MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Los Angeles startup OurSky announced a merger Feb. 4 with telescope manufacturer PlaneWave Instruments to create Observable Space, a vertically integrated software and hardware products company.
“Everyone knows that telescopes are the cornerstone of cosmic observation and exploration, but what people don’t realize is that they are also extremely critical for the multibillion-dollar commercial space sector,” Daniel Roelker, Observable Space CEO and former SpaceX vice president of software engineering, said in a statement. “Our vertically integrated space observation products provide the foundational elements customers need to understand, navigate and operate in space.”
Observable Space plans to offer accessible software-defined…