Company aims to build larger satellites for new era of launch abundance

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Founded a little less than three years ago, K2 seeks to disrupt the production of large satellites by focusing on vertical integration and taking advantage of large launch vehicles, such as SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's New Glenn, which can throw a lot of payload into space.

So far, so good, but it's early days for the demo flight.

The demonstration mission from a California-based firm named K2 aims to "burn down" the risk of the technology that will fly on the company's first full-sized satellite.

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Author / Journalist: Eric Berger

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: K2 Satellite Space Space

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Published On: 2025-01-21 @ 18:04:31 (20 hours ago)

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