{"id":341942,"date":"2025-12-10T23:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341942\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:19:15","slug":"odin-space-raises-3-million-in-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341942\/","title":{"rendered":"Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 British startup Odin Space raised $3 million in a seed round to begin commercializing tiny sensors to map and analyze sub-centimeter orbital debris.<\/p>\n

With its first sensor launched in 2023<\/a> on D-Orbit\u2019s ION orbital transfer vehicle, Odin demonstrated its ability to detect debris that\u2019s generally too small to track but still capable of damaging satellites. Since the demonstration, Odin has been miniaturizing the sensor to create commercial products to be integrated with satellite buses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be launching the first commercial version of our Nano Sensors in 2026,\u201d Odin CEO and co-founder James New told SpaceNews. In the meantime, Odin is hiring sales and marketing personnel \u201cto start to tell the world that these exist and that there is now a solution for lethal, nontrackable debris,\u201d New said.<\/p>\n

With data gathered by its network of sensors, Odin plans to map the location of sub-centimeter debris and help customers select the safest orbits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit like a weather forecast,\u201d New said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about trying to avoid individual hailstones. It\u2019s more about avoiding the hailstorm altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The holes in this 3-millimeter-thick aluminum plate were made by sub-millimeter particles, roughly the size of a grain of salt,
impacting at a fraction of orbital speeds. Credit: Odin Space<\/p>\n

Insurance for Debris Strikes<\/p>\n

Odin is working with Lloyds of London and other companies to develop products to insure satellites against collisions with debris.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not insuring the satellite itself, we\u2019re insuring the risk of being hit by debris,\u201d New said. \u201cThe Nano Sensors allow us to attribute failures to debris impacts. That allows us to slash that insurance cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Initially, Nano Sensors will be offered for commercial satellites destined for low-Earth orbit. \u201cWe\u2019ve been speaking with manufacturers who are interested in this,\u201d said Odin co-founder Dan Terrett.<\/p>\n

\"\"This 3.2-millimeter-thick aluminum plate was punctured by a single plastic projectile the size of a large salt crystal traveling 5 kilometers per second. Credit: Odin Space<\/p>\n

Nano Sensors, which look somewhat like adhesive bandages, \u201callow us to tell you when you got hit, where on the satellite and how much damage was caused,\u201d New said.<\/p>\n

While the current focus is on commercial markets, Odin executives see military applications for their technology. If a military satellite experiences an anomaly after flying near another satellite, Nano Sensors will help the satellite operator determine whether debris released by the neighboring spacecraft was to blame, New said.<\/p>\n

Odin was founded in 2020 by New, a former Debris Resistive Acoustic Grid Orbital Navy-NASA Sensor (DRAGONS) research scientist, and Terrett, who previously oversaw operational finance for Karhoo, a transportation services startup.<\/p>\n

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