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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Headquarters | |
Key people |
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| Products | Space resilient compute, storage and communication systems |
Number of employees | 85 (2023) |
| Website | https://www.ramon.space/ |
Ramon.Space (formerly Ramon Chips) is a private U.S-Israel Space tech company that develops computing solutions for satellites and spacecraft. Ramon.Space is headquartered in Los Altos, California.[1]
Ramon.Space has participated in over 50 space missions and counting.[2]. The company's designs and develops computing infrastructure in Space, providing processing, storage, and connectivity capabilities to enable digital applications and services across all orbits.
The company has offices located in Los Altos, CA, Hod HaSharon, and Yokneam Illit.[3]
History[edit]
Ramon.Space was founded in 2004 by Ran Ginosar, Tuvia Liran, and Dov Alon. Avi Shabtai serves as CEO and Ran Ginosar as President.
The company was named after fallen Israeli astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Ramon.Space was founded as Ramon Chips which initially focused on computing chips for space applications. The company's GR712RC, a radiation-hardened microprocessor has and is still used in many deep Space and satellite missions.[4]
In 2020 the company rebranded as Ramon.Space, focusing on building Space computing systems based on the technology assets developed by the company. Ramon.Space develops software-based, computing platforms, enabling advanced onboard data processing and connectivity in space, providing real-time insights.
In August 2020, the company raised an undisclosed Seed round from Grove Ventures.
In May 2021, the company closed an $17.5 million Series A round from StageOne Ventures, Deep Insight, Grove Ventures, UMC Capital, and WorldQuant Ventures.[5]
In March 2022, the company launched a high-capacity storage device, the NuStream, a building block product in its computing infrastructure platform. NuStream is a 1TB storage device with radiation-hardened technology for data-driven space missions.[6]
In May 2022, Ramon.Space was recognized by Israeli business daily Calacalist as one of the top 50 most promising Israeli Startups for 2022.[7]
In February 2023, Ramon.Space was listed as one of the 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite for 2023 by aerospace periodical Via Satellite.[8]
In June 2023, Ramon.Space announced a strategic partnership with Ingrasys, a Foxconn subsidiary, to manufacture Ramon.Space computing products globally.[9]
In June 2023, Ramon.Space announced a strategic funding round of $26 million from Ingrasys, SDF, Grove Ventures, Deep Insight and UMC Capital.[10]
Space Heritage[edit]
The company’s technology has been in Space since 2014. It first participated in JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 mission to the Ryugu 162173 asteroid in 2014. Ramon.Space’s processor remains on the surface of the asteroid today after surviving the 400 million km, three-and-a-half year journey to the asteroid’s surface.
In 2016, Ramon.Space technology participated in NASA’s CYGNSS constellation of eight satellites, dedicated to hurricane and weather research. Ramon.Space also had technology featured aboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, helping the CASIS camera capture images of the Red Planet.[1]
In 2020, its technology was onboard ESA’s Solar Orbiter, which is currently studying the Sun’s inner heliosphere and solar wind.[11]
In 2022, the company partnered with Lulav Space and SpaceIL to develop a landing sensor suite, powered by Ramon.Space’s high-performance space computing platform, featuring RC64 DSP/AI processors for the Beresheet 2 lunar missions, planned to be launched in 2025.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Israeli spacetech company is delivering products that are literally out of this world". CTECH. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "The Israeli computing solutions that helped land on an asteroid and fly closest to the Sun". Geektime. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Even space isn't the limit for Ramon.Space". Ctech. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "CAES GR712RC Microprocessor Selected by Argotec for Multiple Space Missions". CAES. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Space computing co Ramon.Space raises $17.5m". Globes. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Ramon.Space Unveils High-Capacity Storage Solution for Satellites in Space". No Camels. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "The 50 most promising Israeli startups - 2022". Calcalist. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2023". Via Satellite. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Ramon.Space reveals partnership with Foxconn subsidiary Ingrasys". Spacenews. 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Ramon.Space Raises $26M from Foxconn Subsidiary, Other Investors". Via Satellite. 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "The Israeli Company That Has Come as Close as Possible to the Sun". Haaretz. 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Ramon.Space and Lulav Space partner to navigate the beresheet 2 lunar missions". SpaceWatch Global. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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