Weekly Review + Arcsec Interview - Dec 22 2025

22/12/2025 1h 3min

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Episode Synopsis

This week Harrison and Paul welcome special guest Tjorven Delabie, CEO of Arcsec to discuss their advances in space situational awareness in the context of broader market growth, particularly this week with EraDrive's $5.3 million seed round and Starfish Space's Remora RPO demonstration. Large deals covered include the Rheinmetall and IceEye joint venture's €1.7 billion contract, Hawkeye 360’s $150 million Series E raise, Rocket Lab's $816 million contract win from the US Space Development Agency (SDA) for 18 satellites, and Hungarian provider 4iG investing $100 million in Axiom Space. Other major news included the Niantic and Vantor partnership for GPS-free navigation, ESA's €100 million commitment to convert the Ariane 6's kick stage into an orbital transfer vehicle, Tower Corp. divesting approximately 90% of its stake in AST Space Mobile, Apolink’s LEO relay RF subsystem, Metaseismic’s electronic vibration mitigation metamaterial, and Max Space’s pivot to building a commercial space station.