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NearSpace Launch

Leveraging commercial sat-to-sat networks, NearSpace Launch innovations have changed the way customers connect with their spacecraft

Review noteNearSpace Launch (NSL) is a small, bootstrapped CubeSat and satellite-radio manufacturer in Upland, Indiana, spun out of Taylor University more than a decade ago, with 100+ satellites flown, about 15 staff and a steady stream of DoD and NASA SBIR contracts. Source ↗

Edge

18#82 · ▼7 in 7d

1 of 8 families

Why now

  1. Applied for a new FCC experimental license for a non-geostationary satellite on 1618.725-1626.5 MHz

    Regulatory · Sep 21

People

Score

Momentum43

 

Regulatory

Thesis fit91

× 0.93

Matched on autonomous, constellation, cubesat, manufacturer, satellite

Earliness40

× 0.64

Already visible: funding stage

Team–

× 0.85

2 named people, none from a top lab or company

43 × 0.93 × 0.64 × 0.85 × 0.85 one family only = 18

Edge, 12 weeks

Signals

  1. Sep 21RegulatoryApplied for a new FCC experimental license for a non-geostationary satellite on 1618.725-1626.5 MHz↗
  2. Sep 16RegulatoryApplied for a new FCC experimental license for a non-geostationary satellite on 1618.725-1626.5 MHz↗