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Astro Digital to plug into Star Catcher solar-energy grid
SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2025
PARIS – Astro Digital announced plans Sept. 16 to purchase and distribute power from Florida startup Star Catcher’s future space-based energy grid. The goal is to enable ESPA-class satellites like Astro Scale’s Corvus XL...
Sony orders two satellites to test laser communications
SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2024
Sony has partnered with California’s Astro Digital to test laser communications from two small satellites, using optical disc technology the Japanese conglomerate pioneered for CD players.
Astro Digital to integrate Astroscale in-orbit servicing docking plates
SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2023
Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others.
Astro Digital Q&A: Taking smallsats to the mainstream
SpaceNews · 11 Aug 2022
Astro Digital started out in 2015 with plans for an Earth observation constellation but pivoted three years later to instead provide its small satellite technology as a service for other operators.
Tomorrow.io orders demo satellites for rain-tracking constellation
SpaceNews · 21 Sep 2021
Meteorological intelligence startup Tomorrow.io says it picked California-based Astro Digital to build the first two of potentially dozens of small satellites equipped with storm-tracking radars to improve weather foreca...