observable.space

Observable Space is a space startup building the infrastructure to enable satellites and spacecraft to see, navigate and communicate.

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The next space race is on the ground

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Great to be featured on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and share what we’re building at Observable Space.

@NYSE

[Baader Planetarium @baader_astro]

We are pleased to be part of Observable Space’s European expansion as a strategic partner.

Congratulations to the Observable Space team!

#BaaderPlanetarium #ObservableSpace

[Shahin Farshchi @Farshchi]

Space lasers making their way to @NYSE - most bits pushed and consumed by companies listed there will make their way through @ObservableSpace

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"Observable Space is leading the race to capture light - to see, navigate, and communicate from space to ground." -Shahin Farshchi, Lux Capital

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We’re excited to announce our $90 million Series A funding round, led by Lux Capital, co-led by Upfront Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Island Green Capital, and RTX Ventures, and with participation from BRV Capital Management, Fathom Fund, and Venrex.

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The new investment will help accelerate laser communications partnerships, scale in-space systems, and expand international operations.

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“The Department is acting on the urgent need for mobile, off-grid robotic telescopes with Observable Space’s Deployable, Attritable Optical Systems. These systems will provide the Joint Force with high-fidelity space domain awareness.”

[observable.space @ObservableSpace]

We have been awarded a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract under the APFIT program to advance deployable optical sensing infrastructure for tracking and precisely observing objects in space.

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“This APFIT award is significant for the sheer speed at which it allows the Department of War to operate,” said Mr. Jeremy Verbout, Assistant Secretary for Mission Capabilities.

[Bloomberg @business]

Observable Space raised $90 million in its debut funding round as the company seeks to use lasers to help satellites and potentially orbiting data centers move information to and from Earth. https://t.co/rErRj80K0S

[observable.space @ObservableSpace]

Today we closed a $90 million Series A and a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract to scale the next-generation of optical infrastructure for space.

Read our official announcement here: https://t.co/SQv3gHB69a

[Shahin Farshchi @Farshchi]

Magical companies tend to concentrate in geographies. These geographies benefit from the virtuous cycle of great companies producing talent that goes on to build the next ones

I interviewed in El Segundo a year before SpaceX was founded, and left so uninspired by the aerospace establishment that I moved to Detroit to join GM. Then SpaceX changed El Segundo to the point where it now attracts the very best

Privileged to have sat down with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her team today at Observable Space, with offices in LA and near Detroit, on seeding a talent engine and spawning tomorrow’s great tech companies in Michigan:

[Nick Kim @nickbkim]

The next space race will be on the ground. Lasercom enables high-speed data transfer from deep space. @ObservableSpace enabled HD video for Artemis II, and this is just the beginning.

[Shahin Farshchi @Farshchi]

Artemis II wasn’t just a deep space mission, it proved that laser communications will be the backbone of compute in orbit, with transceivers from @ObservableSpace

Observable will move terabits between Earth and space, enabling datacenters, and more, in space.

Observable infra beyond Earth is coming 🚀

H/t @TechCrunch

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We are proud to provide the large-aperture optical system for NASA’s TBIRD mission, featured in IEEE Spectrum!

#observablespace

[IEEE Spectrum @IEEESpectrum]

Space-to-ground lasers offer huge bandwidth and security, but will atmospheric physics or engineering win this contest? https://t.co/Tc8RUVYvSp

[Baader Planetarium @baader_astro]

A little gem about to be delivered.
This mobile #SSA station combines an @ObservableSpace CDK14 tracking telescope with an L350 mount + @Celestron RASA 8. Equipped with two Moravian Instruments Cameras & the Baader Planetarium OMS IT solution.
Interested? Get in touch with us.

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@Astro_ChrisW @Space_Station So beautiful!

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The Rosette Nebula is a vast, 130 light year wide emission nebula, approximately 5,000 light years away in the constellation, Monoceros (the Unicorn). The nebula acts as a cradle for new stars, containing massive amounts of gas and dust that form new stellar bodies.

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This timelapse showcases one of our deep-sky imaging telescopes, the CDK600. This telescope is more than capable for your research, space awareness and exploration purposes.

Here is a beautiful image of the Rosette Nebula captured by the CDK600.

#rosettenebula #space