Slingshot Aerospace has acquired the UChicago spinout developing a communication channel for preventing satellite collisions in space.
Stellatus Solutions, a US-based satellite communications platform developer spun out of University of Chicago (UChicago), has been acquired by space simulation and analytics technology provider Slingshot Aerospace for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition took place in June 2021, but was only disclosed this month.
Stellatus had been developing a communications channel for satellite operators to alert each other of potential collisions in space and security concerns.
Stellatus was formed through the Hacking for Defense Program, a cross-disciplinary…