Articles about Arkyd

Planetary Resources’ prototype asteroid prospector set for January liftoff in India

Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources’ technology demonstrator satellite for asteroid prospecting is due for launch in early January, along with more… Read More

Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-6 prototype imaging satellite has left the building

Planetary Resources has been working on its Arkyd-6 imaging satellite for years, and today the company reported that the printer-sized… Read More

‘Space selfie’ project canceled: Planetary Resources offers Kickstarter refunds

REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million on Kickstarter to build a space telescope… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding

REDMOND, Wash. – Planetary Resources was founded as an asteroid mining company, but a fresh infusion of $21.1 million in investment… Read More

Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel

Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV… Read More

Asteroid-mining milestone: Planetary Resources deploys first spacecraft into orbit

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has deployed its first spacecraft into orbit from the International Space Station — beginning a 90-day… Read More

Planetary Resources vows to press ahead after rocket explosion

Planetary Resources, the Redmond-based asteroid mining company whose first experimental satellite is presumed destroyed in the explosion of the Orbital… Read More

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources launching first spacecraft

Update: Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff The team at Planetary Resources has years of experience sending spacecraft into… Read More

Kickstarter celebrates 2013: A year of satellites, toys, and a whole lot of crowd funding

It was a big year for Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform released its annual year-in-review slideshow this week, complete with some… Read More

Asteroid miners raise $1.5M for public space telescope, name Richard Branson as investor

Planetary Resources’ Kickstarter campaign started one month ago with some help from Brent Spiner, ended this past weekend with $100,000 from Sir Richard… Read More

Kickstarter campaign for public space telescope reaches $100K in 2 hours

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space… Read More

Asteroid-mining company launches $1M Kickstarter campaign for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

When Planetary Resources first announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids last year, the response was impressive. More than 3,500 people applied for… Read More

Asteroid mining company flooded with job applications

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based company that this week unveiled plans to launch robotic spacecraft to mine asteroids, has received nearly… Read More

Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceship

After the big Planetary Resources asteroid-mining news conference today, the executives behind the venture talked more casually with reporters next… Read More

Secretive space robot startup Arkyd to unveil ambitious plans, backed by big names

[Follow-Up: Space robot venture includes Google’s Page and Schmidt, aims to expand Earth’s resources] Arkyd Astronautics, a Seattle-area startup led by… Read More