Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected a crop of space startups for a new program called the AWS Space Accelerator, in collaboration with space investor firm Seraphim. The companies selected span a broad range of space capabilities: Cognitive Space, D-Orbit, Descartes Labs, Edgybees, Hawkeye 360, LeoLabs, Lunar Outpost, Orbital Sidekick, Satellite VU, and Ursa Space. …

LeoLabs has closed a $65 million Series B financing round, bringing the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) startup’s total funding to more than $100 million. The funding round, announced Thursday, was jointly led by Insight Partners and existing investor Velvet Sea Ventures. Nick Sinai, senior advisor at Insight Partners, will join LeoLabs’ board.  LeoLabs offers tracking…

Momentus special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger has received an extension to its closing date. Shareholders of the SPAC, Stable Road Acquisition Corp., voted to approve extending the business combination deadline to August 13. If the extension had not been approved, the merger would have fallen through.  Brian Kabot, chairman and CEO of Stable Road…

More than a year ago, Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer began working on a plan to get the company ready to go public. As Spire’s constellation of just over 100 Radio Frequency (RF) data collecting satellites is fully deployed, Platzer’s rationale wasn’t based on CapEx, but to grow trust with customers and ramp up sales. …