2023年8月8日

基准33美元,总是用发射卫星图像的自动驾驶仪:基准基准空间系统,伯灵顿,VT-based推进系统提供者,是保持忙碌。本周,该公司宣布一系列33美元B一轮融资,公布了新的挖掘,推出一个全新的产品称为SmartAIM卫星自动驾驶仪。基准系列B基准今天早上宣布关闭了33美元的m系列B加速过渡的过程,其主要重点从研发到生产,满足客户的需求和满足250 +积压订单的无毒推进器系统卫星在尺寸范围。Stone Point Capital领导,包括参与JH资本,该基金在草裙舞,FreshTracks资本,一些过去的投资者。新总部:“重要组成部分”的系列B轮走向一个新的推进系统的制造和测试设备,首席执行官瑞安麦克德维特告诉负载。新工厂40000平方英尺,即大约四倍大小的前一时间将允许该公司接其产量。基准测试已经开始进入新的设施和将在未来几个月加大生产。迄今为止,基准七推进系统和计划提供了另一个今年12个单位。最终,新工厂将能够产生“每年数以百计的系统,”首席运营官韦斯利·格罗夫告诉负载。不干涉碰撞避免基准昨日还宣布,它的推出SmartAIM,一个软件层作为司机协助卫星,以复杂性进行演习。 SmartAIM started as a project with AFRL, and grew into a commercial offering to support a safe orbital environment. “They wanted a layer between the bus stack in the satellite’s GNC system and the propulsion that could translate abstract maneuver mobility commands and the propulsion controller would handle the rest,” Benchmark EVP Chris Carella told Payload. The result: A software product that, at its base level, allows operators to send simpler commands to its satellites that the system will then interpret. As it gets more sophisticated, the software can allow complete autonomy when the system determines a maneuver is necessary. Benchmark has partnered with Kayhan Space to enable automatic collision avoidance maneuvers, making the operation of fleets of satellites safer and more manageable. “We have customers that went from a couple of demonstrators to batches of eight to 16 satellites,” Carella said. “And they’re saying, ‘Oh, boy, we can never sleep. It’s like a newborn at night. There’s always one that needs attention.’ And then you have folks saying, ‘We’re gonna go fly 100 or 300 satellites’—what army is going to drive the decisions across 300 satellites?” SmartAIM will be available to customers on a subscription basis as a software layer, compatible with all of Benchmark’s propulsion systems. Get daily insights on the most important news impacting the space economy. Join thousands of space leaders today. Email