Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
Bulgarian satellite manufacturer EnduroSat has raised $205 million to ramp up production in Europe and the United States. The company announced Wednesday it closed a funding round led by Riot Ventures and Atreides Management that valued the company at more than $1 billion. The extra funds will help establish a new high-volume manufacturing facility in the United States, where it announced an order from navigation startup TrustPoint last week for 40 low Earth orbit satellites. Also central to the raise are plans announced last month with Bulgaria's government for a space and defense hub at a former military airbase near Sofia featuring a production line designed to produce two 200- to 500-kilogram satellites a day. The company, once known for just cubesats, is looking to move beyond the 500-kilogram class with FRAME Max, designed for spacecraft weighing between one and five tons for orbital computing and other power-intensive applications.

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Posted: Sun, Sep 20 6:34 AM ET (1034 GMT)
Impulse Space added $308 million to its recent Series D round. The company said Wednesday it extended that $500 million round, announced in June, with several existing investors participating. The additional money will help Impulse Space scale its team and work on new product development. The company has flown three of its Mira maneuverable spacecraft, two of which recently completed proximity operations that saw them come within 200 meters of each other. A fourth Mira is scheduled to launch next month, while the company works on its larger Helios kick stage for a 2027 first flight.

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