According to Bussinesswire and Forbes, Nevada's commercial aerospace subsidiary announced on June 5438+065438+1October 19 that it had obtained Series A financing of $0/400 million, which was the company's first financing and was said to be the second largest private placement in the aerospace and national defense fields in the world.
This round of financing was led by GeneralAtlantic, Coatue and MooreStrategicVentures, followed by BlackRockPrivateEquityPartners, AEIndustrialPartners and some funds and accounts managed by the family office. This round of financing, the company's valuation reached 4.5 billion US dollars.
The picture is taken from the enterprise official website.
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Colorado, SierraSpace currently has 65,438+065,438+000 employees and has performed more than 500 space missions. TomVice, CEO of the company, said that the company hopes to build the next generation of space transportation system and space infrastructure and destinations, so that human beings can establish and maintain civilization outside the earth. SierraSpace is also building a new business platform. In the unique environment of space, it will promote new breakthroughs in key fields such as medicine, semiconductor, optical fiber and energy.
SierraSpace's goal seems to be greater than its success in national defense or commerce, and its official website expressed such a vision: "The future we envision is that human beings will live and work in space, satellites and distant planets. People get married, children are born, families grow, enterprises are established, and new civilizations flourish.
It is reported that this fund will be used to accelerate the research and development of the company's "Dreamcatcher". "Dreamcatcher is a recyclable winged spacecraft, which can land on commercial runways around the world with the low overload return technology of1.5g.. At present, it has signed a multi-billion-dollar contract with NASA, and will start the cargo replenishment mission of the International Space Station at the end of 2022.
"Dreamcatcher space plane
This round of investment will also be used to support the development of the company's large-scale comprehensive flexible environment living cabin, which is an inflatable modular track station that can provide services for scientific research and commercial research and development, including space transportation and logistics, space residence, equipment space and personnel operation on board.
"Dreamcatcher" and "Life" are both part of OrbitalReef, a new commercial space station jointly developed by SierraSpace and Blue Origin. OrbitalReef is the latest development of space commercialization. In recent years, as the International Space Station approaches the end of its service life, NASA has been actively encouraging this trend. It is reported that this commercial space station will enter orbit in 2027, start business and generate income.
Orbital reference commercial space station
Space is destined to become one of the key areas of capital investment in the future. Morgan Stanley estimates that the value of space economy is about $350 billion, which will increase to more than 1 trillion by 2040. According to the research of GeneralAtlantic, the commercial launch test will increase sharply from 1 14 in 2020, or increase to twice a week.
In recent years, billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, richard branson and elon musk have been betting on establishing commercial companies in the space field, expanding people's imagination beyond the sky. SierraSpace will undoubtedly become an important member of commercial aerospace in the future. Other aerospace-related companies, including, and so on. According to informed sources, SierraSpace may explore public listing in the next 18 months.