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February 1, 2024

15 spacetech startups set to lift off, according to investors

We discover the young European companies following in SpaceX’s contrails

Éanna Kelly

8 min read

Startups are blasting into the heavens. The last few years have seen the number of rocket launches spike as companies — especially SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk — and government agencies have put thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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