📡 The new space race

On Friday, 9 companies filed applications for ~38,000 new satellites in the US. The key to the satellite business is access to limited RF spectrum, more so than building satellites, so it will be interesting to see how the FCC handles this allocation of V-band. [LINK]

🏗 Battle of the space stations

Another front of the space race is emerging as the ISS nears its end of life and private enterprise is set to further democratise space access. There are now 3 main contenders for the market, the latest being a large consortium including Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Boeing and more. [LINK]

🚀 Biotech space M&A

Redwire Space, the booming PE-fuelled space tech holding company, has made another acquisition, this time the biotech microgravity research company, Techshot. [LINK]

🌑 To the Moon!

💰 We’re raising a new, bigger investment fund! We’re talking with 20 new mentors so far and expect to run a full series of our Stage 1-4 programs in 2022. Get in touch if you’re interested to join our rising tide!

👋 We’ve been flooded with requests by founders, operators, students and investors for introductions and support, so we’ve launched a new version of Nexus to create a place for everyone to come together and find each other more easily. In the coming weeks, we’ll be running different kinds of online conversations to help connect and engage everyone – across all timezones – now all we need is you to join! [JOIN] [READ MORE] [ADD CALENDAR]

📢 If you want to use us as a loudspeaker to run a talk or workshop on something you’re creating re. space, let us know! [REPLY] 

If you’re a space founder, operator, student or investor, join us!

 

✨ Our Stars

A rising tide lifts all boats, and we’re thrilled to share news from the legends behind Moonshot.

  • Arlula (Stage 4 2021) won $80k from a SmartSat CRC and NSW government program [LINK]
  • Exodus Orbitals (Stage 4 2021) is leasing satellite capacity with their own satellite launch delayed to 2022 [LINK]
  • Swoop Aero (Stage 4 2018) entered into a new supply partnership after receiving strategic investment from Australia’s largest independent composites business [LINK]
  • Tejpaul Bhatia (Mentor at Moonshot, and CRO at Axiom Space) was written up in TechCrunch [LINK]
  • Gilmour Space (mm. Adam and Michelle Gilmour) is preparing to launch from the idyllic Whitsundays region in mid-2022 [LINK]

🇦🇺 For the Aussies

  • Australia is going to build a lunar rover, and NASA will launch it to the Moon [LINK]
  • “How Australia plans to diversify foreign investment without focusing on China” [LINK]
  • Gilmour Space is leading a $150m consortium bid for space manufacturing across Australia [LINK]
  • Queensland-based cyber security firm BITSCore has trialed two of its algorithms onboard the ISS [LINK]

🧙‍♂️ Space Operators

If you need to hire someone or you’re looking for a space job, tell us here!

🌏 Arlula- Junior Developer (Sydney, Australia)
👩‍🚀 Axiom Space – 99 Positions (Houston and Los Angeles, USA)
📡 Clearbox Systems – 9 Positions (Sydney and Canberra, Australia)
🛰 Fleet Space – 6 positions (Adelaide, Australia)
🚀 Gilmour Space – 14 positions (Gold Coast, Australia)
🛫 Swoop Aero – 6 Positions (Melbourne, Australia)

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