Xplore is best known for its plans to develop Xcraft, a multi-mission ESPA-class spacecraft. ESPA is a secondary payload adapter for launch vehicles.

Space-as-a-service startup Xplore has brought in $16.2 million to date including venture capital funding and contracts.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...