Hedron
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Hedron (formerly Analytical Space), founded in Mountain View/Cambridge in 2016, is a space communications company building a network of data relay satellites to connect space to Earth in real time. Its planned data-relay backbone, with nodes in multiple orbital planes, provides near-constant connectivity between satellites and ground stations, routing customer data through optical and RF beams — reducing latency and cost for Earth-observation and other satellite data users. The company raised a $17.8M Series A in October 2021 (about $21.9M total) and won a $26.4M U.S. Space Force contract in 2022 for an initial demonstration of its satellite network.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Hedron (then Analytical Space) was founded in 2016 to build a space data-relay network.
- Series A and rebrand
The company raised a $17.8M Series A in October 2021 and renamed itself Hedron.
- Space Force contract
The U.S. Space Force awarded Hedron a $26.4M contract for an initial demonstration of its satellite network.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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