Fortastra secures $30 million for spacecraft that protect satellites

First reported by Bloomberg at · Updated · 3 sources

The Southern California startup is developing spacecraft to protect civilian and defense satellites in orbit. Its founder has a SpaceX engineering background. According to Quartz, Fortastra launched its first two prototype spacecraft last week and plans to expand production to hundreds or thousands of units.

  • According to RuntimeWire, founder Mike Smayda also has an engineering background at Hermeus.

Covered by 3 publishers within 5 hours of the first report.

Reporting3

Bloomberg Fortastra Raises $30 Million to Launch ‘Bodyguards in Space’ · John Gittelsohn
Quartz Fortastra is raising $30 million to build satellite-protecting spacecraft · Cris Tolomia
RuntimeWire Fortastra raises $30M to build maneuverable satellite-protection spacecraft · RuntimeWire Staff

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