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Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
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Deep Space Industries (BitSat)

Constellation name BitSat
Constellation area Asteroid Prospecting
Constellation info

Asteroid prospecting. 6U Firefly to find and prospect near-Earth asteroids.
Constellation state Cancelled
Launched satellites 0
Planned satellites ?
Spacecraft type 6U
Manufacturer In-house
First launch ?
Notes
 
Logo Deep Space Industries logo
Entity name Deep Space Industries (Bradford Space)
Oneliner

Our expertise is founded in space propulsion and mobility. As one of the world’s largest builder of space propulsion systems, we have built cold gas, water-based thrusters, feed systems for electrical thrusters, and high performance chemical propulsion.
Funding $3.5M+
Nation US, Germany, Latvia
Established 2013
Socials
 
 
Own nanosats
cancelled

Last modified: 2023-05-31

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