Velodyne Space

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Velodyne Space, for the record.

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Fact sheet

Company
Velodyne Space Inc.
Leadership
David Hall, Founder & CEO · Marta Hall, President & Co-founder
Headquarters
2517 Blanding Ave., Alameda, CA 94501
What it makes
Electromagnetic launchers, from drone defense to orbit
Drone Catching System
1 km: engagement range · 5 / s: net rounds per second · ~1 Mach: round velocity · Every shot: authorized by an operator
Launcher
108 coils: in the current launcher · 30 MW: peak power · 0 kg: rocket fuel on the launcher
Next
The second-generation launcher at CES 2027, Las Vegas Convention Center, January 6–9, 2027
Sister company
Hall Lidar
Press contact
[email protected]

About Velodyne Space

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Velodyne Space builds electromagnetic launchers that use electricity instead of rocket fuel. Its Drone Catching System fires net rounds at about Mach 1 to capture hostile drones up to 1 km away, with every shot authorized by an operator; the same coil-gun technology, scaled up, is aimed at launching payloads to orbit. The company is led by its founder, David Hall, who founded Velodyne in 1983 and invented real-time 3D lidar for the DARPA Grand Challenge, and by President and co-founder Marta Hall. Velodyne Space designs and builds its launchers in Alameda, California. Its sister company, Hall Lidar, makes sensing for drone defense. More at velodynespace.com.

Milestones

  1. 1983David Hall founds Velodyne.
  2. 2005He invents real-time 3D lidar for the DARPA Grand Challenge.
  3. 2007Five of the six finishers of the DARPA Urban Challenge see the road with it.
  4. Jan 2026Velodyne Space exhibits at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
  5. Jan 2027The second-generation launcher at CES 2027, January 6–9, 2027.

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