Observable Space

Our co-founder and CEO, Dan Roelker, met with @SciGuySpace to talk about the new era of space operations

Our co-founder and CEO Dan Roelker joined @Ash_TV on @NYSE Opening Bell to talk lasercom

I wrote about the rise of optical communications through the lens of a company called Observable Space, which was co-founded by SpaceX's former VP of Software. arstechnica.com/features/2026/…

Live from @reindsummit: Our CEO Dan Roelker joined @EdLudlow on Bloomberg @technology to discuss the future of space-to-ground lasercom

Space startups used to solve connectivity themselves. @ObservableSpace is helping turn connectivity into infrastructure, giving satellite constellations high-bandwidth links to each other and to the ground out of the box. H/t @WSJ

The next space race is on the ground

Great to be featured on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and share what we’re building at Observable Space. @NYSE

We are pleased to be part of Observable Space’s European expansion as a strategic partner. Congratulations to the Observable Space team! #BaaderPlanetarium #ObservableSpace

Space lasers making their way to @NYSE - most bits pushed and consumed by companies listed there will make their way through @ObservableSpace

"Observable Space is leading the race to capture light - to see, navigate, and communicate from space to ground." -Shahin Farshchi, Lux Capital

The new investment will help accelerate laser communications partnerships, scale in-space systems, and expand international operations.

We’re excited to announce our $90 million Series A funding round, led by Lux Capital, co-led by Upfront Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Island Green Capital, and RTX Ventures, and with participation from BRV Capital Management, Fathom Fund, and Venrex.

“The Department is acting on the urgent need for mobile, off-grid robotic telescopes with Observable Space’s Deployable, Attritable Optical Systems. These systems will provide the Joint Force with high-fidelity space domain awareness.”

“This APFIT award is significant for the sheer speed at which it allows the Department of War to operate,” said Mr. Jeremy Verbout, Assistant Secretary for Mission Capabilities.

We have been awarded a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract under the APFIT program to advance deployable optical sensing infrastructure for tracking and precisely observing objects in space.

Observable Space raised $90 million in its debut funding round as the company seeks to use lasers to help satellites and potentially orbiting data centers move information to and from Earth. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Today we closed a $90 million Series A and a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract to scale the next-generation of optical infrastructure for space. Read our official announcement here: observable.space/news/observabl…

Magical companies tend to concentrate in geographies. These geographies benefit from the virtuous cycle of great companies producing talent that goes on to build the next ones I interviewed in El Segundo a year before SpaceX was founded, and left so uninspired by the aerospace establishment that I moved to Detroit to join GM. Then SpaceX changed El Segundo to the point where it now attracts the very best Privileged to have sat down with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her team today at Observable Space, with offices in LA and near Detroit, on seeding a talent engine and spawning tomorrow’s great tech companies in Michigan:

The next space race will be on the ground. Lasercom enables high-speed data transfer from deep space. @ObservableSpace enabled HD video for Artemis II, and this is just the beginning.

Artemis II wasn’t just a deep space mission, it proved that laser communications will be the backbone of compute in orbit, with transceivers from @ObservableSpace Observable will move terabits between Earth and space, enabling datacenters, and more, in space. Observable infra beyond Earth is coming 🚀 H/t @TechCrunch