General Galactic Raises $8M Seed For Clean Fuel Tech
General Galactic wants to change the way the world thinks about the green transition, by using pollutants themselves as a renewable fuel source.
Douglas Gorman
Rocket Lab Signs First Neutron Customer
The rocket is expected to complete a test launch in 2025, and fly three commercial launches in 2026.
Maine’s Plan to Build a Sustainable Space Industry
“Maine is more than lobsters and blueberries.”
Space AI is Having a Moment
After years of AI changing the way people work on Earth, the tech is finally having its moment in the space industry’s spotlight.
Kall Morris Inc. Begins ISS Residency
The system will prove out technology that could eventually grab objects on orbit, allowing KMI to move debris out of congested orbital lanes or relocate satellites that don’t have enough juice to move themselves.
Charter’s Plan to Fix Space Insurance
Charter estimates that approximately 97% of the ~10,500 active satellites on orbit are uninsured. Tens of billions of dollars worth of satellite technology is flying around without a financial safety net.
CSIS: The Next President Needs China on Speed Dial
“China must come to the table, and the next administration should invite them.”
Skyrora Completes Test of Telemetry Relay System
The solution—a telemetry relay system called InRange—uses Viasat’s geostationary satellites as the middleman to receive telemetry data from the rocket and beam it back to Earth.
National Security Space Association’s Plan For the Next President
“The United States lacks a comprehensive long-term strategy to protect our interests against Chinese aggression in, from, and to space.”
bluShift Aerospace Completes Full Throttle Engine Test
“We didn’t punch it as far as we could, but what we saw was a much more stable, cleaner burn,” CEO Sascha Deri told Payload.
New Data Shows a Rapidly Expanding Space Workforce
The sector added 26,000+ jobs between 2022 and 2023 in the space heavy-hitters, including the US, Japan, India, and Europe.
Aptos Orbital Unveils AI-Powered Satellite Platform
The Aptos terminal integrates on-orbit processing, communication capabilities, and cloud services to enable satellites to run AI systems in orbit.