based Portal Space Systems says it has raised $ ... which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as $1.7 million each to 18 companies ...

Portal launched from stealth in April of last year with more than $3 million from the Department of Defense and Space Force. Thornburg brings experience from SpaceX, NASA, Amazon's Project Kuiper ...

The SpaceX rocket was launched Monday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ... local time said it looked “like seeing a portal open above us.” ...