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Moonshot founders - from right: Fred Simon, Hila Hadad Hamelnik, Shahar Bahiri. Photo by press release

Startup Moonshot comes out of secrecy with hypersonic electromagnetic accelerator and raises $12 million

The company, founded in 2024 by Hila Hadad Hamelnik, Fred Simon, and Shahar Bahiri, is developing an electromagnetic accelerator that will reach speeds of up to 8 kilometers per second for launching payloads into space and a hypersonic test facility in Caesarea – and is expected to