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Morpheus Space’s big raise
Starlink comes to… Antarctica!
News from Firefly Aerospace, Spire and more
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Morpheus Space, which produces a modular electric propulsion system for small satellites, has raised a $28 million Series A. The company aims to use the funds to build a manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany, where it’s based, and to increase its staff size. That will enable the company to ramp up production of its Nano Field Effect Electric Propulsion (NanoFEEP) thruster, which it says is the “smallest and most efficient electric in-space propulsion system” in the world.
It’s a modular system, so multiple NanoFEEP thrusters can be used in combination to create more powerful propulsion systems for larger spacecraft. Since the company launched the product, it’s landed customers that includ …
