Douglas Gorman
Skyrora Shifts Orbital Launch Timeline to 2030
First-mover advantage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—at least, that’s the thought process for UK launcher Skyrora.
Satlyt Raises $8M Seed to Expand Its Virtual ODC Network
Satlyt was founded in 2024 by Afullo, an alum of SpaceX and Google who spent years trying to convince both companies to invest in in-space edge computing opportunities.
Space Insurer Charter Space Raises $5M Seed Round
You can bundle your home and auto insurance with the click of a button, but covering your spacecraft has traditionally been a little trickier.
Blackswan Space Raises €2.5M Seed to Fund RPO Kit Demo
The round comes as Blackswan gears up for its first in-orbit mission of its RPO Kit payload.
Starliner Targets Uncrewed Flight NET December, Crewed Follow Up in 2028
NASA and Boeing officials announced Monday that they have upgraded and redesigned Starliner following a dicey crewed test flight in 2024, which left NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams stuck on ISS for nine months.
Exclusive: Meridian Space Spins Out from SpinLaunch
“Meridian will carry forward the satcom infrastructure business… SpinLaunch will continue to build on its vision for a lower-cost approach to launch, with further applications in hypersonics to support the Golden Dome program and in the lunar economy,” Meridian Space CEO Massimiliano Ladovaz told Payload.
Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice Predicts More M&A Deals on the Horizon
Iridium shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s acquisition by Rocket Lab. According to Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice, there’s more M&A on the horizon.
Isaacman Doubles Down on New NASA Model for International Partnerships
Isaacman is less than a year on the job, but he’s already upended the way the agency interacts with the rest of the world.
Hubble Network Raises $200M Series C at $1.6B Valuation
The round follows a $70M Series B in September 2025, and brings Hubble’s total financing to $300M to date.
Exclusive: Outpost Launches In-Space Manufacturing Service
Outpost will be the first user of the Space Factory platform. The company plans to use the module to produce StarFiber, its next-gen metal fluoride optical fiber, on a mission NET 2028.
HEO Raises $25M Series B to Fuel GEO Expansion
HEO, the Australian non-Earth-imaging startup, announced Monday it closed a $25M Series B to expand its imaging network to GEO.
Exclusive: Exolaunch Books its first Starfall Mission
Exolaunch signed an agreement to support customer payloads on a SpaceX Starfall reentry mission scheduled to launch on a Starship NET 2029.
European Space Startups Steal the Show in Paris
European space startups have long wondered when big institutional buyers would stop handing large contracts exclusively to legacy A&D primes. During the last few weeks, it’s become clear that time is now.
