Space closes CA$20 million Series D financing round to launch the world’s first space based SSA commercial service

NorthStar was second in line to launch on Rocket Lab’s manifest before the September 2023 Electron failure.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2023NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab

NorthStar’s launch contract with Rocket Lab includes two additional missions of four satellites each intended to provide full commercial space situational awareness services designed to track objects as small as five centimeters in low Earth orbit and 0.4 m in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 6, 2023NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab

On 2023-12-06 NorthStar Earth and Space raised an additional $15,000,000 to support its first four satellites for tracking objects in orbit.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 6, 2023NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab

NorthStar Earth and Space has raised a total of 143 million Canadian dollars ($105,000,000) for building out a space situational awareness business following its Series D funding round.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceTechnical ProductDec 6, 2023NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab

Telesystem Space Inc. invested in NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.'s CA$20,000,000 Series D funding round.

Mentioned as: northstarNarrative FinancialDec 6, 2023NorthStar Earth & Space closes CA$20 million Series D financing round to launch the world’s first space based SSA commercial service

NorthStar pivoted to Rocket Lab for a fall launch but faced a delay after Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket failed in September 2023 to deploy an imaging satellite for Capella Space.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2023NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab

NorthStar Earth & Space switched its planned launches to Rocket Lab after Virgin Orbit’s failure and expected its satellites to launch on Electron before the end of 2023.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2023The Accidental Monopoly

NorthStar CEO Stewart Bain and European Space Agency General Director Joseph Aschbacher signed the “Statement for a Responsible Space Sector” at World Satellite Business Week in Paris.

Mentioned as: NorthStarTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023NorthStar joins leading European Space Community members to sign the ESA’s ‘Statement for a Responsible Space Sector’

NorthStar’s SSA services are scheduled to launch in 2023.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2023LuxIMPULSE awards NorthStar Earth & Space a contract to Accelerate SSA Commercial Products to Improve Space Sustainability

NorthStar’s space-based SSA services are designed to provide coverage across low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, geostationary orbit, and cis-lunar space.

Mentioned as: northstarTechnical ProductSep 7, 2023LuxIMPULSE awards NorthStar Earth & Space a contract to Accelerate SSA Commercial Products to Improve Space Sustainability

Virgin Orbit was scheduled to launch Spire’s first 16U cubesat for NorthStar Earth and Space in mid-2023 before Virgin Orbit collapsed into bankruptcy.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2023GHGSat orders four more greenhouse gas monitoring cubesats from Spire

NorthStar Earth and Space signed a contract with Rocket Lab on 2024-06-22 to launch its first four space situational awareness satellites on an Electron this fall.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2023Electron launches seven smallsats in latest step towards reusability

Stewart Bain, CEO of NorthStar, highlighted that the agreement represents a significant milestone in the advancement of commercial Space Situational Awareness services.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2023NorthStar + SES to provide RSO tracking from space

NorthStar Earth & Space and SES have signed an agreement to collaborate on next-generation commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2023NorthStar and SES Collaborate to Advance Commercial Space Situational Awareness Services

The collaboration between NorthStar and SES aims to significantly increase the precision of resident space object (RSO) tracking.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2023NorthStar and SES Collaborate to Advance Commercial Space Situational Awareness Services

The partnership between NorthStar and SES aims to address urgent challenges posed by increasing space debris and orbital congestion.

Mentioned as: NorthStar Earth and SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2023NorthStar and SES Collaborate to Advance Commercial Space Situational Awareness Services
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