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Impulse Space has announced that they've raised an oversubscribed $45 million Series A round. The NASA Tipping Points program awards Astrobotics $34.6 million and Blue Origin $34.7 million for Lunar missions. The European Space Agency has awarded Spire Global a $17.6 million phased contract for the EURIALO project, and more.

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Selected Reading

Impulse Space Secures $45m In Series A Funding Round- Impulse Space

Astrobotic Wins $34.6M for Power Demo Mission on the Moon- Press Release

Blue Origin Awarded NASA Partnership to Turn Lunar Regolith into Solar-Power Systems on the Moon- Blue Origin

Advanced aircraft tracking will come live from space- ESA

Spacetech startup Space DOTS connects with $1.5 million in pre-seed funding round- Tech.EU

Maxar Completes Critical Design Review For First Maxar 300™ Platform Developed For The Space Development Agency- Maxar

ATOMOS ANNOUNCES FIRST ORBITAL MISSION DEMONSTRATING RENDEZVOUS, DOCKING, REFUELING AND ORBITAL TRANSFER- PR Newswire

First STARCOM ‘orbital warfare’ exercise delayed towards end of year- Breaking Defense

Space Biology, Human Health Research and Robotics Work to Kick off Week- NASA 

Elon Musk’s SpaceX may have ‘punched hole’ in edge of space with rocket launch- The Independent

Pentagon Leaders Emphasize ‘Responsible’ Options for Countering Space Weapons- Air and Space Forces

Russia’s Space Program Reels After Putin’s Ukraine Invasion- Bloomberg

Space Force plans to ‘guarantee’ future launch missions with 3 providers faces near term challenge- Breaking Defense

Queen guitarist Brian May to release a book of 3D images of asteroid Bennu- Space.com

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