https://www.spacebandits.io/industries/energy Dated, sourced milestones from the space power & energy companies Space Bandits tracks. en https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/beyond-reach-labs beyond-reach-labs/2026-08-24/Unveils Flarewing, three fold-flat solar arrays from 30 to 625 square metres, with the smallest due to qualify by the end of 2026 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Unveils Flarewing, three fold-flat solar arrays from 30 to 625 square metres, with the smallest due to qualify by the end of 2026. Source: https://payloadspace.com/beyond-reach-labs-unveils-flarewing-deployable-solar-arrays/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/oris oris/2026-07-21/Raises €4.5 million pre-seed led by Earlybird Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Raises €4.5 million pre-seed led by Earlybird. Source: https://www.i3p.it/en/news/italian-startup-oris-raises-5-million-euro-build-in-orbit-energy-distribution-grid https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/beyond-reach-labs beyond-reach-labs/2026-07-17/Raises a $10M seed led by Interlagos and moves into a 16,000 square foot factory in Brooklyn Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Raises a $10M seed led by Interlagos and moves into a 16,000 square foot factory in Brooklyn. Source: https://payloadspace.com/beyond-reach-labs-raises-10m-seed-moves-to-nyc/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/oris oris/2026-07/LOONA prototype beams power to a drone beyond 100 metres Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT LOONA prototype beams power to a drone beyond 100 metres. Source: https://www.i3p.it/en/news/italian-startup-oris-raises-5-million-euro-build-in-orbit-energy-distribution-grid https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/reflect-orbital reflect-orbital/2026-07/FCC approves Eärendil-1, the first orbital sunlight-reflector demonstration satellite Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT FCC approves Eärendil-1, the first orbital sunlight-reflector demonstration satellite. Source: https://spacenews.com/fcc-approves-first-reflect-orbital-satellite/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/solestial solestial/2026-06/York Space Systems completes its acquisition, paying about $67M at closing Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT York Space Systems completes its acquisition, paying about $67M at closing. Source: https://www.stocktitan.net/news/YSS/york-space-systems-closes-acquisition-of-solestial-u-s-sourced-space-t1gacukiqpn7.html https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/aetherflux aetherflux/2026-03-27/Reported to be shifting from beaming solar power to Earth toward orbital data centres, and raising a Series B at a $2B valuation Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Reported to be shifting from beaming solar power to Earth toward orbital data centres, and raising a Series B at a $2B valuation. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/aetherflux-reportedly-raising-series-b-at-2-billion-valuation/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/arinna arinna/2026-03/Raises a $4M seed led by SpaceCadet Ventures to scale glass-free ultrathin solar cells Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Raises a $4M seed led by SpaceCadet Ventures to scale glass-free ultrathin solar cells. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/arinna-4-million-seed-round-solar-energy-space-power-problem https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/solestial solestial/2025-10/Agrees to supply solar arrays powering EnduroSat’s FRAME smallsats Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Agrees to supply solar arrays powering EnduroSat’s FRAME smallsats. Source: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/10/solestial-to-provide-endurosat-with-space-solar-arrays/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/arinna arinna/2025-05/Wins a $305,000 NSF SBIR Phase I award Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT Wins a $305,000 NSF SBIR Phase I award. Source: https://seedfund.nsf.gov/awardees/phase-1/details/?company=arinna-inc https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/solestial solestial/2025-05/Raises a $17M Series A led by AE Ventures and appoints Margo de Naray chief executive Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT Raises a $17M Series A led by AE Ventures and appoints Margo de Naray chief executive. Source: https://spacenews.com/solestial-banks-17-million-and-welcomes-new-ceo/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/oris oris/2024-04/Enters the I3P and ESA BIC Turin incubation programmes Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT Enters the I3P and ESA BIC Turin incubation programmes. Source: https://www.i3p.it/en/news/wireless-energy-satellites-story-italian-innovative-startup-oris https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/oris oris/2024-02/Incorporated in Turin as a Politecnico di Torino spinoff Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT Incorporated in Turin as a Politecnico di Torino spinoff. Source: https://www.i3p.it/en/news/wireless-energy-satellites-story-italian-innovative-startup-oris https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/solestial solestial/2022-10/Renames itself from Regher Solar to Solestial with a $10M seed led by Airbus Ventures Sat, 01 Oct 2022 12:00:00 GMT Renames itself from Regher Solar to Solestial with a $10M seed led by Airbus Ventures. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/solestial-promises-solar-panels-in-space-for-a-tenth-of-the-cost-and-lines-up-10m-seed https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/maana-electric maana-electric/2021-05/Announces ESA and Luxembourg Space Agency support for TerraBox development on Earth and the Moon Sat, 01 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT Announces ESA and Luxembourg Space Agency support for TerraBox development on Earth and the Moon. Source: https://maanaelectric.com/news-2/18_05_2021/