Momentus Announces $25.5 Million Series A

MaintainPR client Momentus are transforming the business implications of getting around in orbit. They recently announced a $25.5MM series A investment round led by Prime Movers Lab and featuring investment from Y Combinator, the Lerner Family, the University of Wyoming Foundation, Quiet Capital, Mountain Nazca, ACE & Company, Liquid 2 Ventures, Drake Management, and others. This brings the total investment sum for Momentus to $34MM.

View some of the coverage we secured.

“Momentus Raises $25.5M for In-space Shuttle Services” — Space News

“In-space Shuttle Service Momentus Raises $25.5 Million” — TechCrunch

“Startup that wants to ferry items in deep space raises $25.5M” — Forbes

Momentus -- Pioneering In-space Transportation

MaintainPR is excited to announce our new working relationship with Momentus.

Formed by veteran space entrepreneur Mikhail Kokorich, Momentus provides in-space connecting flights for satellites between various orbits and deep space. Their mission is to provide the most efficient in-space transportation, powered by deep space resource utilization services and propulsion technologies.

You can read more in TechCrunch now.

Astro Digital Launches First Imaging Satellites

MaintainPR client Astro Digital sent their imaging satellites into space early Friday morning as part of larger payload launched by the Russian company Glavkosmos! Quality images that capture crisp details are needed to measure trends on how the earth is changing. Astro Digital’s differentiator is in a system specifically designed for large scale change monitoring, from spacecraft size, optics, power, and orbit to the unique downlink solution that fires bits from 600km above earth to a antenna at the north pole at rate 10x faster than a typical small satellite. Read more on TechCrunch, SpaceFlightNow, Spacenews and Silicon Valley Business Journal below.

• Astro Digital launched its first imaging satellites -- TechCrunch
• Soyuz Set to Launch -- Space News
• Soyuz Rolled out for Launch of Multinational Satellite Cluster -- Space Flight Now
• Mountain View Startup Launches First of 30 HD Imaging Satellites -- Silicon Valley Business Journal