Today, Apex turns 3 years old... and we announce our $200M Series D financing, led by @interlagoscap with participation from @stepstonegroup, @8vc, @a16z, @p72vc, @xyz_vc, @overmatchvc, @GSBackers, and more. This round boosts Apex's valuation over $1B, enabling us to deliver

Read more about Benjamin’s award here:

As the Nova Vehicle Director, Benjamin leads the development of Apex’s second LEO bus platform — a highly configurable LEO system with up to 300 kg of payload capacity in its base configuration. Benjamin brings experience from BlackSky, Terran Orbital, and Rocket Lab to ensure

Read more about Alexa’s award here:

Alexa joined Apex as its first technician and now serves as a Lead Technician, leading the team that assembles, integrates, and tests Apex’s productized satellite bus platforms. She brings experience from her time as a structures technician at SpaceX into a key leadership

Congratulations to Alexa Villa and Benjamin Spencer on their much-deserved recognition in this year’s Payload Pioneers 30 Under 30 awards! Alexa and Ben exemplify the ownership, commitment, and grit that move Apex forward every day.

Interested in rolling up your sleeves and being part of Apex’s journey to redefine spacecraft manufacturing? Explore open roles here:

With an ongoing expansion that will support a total production capacity of more than 200 satellites per year, Apex is rapidly expanding the teams accelerating Aries production — and those bringing GEO Aries, Nova, and Comet to market.

As part of this week’s ribbon-cutting event, @FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC joined Apex’s founders and members of our production team inside the Factory One cleanroom for a close-up look at how we’re continuing to scale production of our Aries satellite buses.

@FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC announces FCC Space Month and highlights plans to modernize the FCC's licensing processes:

Apex co-founders @IanCinnamon and @mxbenassi cut the ribbon with Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC:

ICYMI: Hear from Apex CEO @IanCinnamon and @FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC at yesterday's Factory One ribbon cutting in Los Angeles!

What a fun celebration today!

Hear the full remarks from Ian Cinnamon and Chairman Carr here:

Our co-founders, @IanCinnamon and @mxbenassi, had the honor of cutting the ribbon alongside @FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC, who shared his remarks on how the FCC plans to further accelerate American space innovation — and unleash a new wave of progress across the U.S. space

With a maximum annual production capacity of over 200 satellites per year, Factory One is rapidly scaling production of Apex’s productized satellite platforms — Aries, Nova, and Comet.

Factory One represents a significant step change in American satellite manufacturing, eliminating the satellite production bottleneck and unlocking critical production capacity for Western governments and key commercial companies to maintain a lead in the New Space Race.

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for the official grand opening of Factory One!

Huge congratulations to @ApexSpacecraft on the official grand opening of Factory One, their high-rate satellite production facility! And a big thank you to @BrendanCarrFCC for his remarks and the many investors, customers and supporters who attended! 🇺🇸🛰️🚀💪

Today, we’re bringing together over 100 of Apex’s closest partners, investors, and supporters in Los Angeles to celebrate the official grand opening of Factory One, our high-rate satellite production facility. Join the ribbon-cutting livestream at 12:15 PM PT to hear remarks

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