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NewSpace Index

Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
Sister websites www.nanosats.eu and www.factoriesinspace.com

SpaceX (Starlink V2)

Constellation name	Starlink V2
Constellation field	Internet, Direct-to-Cell, Satellite-to-Cellphone, Orbital Data Relay, Direct-to-Device
Constellation info	Will be over 1.2 tons and 7 meters long.
Constellation state	Prototype development
Launched satellites	0
Planned satellites	7500
Satellite type	Satellite
Manufacturer	In-house
First launch	2024

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Company name	SpaceX
Oneliner	SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft.
Funding	$1B+
Nation	US
Created	2002
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Related project	SpaceX - Starlink Gen1
Related project	SpaceX - Starlink V2 Mini
Related project	SpaceX - Starlink V2 Mini DTC

Last modified: 2024-06-15

What is NewSpace?

NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.
NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com

Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.
Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com

People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.
Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org