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Sidus Space Lifts Q1 Revenue and Narrows Loss as Cash Cushion Grows

Fresh funding and first images from its LizzieSat-3 satellite signal a push to turn demos into paid data and defense work.

Overview

  • Sidus Space reported first-quarter revenue of about $359,000, up 51% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $5.2 million that was smaller than last year.
  • After a share sale completed in April, the company said it had $27.3 million in cash and no term debt, giving it more room to fund operations.
  • The company delivered initial images from the HEO camera on LizzieSat-3, an early step toward selling subscription-based space imagery and data.
  • Sidus expanded its deal with Lone Star Data Holdings for another orbital data-storage payload and is advancing its Fortis VPX compute hardware and next LizzieSat builds (LS-4 and LS-5).
  • Leadership will shift with John Burke becoming interim CFO on June 1, and the stock fell about 9% in pre-market trading after the updates.