Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing has completed a multi-million yuan angel round of financing, leading the commercial aerospace high-resolution optical remote sensing payload track.

Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing"), a manufacturer of commercial aerospace optical remote sensing payloads, officially announced that it has completed a tens of millions of yuan angel round of financing led by Yida Capital and Yihua Capital, with Kunshi Capital participating . This round of financing will be mainly used for the construction of the Nanjing R&D and production base (and ultra-clean laboratory) and to supplement the company's cash flow, injecting strong momentum into the company's large-scale mass production of advanced optical remote sensing payloads and the research and development of cutting-edge technologies.

I. Financing Support Opens a New Chapter in Commercial Aerospace Remote Sensing

Amid the booming commercial space industry, the capital market's keen sense has consistently focused on the most core and technologically advanced segments of the industry chain. The recent joint investment from renowned institutions in Interstellar Space Technology fully demonstrates the market's high recognition of its technological strength, team background, and development strategy.

Regarding the successful financing, Chairman Chen Jianpeng stated, "The successful completion of this round of financing is a significant milestone in the development of Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing. It is not only an affirmation of our past technological accumulation but also a testament to our confidence in our future commercial prospects. This funding will enable us to more quickly transform the cutting-edge technologies in our laboratories into reliable products that can serve national strategies and the commercial market. The construction of our Nanjing base will be accelerated as a result, and our productization and commercialization process will enter a new stage."

II. Technology as the core, forging a high-barrier "moat"

Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing has consistently focused on the development of optical remote sensing payloads, one of the most technologically challenging segments in the commercial aerospace industry chain . The company has clearly defined its core technology strategy as "ultra-high resolution, intelligent multi-modal operation, and ultra-high-definition image quality assurance," and has built a closed-loop R&D and production capability encompassing the entire process from optical design, simulation analysis, precision mechanics, thermal control management to system integration, assembly, and testing. Currently, the company has the capability to finalize and produce dozens of standardized, off-the-shelf space optical remote sensing cameras , enabling it to flexibly respond to diverse market demands.

Ultimately, competition among enterprises boils down to competition for talent. Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing (IRES)'s core competitiveness stems from its top-tier technical team , comparable to a "national team ." The company's core members all come from leading domestic aerospace systems and national-level research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, forming a complete remote sensing payload development team with an average of over 10 years of engineering experience . Founder Chen Jianpeng and his core founding team not only possess profound scientific research capabilities but also successful industrialization and entrepreneurial experience, ensuring that the company has combined technological foresight with market acumen from its inception.

Currently, Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing boasts a highly skilled team of approximately 30 people, with over 80% holding master's degrees or higher . Their expertise covers all key technical areas, including optics, mechanics, electronics, thermal control, software, and algorithms. This strong R&D capability has translated into a solid intellectual property barrier; the company has applied for over 20 core technology patents, covering key areas such as advanced optomechanical structures, proprietary assembly and adjustment processes, and on-orbit intelligent processing, ensuring independent technological control.

Based on this profound technological foundation, Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing has become one of the first private enterprises in China to complete the delivery of "sub-meter" level optical remote sensing payloads . The company now possesses the R&D capability for panchromatic multispectral remote sensing cameras with a maximum resolution of 0.25 m@500 km. Its product line fully covers different resolution levels from 0.25 m to 50 m . Adhering to the lean manufacturing philosophy of "easy to use, reliable, and affordable," the company is committed to making high-performance, high-resolution remote sensing data available to a wider range of industry applications.

III. Forward-looking planning and dual-engine approach to expand unlimited applications

While consolidating its traditional Earth observation business, Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing has entered the strategically significant field of space situational awareness with a forward-looking strategic vision . With the dense deployment of mega-constellations such as SpaceX Starlink and China's StarNet in low Earth orbit, there are now more than 36,500 traceable space debris larger than 10 centimeters in size in space, drastically increasing the risk of collisions and posing a serious threat to China's trillions of dollars worth of on-orbit space assets.

Addressing this critical national need, Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing has successfully developed a space situational awareness payload through independent innovation . Its core technology relies on the company's proprietary "space-based high-sensitivity space situational awareness technology ," which innovatively combines a large field-of-view, low-distortion optical system with a high-precision two-dimensional pointing mechanism , enabling efficient sky surveys of vast airspace. Through comprehensive support including high-precision optomechanics, high-quality assembly and adjustment, low-noise detectors, and high-precision thermal control , it achieves ultra-high sensitivity detection of faint space debris. Utilizing high-precision sub-pixel positioning technology for targets under complex backgrounds , as well as deep learning-based target motion characteristic analysis and orbit calculation algorithms, it ultimately achieves real-time detection, precise positioning, and collision warning for space debris.

This strategic layout, together with the company's traditional high-resolution Earth observation product line, forms a dual-drive strategic pattern of "looking up at the stars" and "looking down at the earth" for Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing, greatly expanding the company's technological moat and market boundaries.

In terms of productization, Interstellar Optical is rapidly transforming its technological advantages into market-recognized products.

