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Official press release confirming $500M round ($300M equity + $200M debt), Balerion-led with QIA, Mitsui, MUFG, Nikon. A.C. Charania (ex-NASA Chief Technologist) joins Vast board via Balerion. Confirms Haven Demo mission completed successfully in February 2026. Haven-1 schedule updated to Q1 2027 for additional environmental testing at NASA Armstrong. Total investment now exceeds $1 billion. CEO Max Haot: "LEO economy is at a pivotal inflection point."

Official press release announcing CesiumAstro's $470M raise. Confirms EXIM is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership under Make More in America. CEO Shey Sabripour: "Our technology is moving from breakthrough to American industrial backbone." Company building 270,000 sq ft HQ and scaling AI-enabled, software-defined comms platforms.

Varda's W-5 capsule reentered on January 29, 2026 at Koonibba Test Range, South Australia. First full mission on Varda's own satellite bus (previous missions used Rocket Lab Photon). First use of Varda-made C-PICA heatshield (NASA-licensed technology, Tipping Point award funded). Payload was US Navy. CTO Nick Cialdella: "By owning the spacecraft, the capsule, and the mission operations end-to-end, we can iterate faster, fly more often."