Douglas Gorman, Author at Payload

PLD Space Closes €180M Series C, Eyes Flight Test This Year

The new funds give PLD a huge boost in its effort to clear significant milestones this year.

ICEYE just one-upped the Lorax. Instead of speaking for the trees, the SAR satellite manufacturer is letting the trees speak for themselves.

French in-orbit servicing startup Infinite Orbits is on a buying streak.

The panels are just 73g per square meter, and are priced around $15 per watt.

Austria is prepping to launch its first military-commissioned satellite to fight a growing, invisible threat—interference with satellite navigation.

Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket won’t fly until the end of the year, the New Zealand launcher announced Thursday in its 2025 earnings.

Green energy is all the rage in Europe, and the trend is beginning to reach beyond the stratosphere.

German engineering just entered the quantum realm.

Phantom Space just got a boatload of pre-owned toys to play with.

Charter Space is done dipping its toes in the insurance market—opting instead to cannonball in.

Europe is driving hard on direct-to-device (D2D).

Orbital data centers are closer to reality than you might think.

The company believes it can eventually build, operate, and launch each sat for $2M or less, according to CEO Ido Priel.