● In October 2024, two optical remote sensing payloads with a resolution of 0.75 meters were successfully delivered.

● The first high-resolution optical remote sensing payload with a resolution of 0.5 m will complete its on-orbit verification in the first half of 2026 .

● An even more challenging and iconic 0.25m ultra -high resolution optical remote sensing payload has also been fully launched, which represents the determination of Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing as a technology-driven company to challenge the "crown jewel" of optical remote sensing payload development.

● The successful development of the space situational awareness payload signifies that the company has the capability to provide core equipment for maintaining space security.

The multi-dimensional product portfolio ensures that Interstellar Optics possesses strong revenue potential in terms of both product capabilities and future production capacity. Its market performance in 2026 is widely expected to be a starting point for the company's leapfrog development.

IV. Establishing a presence in Nanjing to build a strategic industrial hub

A company's grand vision requires a solid industrial base as its foundation. As a key component of its national strategic layout, Interstellar Optoelectronics has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Interstellar Optoelectronics (Nanjing) Technology Co., Ltd. , in the national-level new area of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area this year, and has started construction of an industrial base integrating R&D, production, and testing .

Regarding this strategic decision, Chairman Chen Jianpeng elaborated on it at the signing ceremony of the World Young Scientists Forum (Nanjing): "Choosing Nanjing Jiangbei New Area as the core fulcrum of our industrial layout is a well-considered strategic decision. The superior location advantages, first-class policy system for future industries, and abundant high-end talent resources of Jiangbei New Area are highly compatible with the development needs of Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing, which pursues excellence and aims to lead the way. What we are building here is not just a conventional production plant, but an East China innovation headquarters and advanced manufacturing center that will drive our future development. We will rely on this platform to deeply integrate cutting-edge research and development with precision manufacturing, accelerate technology iteration and product transformation, and ensure that the company always stands at the forefront of commercial remote sensing payload technology."

The completion of the Nanjing base will greatly enhance Interstellar Optical Remote's process engineering capabilities and mass delivery capabilities, providing the most solid back-end support for its competition in the national and even global markets.

V. Capital Favoritism and Authoritative Evaluation Confirm Enterprise Value

This round of financing received joint support from top investment institutions in the market. Their professional judgment indirectly confirms the huge potential and industry value of Interstellar Light .

The co- lead investor, stated: "In recent years, the commercial remote sensing satellite industry has entered a period of rapid development, with the number of satellites increasing rapidly and the satellite application industry showing a booming growth trend. Previously, China relied heavily on imports for sub-meter resolution data. Under these circumstances, the country's demand for independently controllable high-resolution remote sensing cameras will become even more urgent. The development of optical remote sensing cameras is the most difficult to commercialize due to their high precision, high design difficulty, and reliance on experience for assembly and adjustment. The future remote sensing market is huge, and with demand yet to be fully released, there is still a significant gap in domestic production capacity. The company's team has extensive industry experience, with core members possessing over 15 years of experience in the aerospace and related fields. We are optimistic about the company's growth into a benchmark enterprise in the commercial remote sensing payload field."

One of the co- lead investors, stated: " We are honored to participate in this round of financing as the lead investor in Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing (IOS). With the rapid reduction in the cost of commercial space launches in China and the dramatic increase in demand for remote sensing information, remote sensing satellites are expected to become the next big thing in commercial spaceflight. IOS possesses one of the few complete teams in China capable of independently developing, producing, and selling high-resolution optical payloads. It is also one of only two commercial space companies in China with experience in delivering sub-meter-level optical payloads. Through decades of technological accumulation, the team has achieved the impossible triangle of low cost, low weight, and high imaging quality for high-resolution remote sensing payloads. We are optimistic about IOS as a rising force that will make significant contributions to China's commercial space industry."

Kunshi Capital, one of the co-investors, pointed out: " With the continuous development of commercial aerospace and artificial intelligence, the demand for high-resolution, high-frequency, and quantitative remote sensing data is becoming increasingly prominent. Interstellar Remote Sensing, as a leading domestic company focusing on the core payload of remote sensing satellites—the remote sensing camera—possesses full-chain capabilities from optical design, manufacturing, assembly, and engineering. The core team members come from well-known domestic and international aerospace research institutes, possessing profound technical expertise in the field of remote sensing payloads. The company has innovatively achieved the integration of high resolution, lightweight design, intelligence, and low cost, significantly improving the quality, application scenarios, and application value of remote sensing data. "

Conclusion: Across the vast Milky Way, the journey begins.

The successful completion of this angel round of financing lays a solid foundation for Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing's grand vision. Standing at this new starting point, Interstellar Optical Remote Sensing will continue to uphold its corporate spirit of "technology-driven, innovation-driven, and quality-first," focusing on its core area of optical remote sensing payloads and accelerating breakthroughs and industrialization of key technologies. The company will work hand in hand with its partners, striving not only to become a "leader in China's commercial remote sensing payload technology," but also to serve national strategies and empower various industries with outstanding aerospace products, leaving its own glorious mark on the magnificent history of China's commercial aerospace development.