太空监测服务商NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.在与一家特殊目的收购公司合并后，将于周五在纽约证券交易所挂牌交易。
Space surveillance provider NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. will start trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange after merging with a blank-check company.
这家总部位于蒙特利尔的公司称，其依托卫星传感器、图像处理、数据及人工智能构建的系统，能够识别并预测太空物体的位置，从而有效应对太空碰撞风险。其客户涵盖加拿大皇家空军以及北美和欧洲的多个军事机构。
The Montreal-based firm says its system — using satellite sensors, imagery processing, data and artificial intelligence — can address space collision threats by identifying and anticipating the position of objects. Clients include the Royal Canadian Air Force and North American and European military entities.
首席执行官斯图尔特·贝恩在接受采访时指出："地球与地球同步轨道之间的监测范围相当于所有海洋面积总和的20万倍，这就好比需要知晓这片海域中所有鱼类的位置一般。当前太空环境竞争激烈且拥挤，亟需提升安全性。"
The volume of space that needs to be monitored between Earth and geostationary orbit is “200,000 times the size of all the oceans combined, and you want to know where all the fish are,” Chief Executive Officer Stewart Bain said in an interview. “Space is contested, congested, and needs to be more secure.”
贝恩表示，此次上市旨在筹集资金以搭建覆盖全太空范围的传感器星座网络。他同时提到，埃隆·马斯克旗下太空探索技术公司的上市为该行业注入了发展动力："企业无法自行选择上市时机，只能设法顺应市场节奏。"
NorthStar is going public to access capital to build a full-coverage, space-based sensor constellation, Bain said, adding that the initial public offering of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. gave the sector a boost: “You don’t pick your timing. You figure out how to ride the timing.”NorthStar merged Thursday with special purpose acquisition company Viking Acquisition Corp. I, sponsored by KingsRock Advisors LLC, which was formed by ex-Deutsche Bank AG executives.
本周四，NorthStar与由前德意志银行高管团队创立、KingsRock Advisors LLC担任发起方的Viking Acquisition Corp. I完成合并，新公司将在交易所使用NSTR代码进行交易。
It will trade under the ticker NSTR.
据披露，此次合并使NorthStar在交易前的估值达到3亿美元。交易过程中Cartesian Capital Group LLC及其他机构投资者还通过私募形式注资3000万美元。贝恩称，合并前大部分流通股已被赎回，目前仅少量股份留存于Viking的信托账户中。
The business combination pegs NorthStar at a pre-money equity valuation of $300 million, the company said. It includes $30 million from a private investment in public equity backed by Cartesian Capital Group LLC and other institutional investors. Most public shares were redeemed prior to the merger, Bain said, leaving a small amount in Viking’s trust account.
截至目前，该公司累计获得约1亿美元融资，预计2026年营收有望突破3000万美元。
The company, which has received about $100 million in capital so far, is on track to earn over $30 million in revenue in 2026.