A UK startup just raised $18.5 million to fly satellites where nobody else can

Between commercial aircraft at 10km and conventional satellites at 500km lies a band of near-Earth space that has never been used commercially. Very low Earth orbit, or VLEO, sits at 200 to 300km, an altitude historically reserved for spy satellites and the International Space Station. Reading-based NewOrbit announced on Monday an oversubscribed $18.5 million Series A to […]

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