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Building high powered satellites for a mass abundant future

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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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It was an honor to host Chairman @RepMikeRogersAL of the House Armed Services Committee at K2 Space. Proliferated constellations in MEO unlock new opportunities for national security and commercial missions. Our team is hard at work making that vision a reality.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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We've completed our first in-space demo of key components and first ground hotfire of our in-house 20kW Hall-effect thruster. These milestone achievements significantly de-risk our 2026 Gravitas mission to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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We were thrilled to host @RepJimmyGomez and his team to K2's headquarters and manufacturing facility here in Los Angeles. As a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Gomez brings a sharp focus on the intersection of technology, national security, and
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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We were honored to welcome @Rep_Whitesides to K2's headquarters and manufacturing facility in Torrance. As a former NASA Chief of Staff and space executive—and now as a key member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee—Rep. Whitesides is a champion for U.S. space
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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Our CEO @KaranKunjur broke the news this morning about our $110M Series B funding round on @BloombergTV! The funding round, co-led by @lightspeedvp and Altimeter, includes participation from existing investors Alpine Space Ventures, @firstround, and others. More details here:
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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We are thrilled to welcome Dr. John Plumb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, as our new Head of Strategy!. At the Pentagon, John led crucial initiatives including the DoD's Space Strategic Review and Commercial Space Integration Strategy. His three decades
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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We signed a $60M STRATFI contract with the US Space Force to fly our first satellite in MEO. With this mission, scheduled to launch in Q1 of 2026, we'll fully de-risk the K2 bus performance in the MEO environment. This mission will represent the first step towards a.
@TechCrunch
TechCrunch
7 months
K2 Space will fly its extra-large satellite for the first time in 2026
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
9 months
Today's successful catch of the Superheavy booster represents an important step towards full reusability. Congrats to the team @SpaceX on the monumental achievement.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
1 year
We're excited to see the successful Starship orbital launch and re-entry. The satellite we're building today, the Mega class satellite, is made to package 10 inside of a Falcon 9. It will fit 50 inside of a Starship. This is the mass abundant future we're moving towards - and.
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SpaceX
1 year
Super Heavy has splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
1 year
Thanks to @jeff_foust and @SpaceNews_Inc for sharing the latest on K2. We're excited to share details on our first in-space mission, first thruster hot fire, DoD traction and much more.
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SpaceNews
1 year
K2 Space plans first launch as company wins customers for its large satellite bus
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
1 year
Today marks the beginning of a new era in spaceflight - an era of mass abundance. Here are the things that are now possible with Starship and K2 Space’s spacecraft:. - Constellations of high-power satellites, with the ability to deploy over 40+ of K2 Spaces’s 20kW satellites,.
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SpaceX
1 year
Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
1 year
We're incredibly excited to announce our $50M Series A, led by @altcap and @ekriessmann at Altimeter Capital, bringing total capital raised to $66M. With this new round of financing we'll de-risk the K2 bus with its first in-space mission, scale up mass production and continue.
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Michael Sheetz
1 year
Exclusive: @K2SpaceCo raised $50 million in an equity round led by @altcap, as the developer of monster satellites prepares for its first demonstration mission later this year.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
1 year
Thank you @SpaceWERXDOD and Space Safari for including us in the United States Space Force TacRS program. The award of the Phase II contract represents another significant step towards using the K2 platform to deliver responsive and dynamic space operations.
@SpaceWERXDOD
SpaceWERX
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#SpaceWERX, in partnership with Space Safari, is pleased to announce the 19 awardees of the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space Challenge! The TacRS Challenge generates cutting-edge ideas that enable @spaceforcedod Force to respond to emerging on-orbit threats by 2026.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
2 years
Neel and Karan sat down with @breadfrom from @TechCrunch to discuss new contracts, funding and hardware development. The future platform in space has higher power, can handle higher orbits, and can be delivered rapidly - filling a significant gap in our current industrial base.
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Aria Alamalhodaei
2 years
Cost-per-kilogram of mass informs everything from spacecraft design to scientific mission planning. With next-gen launch vehicles like Starship coming online, @K2SpaceCo sees a different future on the horizon.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
2 years
A lot of people associate space with their childhood - at.@K2SpaceCo we hope to help make those childhood dreams a reality. We're excited to introduce the next member of our team, Elmer Bonilla, our Supervisor of Satellite Manufacturing, who comes to us after 10yrs at @SpaceX
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
2 years
Our co-founders had the chance to sit down with @CorreaDan at the Federation of American Scientists to talk about the impact of Starship on missions in space moving forward (from spacecraft to policy).
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Federation of American Scientists🔬
2 years
"The potential for change exists across every type of mission in space." . FAS CEO @CorreaDan sat down with space technology startup @K2SpaceCo to discover just how big of a leap the next generation of launch vehicles will be.
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@K2SpaceCo
K2 Space Corporation
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A lot of people associate space with their childhood - at @K2SpaceCo we hope to help make those childhood dreams a reality. We're excited to introduce the next member of our team, @michaelsaqr, our Head of Software who comes to us after 10yrs at @SpaceX.
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