Daily space-based imagery and services provider Planet Labs expects full-year revenue this fiscal year to be $170-190 million, practically 30% above last fiscal year, which was 16% above the year before.

AST SpaceMobile, a newly public startup aiming to provide space-based cellular broadband connectivity, remains on track to launch its experimental BlueWalker 3 satellite this summer, managers said late March 31.

Redwire, a newly public in-space manufacturing and services startup, expects to be part of at least eight planned launches this year after notching a dozen in 2021 and growing its backlog of work to almost $272 million.

Hadrian Automation has raised $90 million in Series A and A-Prime rounds to build a second highly automated machine shop.

As it awaits its seventh mission via a Falcon 9 launch imminently, Ion Satellite Carrier provider D-Orbit–which is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)–expects to have 20 space tugs operational by 2023, a top executive says.

Blue Origin conducted its fourth crewed flight on March 31, sending five paying passengers and employee Gary Lai—the lead architect for the New Shepard transportation system—into suborbital space.

Ad Astra Rocket Co., Costa Rica SRL, and Mesoamerica, a Latin American asset manager, are forming a joint venture, ProNova Energy, to develop green hydrogen energy strategies for a global customer base and Latin American prospects

Aphelion Aerospace, a five-year-old startup targeting nanosatellite launches with its proposed environmentally friendly fueled rocket, is launching a crowdsourcing funding effort.