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EraDrive raises $5.3 million for software-hardware kits to enhance satellite autonomy
SAN FRANCISCO – EraDrive, a Stanford University spinoff developing software and hardware for satellite autonomy, raised $5.3 million in an oversubscribed seed round, the startup announced Dec. 16. “EraDrive is
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View larger. | Theia and Earth collided about 4.5 billion years ago, as depicted in this artist’s concept. The moon then formed out of the chaos. Image via Max Planck
https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/01/ezgif.com-gif-to-webm-converter.webm NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured this view of Earth as it soared some 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) above our planet’s surface on September 23, 2025. For comparison, satellites in low
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