Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites

Published on April 1, 2026

Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has secured $2.4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit in swarms to monitor the space environment.

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