Laurence Russell

2 days ago | thefastmode.com | Laurence Russell

Live location sharing and step counting are the headline new features of the Official Glastonbury Festival app from Vodafone for 2025. Headline additions include live location sharing on the Glastonbury map, making it easier than ever for fans to find their mates across Glastonbury’s incredible 900-acre site, while step count tracking has been added to the popular ‘My Highlights’ post-Festival wrap, so festival-goers can compare to see who covered the most ground.

5 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell

Satellite firm EnduroSat has secured new investment to fund its new generation of larger satellites. The company this week announced the closure of a €43 million ($48.8m) investment round led by Founders Fund to scale the production of the company’s new Endurance class satellites. CEECAT Capital, Morphosis Capital, and a set of returning investors assisted in the round. Sofia, Bulgaria-based EnduroSat’s Endurance satellites are software-defined and fully modular, ranging between 200-500kg.

1 week ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell

Lithuanian optical space communications startup Astrolight has closed a seed funding round at €2.8 million ($3.17m), led by frontier tech investor Balnord. The company designs and manufactures a range of optical communications technologies for satellites, including ground terminals, intending to vertically integrate its tools and offer optical communication as a service.

1 week ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell

Another space startup looking to launch orbital data centers has secured funding. Seattle-based Sophia Space, an orbital computing venture, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Unlock Ventures with the participation of angel investors, to develop Edge compute solutions for orbit and what they call space-based data centers.

2 weeks ago | orbitaltoday.com | Laurence Russell

On 22nd May, Snowdonia Space Centre in Llanbedr at the Western coast of Wales held its grand opening. The centre marked the event with the launches of a high-altitude balloon by Sent Into Space and a vertical rail rocket by Launch Access. Those launches held more than met the eye.