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Xplore

Illustration: Nuclear thermal propulsion system
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How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups

by Alan Boyle on April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 at 9:00 am

As more and more hardware goes into Earth orbit, and eventually to the moon and Mars, where will the power to run all those machines come from? That’s one of… Read More

SpaceX employees cheering at Redmond satellite facility

‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry

by Alan Boyle on March 30, 2023March 31, 2023 at 8:46 pm

REDMOND, Wash. — This Seattle-area suburb has played a role in the space industry for more than a half-century, but the city of Redmond is shining brighter than ever on… Read More

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NRO awards contracts to Xplore and five other hyperspectral imaging companies

by Alan Boyle on March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 at 8:22 pm

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts to six companies offering — or planning to offer — satellite images of Earth in multiple wavelengths, including Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore. Other companies… Read More

Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

by Charlotte Schubert on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 at 11:47 am

— Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Walter will join the company from cloud services giant VMware, where she was most recently… Read More

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Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

by Alan Boyle on June 23, 2022June 30, 2022 at 12:27 pm

What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to Microsoft Azure and a Seattle-area startup called Xplore to find… Read More

Xplore acquires assets of Kubos flight software company as it ramps up for first space mission

by Alan Boyle on April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 at 1:18 pm

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it’s acquired the assets of Kubos Corp., the creator of cloud-based mission and flight control software for satellites. Xplore’s co-founder and CEO, Jeff Rich, said in… Read More

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Xplore says it’s brought in $16.2M so far for ‘Space as a Service’ satellite program

by Alan Boyle on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 at 8:37 am

In a recap of its first five years of existence, Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore reports that it’s received $16.2 million in venture funding and contracts to support its satellite-based drive to… Read More

Xplore makes a deal to use OrbAstro’s satellite platforms for space missions

by Alan Boyle on January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 at 5:14 am

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to use its standardized satellite platform for a variety of missions, starting with a space imaging mission that’s due… Read More

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Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

by Alan Boyle on September 21, 2021February 23, 2022 at 10:08 pm

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator within the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, to speed up work… Read More

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Xplore reveals its plans to open satellite manufacturing facility in Seattle area

by Alan Boyle on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 at 12:56 pm

Xplore, a Seattle-area startup that aims to build satellites for interplanetary missions, has a new address in Redmond, Wash. — in the same office complex that once housed the Planetary… Read More

Xplore solar observation
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NOAA awards Xplore $670,000 to study the options for space weather observatory

by Alan Boyle on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 at 2:37 pm

Seattle-based Xplore has won a $670,111 award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to look into the feasibility of sending a solar observatory to a gravitational balance point that’s… Read More

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Space investor Dylan Taylor reserves a spot for payload on Xplore’s first space mission

by Alan Boyle on June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 at 11:39 am

Seattle-based Xplore says space investor and philanthropist Dylan Taylor plans to reserve payload space on its first mission beyond Earth orbit, on behalf of a nonprofit group he founded. Taylor,… Read More

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Far out! Xplore teams up with JPL and Aerospace Corp. on gravity-lens telescope

by Alan Boyle on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 at 3:03 pm

NASA has awarded a $2 million grant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Aerospace Corp. — and Xplore, a Seattle-based space venture — to develop the design architecture for a… Read More

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Xplore wins award from Air Force to study navigational tools for moon missions

by Alan Boyle on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 at 12:36 pm

Seattle-based Xplore has won a $50,000 award from the Air Force to develop an architecture for keeping track of missions between Earth and the moon. The three-month study is being… Read More

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Xplore’s Xcraft space probe lands in Xtronaut 2.0 board game — and STEM students are the winners

by Alan Boyle on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 at 8:31 pm

Seattle-based Xplore isn’t due to launch its first Xcraft space probe until late 2021, but it’s already landed in an educational board game. Xtronaut 2.0, a multiplayer game devised by… Read More

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Xplore forges partnerships for spacecraft propulsion system and in-space refueling

by Alan Boyle on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 at 10:04 pm

Seattle-based Xplore has selected two new technologies for propelling and refueling its Xcraft spacecraft as it makes its way to the moon and beyond. Xplore is designing Xcraft to serve… Read More

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Xplore partners with Nanoracks to set up opportunities for deep-space missions

by Alan Boyle on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 at 6:56 pm

Seattle-based Xplore says it’s joining forces with Houston-based Nanoracks to create low-cost rideshare opportunities for payloads heading for the moon, Mars and other destinations beyond Earth orbit. The partnership takes… Read More

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Xplore and Arch Mission plan to send humanity’s archives to moon and beyond

by Alan Boyle on June 11, 2019July 27, 2019 at 7:02 pm

Seattle-based Xplore and the Arch Mission Foundation are teaming up on what sounds like “Mission: Impossible”: a plan to send the foundation’s Arch Libraries on space odysseys to the moon,… Read More

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