Darren Charrier, KSAT
“Helping our species become interplanetary seems like the best thing you can do with your life,” Charrier told Payload. “Every step of my career…kind of zigzags, but keeps going towards that.”
“Helping our species become interplanetary seems like the best thing you can do with your life,” Charrier told Payload. “Every step of my career…kind of zigzags, but keeps going towards that.”
“It’s good to get the big picture of the satellite, both pre-launch and post-launch as well,” Shetti told Payload. “It definitely fixed the jigsaw puzzle.”
As the cofounder of Lodestar Space, Santini is building in-space, bodyguard-like technology to protect and defend UK and Western defense assets in orbit.
European space agencies, satellite manufacturers, and parts suppliers have spent 2025 pouring capital and concrete to boost their sovereign, high-skilled manufacturing capacities.
Instances of satellite jamming are on the rise, and so are optical communications solutions to defend against interference.
Frontier is preparing to fly a second (slightly pared-down) SpaceLab next year aboard Orbital Paradigm’s new reentry platform.
If you think space is crowded now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Despite two solid efforts, ispace has yet to successfully land on the lunar surface—and the company’s financial position reflects that.
The Space Force’s reliance on SpaceX remains stronger than ever.
Ultimately, these new technologies aren’t competing with radio frequency, but working together as part of a diverse network.
ICYMI: This week, Payload Europe hosted its first ever webinar—all about the EU Space Act.
The quickest delivery service isn’t coming via drone from an Amazon fulfilment center—it’s coming from space.