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Orbital Paradigm

Madrid startup building Kestrel, a small reusable capsule that carries payloads to orbit for up to three months and lands them back in Europe. Its first test capsule survived a 2026 rocket failure.

Products, by altitude

Edge of space · 80–160 km

  • In development

    Kestrel

    Reusable capsule that returns 120 kg from orbit to Europe

  • Retired

    KID

    Cheap test capsule that sent data despite a failed launch

Known rounds

DateRoundAmount
Sep 2025Seed€1.5M⁠1

Milestones

  • Jan 2026 KID demonstrator launched on India's PSLV; a third-stage anomaly destroyed the rocket, but KID separated and sent 190 seconds of flight data.⁠2

Sources

  1. TechCrunchSep 4, 2025
  2. European SpaceflightJan 14, 2026
  3. Orbital Paradigm

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