TAMPA, Fla. — Neuraspace, the Portuguese space traffic management startup, announced 15.6 million euros ($18 million) in fresh funding Aug. 5 to expand European space domain awareness (SDA) and defense capabilities. The financing comprises a six million euro Series B round from venture capitalists and 9.6 million euros from Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, an EU-backed national program created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Neuraspace, it currently monitors more than 600 satellites operated by commercial and institutional customers including Spire Global and the European Space Agency. “When Neuraspace was founded, our mission was to make space safer,” Neuraspace CEO Chiara Manfletti said in a statement. More recently, Neuraspace said it was chosen as prime contractor by a European defense ministry, but declined to provide more details ahead of a planned announcement in September.