Slingshot Aerospace
Slingshot Aerospace closes Series A-2 to grow space situational awareness platform
Space is packed with human-made objects, and will likely only get more crowded with the continued growth of the space industry. Spacecraft operators have surprisingly little real-time data about where…
Hear Slingshot CEO Melanie Stricklan’s take on simulating orbit at TC Sessions: Space
Understanding what’s going on in orbit, now and in the near future, is increasingly important for both business and military interests, and Slingshot Aerospace has positioned itself at the center…
Welcome back to Max Q. Happy belated 10th birthday to the Mars Curiosity rover!
Major space companies pledge to boost diversity and publicly share hard numbers
The world of aerospace has come a long way from the boys’ club it once was, but there’s still a ways to go. Today 24 companies, including major ones old…
Slingshot Aerospace scores $25M Space Force contract to build ‘digital twin’ space simulator
Space simulation and analytics company Slingshot Aerospace has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to further develop and deliver two of its products:…
This week, Max Q again puts the focus on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and the resulting halo effects that’s having on the international space industry. Neither private…
Slingshot Aerospace raises $25M to help satellite operators navigate space traffic
It’s getting a little crowded in low Earth orbit. Between the proliferation of small-scale satellites, massive constellations à la SpaceX’s Starlink and an ever-growing collection of space junk, launching and…
Slingshot Aerospace raises $8 million to help it expand to new verticals beyond aerospace and defense
Austin and El Segundo-based Slingshot Aerospace was born out of a realization that while there is a massive amount of information collected by observation technology aboard satellites, airplanes, drones and…
US Space Force is getting an immersive space sim training tool built in part by the VFX studio behind ‘The Mandalorian’
The U.S. Space Force obviously won’t be able to train most of their service people in actual space, so the relatively new arm of America’s defense forces has tasked Slingshot…
