San Francisco – Samara Aerospace is preparing for space flight tests for its satellite pointing technology with funds collected in a pre -series investment round.
The funding “unlocks short-term milestones,” said Patrick Haddox, CEO and co-founder of Samara Aerospace, said SpaceNews. “We will launch our payload to the technological demonstration and we plan to send an engineering unit from our complete satellite on a Zero-G flight.”
Samara Aerospace does not disclose the size that its pre-series round led by R7 Partners. Mana Ventures, Illinois Ventures, Tech Stars, and what happens if Ventures contributed to the Tour.
THE Technological sub-plan for Samara AerospaceCalled multifunctional structures for attitude control (MSAC), was patented by the co-founder of Samara Aerospace and director of Vedant technology and James T. Allison, director of the university of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of University. With MSAC, Samara Aerospace intends to produce flat satellites, called Colibris, with piezoelectric actuators integrated into solar hinges.
“We have this added value in terms of attitude control and we can redefine how the spacecrafts are manufactured,” said annoyance. “We can quickly stabilize and reconfigure flat panels.”
Flight tests
The technological demonstration of Samara Aerospace should reach an orbit on a low land in October as a payload hosted on a SpaceX carrier. This flight will provide a “validation on basic fundamental technology,” said Veder.
Then, “it is the metal pedal that tries to remove our engineering unit literally,” said Haddox.
Hummingbird is planned for tests on a Zero-G flight in November. Then, Samara Aerospace plans to send a calibri of 50 kilograms in orbit at the end of 2026.
“We have 15 kilograms of payload space on this technological demo and actively are looking for useful charges,” said annoyance. “We hope to interest customers.”
If customer demand is strong, Samara Aerospace would be “more than happy” to double the size of her hummingbird, said annoyance.