April 23, 2025
Press Release
"This better positions us to meet the rapidly growing power demands of modern space missions — enabling more ambitious payloads, extended operations, and entirely new classes of capability in orbit.”
[Miami, Fl | Apr. 23, 2025 | 9am ET] – Mission Space and Star Catcher Industries, Inc. (Star Catcher) have announced a strategic partnership to advance real-time space weather monitoring and orbital power solutions.
This collaboration combines Mission Space’s proprietary space weather forecasting technologies with Star Catcher’s innovative Star Catcher Network, an orbital power grid designed to enhance satellite performance by eliminating power constraints.
Under this agreement, Mission Space will provide real-time space weather data and predictive models to support the Star Catcher Network, which in turn will deliver additional power to Mission Space’s satellites under a newly signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The collaboration aims to boost both performance and resilience in orbit.
At the core of Mission Space’s forecasting capabilities is Zohar, the company’s next-generation space weather payload. Zohar is equipped with advanced spectrometers and Cherenkov detectors that capture high-energy particles in real time, enabling multi-point monitoring of the space radiation environment. This data feeds into Mission Space’s forecasting platform, improving accuracy and situational awareness across low Earth orbit.
The Star Catcher Network provides a first-of-its-kind space-to-space power beaming service. By transmitting concentrated solar energy to clients’ existing onboard solar arrays — with no retrofit required — it allows satellite operators to generate up to five to ten times more power, enabling energy-intensive operations like advanced data processing, extended mission durations, and more capable payloads.
Together, the companies are addressing key challenges in the growing space economy:
- Power Reliability: On-demand energy delivery increases operational uptime, improves data throughput, and enables more powerful onboard systems.
- Space Weather Resilience: Predictive analytics and real-time space weather data enable adaptive power strategies during solar events, geomagnetic disturbances, and other “stormy” space weather that may affect satellite operations.
“This partnership ensures our constellation will not only perform better but also remain resilient under the most challenging conditions,” said Mary Glazkova, CEO of Mission Space. “Star Catcher’s innovative power solutions complement our mission to provide real-time, actionable space weather insights.”
About Star Catcher
Star Catcher is pioneering the first space energy grid – the Star Catcher Network – designed to eliminate power constraints for satellites and other spacecraft. This groundbreaking space-to-space power beaming infrastructure will deliver concentrated solar energy to existing solar panels with no retrofit required, enabling satellites to support more power-hungry payloads, extend operational uptime, perform real-time data processing, and execute more complex missions, all while reducing upfront costs associated with larger satellite buses and solar arrays. Star Catcher was founded in 2024 by seasoned space entrepreneurs Andrew Rush and Michael Snyder, alongside venture capitalist and operator Bryan Lyandvert. The company raised a $12.25 million seed round in July 2024, co-led by Initialized Capital and B Capital.
About Mission Space
Mission Space is developing the first commercial space weather intelligence system to serve both Earth-based industries and deep space missions. Our technology combines a proprietary satellite constellation with advanced forecasting models to deliver real-time, high-resolution measurements of radiation, proton flux, charged particles, and geomagnetic activity. Mission Space provides critical intelligence for satellite operators, defense, aviation, energy, and frontier technologies. Our platform anticipates space weather disruptions, improves operational planning, and enhances the resilience of systems affected by solar storms, radiation spikes, and geomagnetic disturbances. HQ’ed in Miami, Fl.
Media Contacts
Star Catcher
Camille Bergin, CMO
camille@star-catcher.com
mary@mission.space