Payload Pioneers 2024

Nicolas Moraitis, Charter 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. 

Payload Pioneers 2024

Rachel O’Connor, Orbit Fab

Space is hard. Rachel O’Connor is trying to make it easier.

Payload Pioneers 2024

Richard Nederlander, Aegis Aerospace

Nederlander is building a software tool that will allow systems engineers to evaluate the holistic radiation risks of their spacecraft. 

Payload Pioneers 2024

Pierre Rouzaud, Space Crew

When Rouzaud went to turn his lifelong interest in space and experience as a software developer into a career, he quickly discovered that the act of finding a job in the industry was no simple task. So he founded Space Crew, an aggregator of space industry jobs.  

Payload Pioneers 2024

Eric Sundby, TerraSpace

Eric Sundby is on the hunt for ore—and he’s already been to DC to educate lawmakers on what he can do to help.  

BusinessLEOTechnology

Vast Unveils Designs for Haven-1 Station

Designed in part by Apple designer Peter Russell-Clarke, Haven-1 looks more like a resort than an orbiting labratory.

EuropeInternationalLunar

Boo! ispace Partners With AMC on SCAR-E Lunar Mission

The mission to put AMC’s robot on the lunar surface is intended to prove out the company’s ability to extract resources in deep-space.

EuropeInternationalSatcom

Skyloom Enters the European Market With Joint Venture

The new venture, called Skyloom Europe, will establish a facility in northern Italy to manufacture optical communications terminals to support multi-orbit satellite networks.

Explainer

The Increasing Allure of Polar Orbits: An Explainer

Military, commercial, and climatological interests have increasingly picked polar orbits for a variety of missions,

BusinessMilitaryTechnology

Sierra Space Enters the Delivery Business

Sierra Space won a $980,000 AFRL contract to study how its Ghost reentry spacecraft could provide point-to-point delivery services for the US government.

Launch

ULA’s Second Vulcan Certification Flight is Ready for Liftoff

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket is less than 24 hours away from trying to prove it’s got the right stuff to launch the nation’s big-ticket military payloads. 

BusinessEO

ESA’s To-Do List for an EO Boom

The strategy commits to utilizing commercial EO capabilities wherever possible, reaffirming ESA’s strong public-private relationship.

BusinessDebrisTechnology

SDA Awards $1.9M for Deorbit Studies

Six companies will complete the studies this year to explore redundant, cost-effective contingency options for the SDA’s future satellite disposal needs.