Successful prototype demonstration on-orbit
Astrix is delighted to announce that Copia has successfully deployed on-orbit! As a hosted payload aboard Rocket Lab’s ‘There and back again’ mission, Copia has successfully passed its first milestone …
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER… not for three 21 year olds
What’s it all about? When I was kid in Dunedin, and the Nasa Space Shuttle launched, I thought, well never have anything to do with space, we don’t live in …
Young Kiwi space entrepreneurs prepare for lift off with satellite prototype
Astrix Astronautics’ Fia Jones has raised $500,000 to send their satellite deployment technology into space. A young New Zealand start-up’s preparing to launch the next big thing to hit the …
Fia Jones: Uni students behind Astrix Astronautics to product aboard Rocket Lab mission
Listen to audio interview on air with Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive • iHeartRadio A trio of university students has raised half a million to test their product in space aboard …
21-year-olds’ space tech start-up lifts off with support from Peter Beck
Astrix chief executive Fia Jones (centre) with tech board adviser Peter Beck and Outset Ventures chief executive Imche Fourie. A start-up run by three 21-year-olds has scored $500,000 in investment …
Astrix Raises $500,000 From Outset Ventures To Power Satellites With Inflatable Space Tech
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 21, 2021 – Astrix Astronautics, a start-up developing high-performance power systems for small spacecraft, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Outset Ventures …
Meet the 21-year-old backed by Peter Beck
Astrix co-founder Fia Jones has put her degree on hold. Astrix Astronautics, a satellite startup founded by three Auckland University students, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round that …
Astrix Astronautics gains $500,000 funding, about to send prototype to space
Watch the full interview with co-founder Fia Jones here. Astrix Astronautics has gained $500,000 funding, about to send their prototype power generation system on a Rocket Lab vessel to space. …
Uni students to test power system product aboard Rocket Lab mission
Astrix co-founders Max Daniels, Fia Jones and William Hunter (far right), testing space qualified space cells. A trio of university students has raised half a million to test their product …