“The thing that draws a lot of people to Astroscale is the mission,” she told Payload. “It’s not often you see an overlap between aerospace and tech and sustainability.”

Luc Riesbeck is helping to make sure that the policy conversations surrounding space sustainability keep pace with the rapidly advancing tech.

As the driving force behind much of Turion Space’s technology stack, Sadaat is enabling systems to better track non-Earth objects in space.

As a regulatory affairs officer at Charter, the 25-year-old is working to demystify space law to help the firm’s clients understand the regulations that apply to them. 

Both companies are owned by the same private equity firm, Antarctica Capital, which has been influential in finding synergies between the two businesses.

A lunar satellite constellation that harnesses solar power and uses lasers to beam it down to landers and rovers.

A provider of “in-space transportation with in-space propellant.”

D-Orbit is developing a suite of space logistics capabilities while offering services as a satellite integrator and deployer.