Douglas Gorman
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.
JAXA Selects ArkEdge to Study LEO PNT System
The LEO PNT system aims to support terrestrial industries as they move toward greater automation.
Kepler Communications Wins €36M ESA HydRON Contract
The HydRON program supports ESA’s goal of delivering high-speed internet connectivity, and may one day operate at a rate of a terabit per second, according to Kepler CEO Mina Mitry.
OroraTech Heats Up with €25M Series B
While the company has won large contracts for its wildfire monitoring capabilities it’s also recognizing new verticals where its data can drive commercial interest.
EarthDaily Analytics Buys Descartes Labs in PE Reshuffle
Both companies are owned by the same private equity firm, Antarctica Capital, which has been influential in finding synergies between the two businesses.
Atilla Saadat, Turion Space
As the driving force behind much of Turion Space’s technology stack, Sadaat is enabling systems to better track non-Earth objects in space.
M. Razlan Dhamir bin Hamdan, Aphelia Space
Hamdan is the co-founder, CTO, and CEO of Aphelia Space, a Malaysian startup that is trying to use microwave technology to beam power over long distances—potentially powering up sats in orbit or hardware on the Moon.
