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D-Orbit raises $110M to reach new heights in space logistics services


Logistics has become the cornerstone of how so much works on earth -- we may order things online, but ultimately we need to get products and ourselves

“Our final goal, the long term vision, is to connect Mars, the asteroid belt, the Moon and Earth through a logistics network capable of transporting goods, people and information, even if, for the time being, we are still around here,” he said in an interview. In D-Orbit’s favor, both founders are trained as engineers with expertise in space propulsion, flight dynamics and aerodynamics; and their interests, and awareness of possibilities as well as limitations, are here marrying with some bigger market trends. “Aerospace is a strategic market in which Italian innovation plays a key role on the international scene,” said Agostino Scornajenchi, CEO and GM of CDP Venture Capital, in a statement.

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