A National Security Space Acquisition Primer
The web of offices intended to bring innovative space tech into the national security sector just got a whole lot less confusing.
Inside Spire’s Lucrative AI Partnership with Nvidia
Payload spoke to Mike Eilts, a meteorologist and Spire’s general manager for weather and climate, about the deal and predicting weather from space.
NASA and Boeing Are (Finally) Putting Astronauts on Starliner
Starliner is finally ready for its maiden mission—seven years after the capsule was expected to make its first flight.
Intuitive Machines Reports a Moon Cash Boon
Touchdown on the Moon, collect millions of dollars—that’s how Monopoly, space edition is played. We don’t make the rules.
The Big Questions About Starshield, SpaceX’s Classified EO Project
SpaceX’s move into EO could present a big challenge to companies selling space data already.
A Q+A With Theresa Condor, COO of Spire
Spire Global ($SPIR) may be in the space-based RF sensing business, but to COO Theresa Condor, it’s all about solving problems for real people down on Earth.
Astronomers Map the Universe’s Quasars
Humans have been mapping the cosmos since the dawn of civilization, but modern technology has allowed scientists to build an entirely new kind of universal chart.
DoD Opens Line of Communication to VCs
The Space Force is meeting with the top funders of commercial space tech, opening a line of communication between the national security and VC communities about threats in orbit and the up-and-coming tech needed to counter them.
Payload Research: Tracking Starship’s Progress with Additional Flights on the Horizon
We have entered the Starship era.
The Future of GEO is Smaller…And More Precise
Makers of small satellites for GEO made up the bulk of newly announced spacecraft in 2023.
