Reflect Orbital is an American space technology company headquartered in Hawthorne, California, founded in January 2021 by former SpaceX engineer Ben Nowack and former Zipline engineer Tristan Semmelhack. The company designs satellites carrying large deployable mirrors intended to redirect sunlight onto specific locations on Earth's surface, with a first demonstration satellite approved by the FCC in 2026 for a planned SpaceX rideshare launch.
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Reflect Orbital, Inc is an American privately held space technology company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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Founded in 2021, the company designs and builds satellites with large-scale deployable mirrors to point sunlight onto Earth's surface.
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an American privately held space technology company
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Hawthorne, California
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