SmallSat 2024: A Look Back at a Busy Week
The size of this year’s conference meant that the press wires were a fire hose of companies unveiling innovative technologies, new partnerships, and additional funding streams.
All Stories
Rocket Lab Smashes Revenue Record, Paving the Path to Break Even
The company posted it’s highest ever quarterly revenue, and announced the successful hot fire test of its Archimedes engine, which opens the door for Rocket Lab’s first medium-life launch vehicle, Neutron.
China’s Long March 6A Leaves Behind 300+ Pieces of Debris
China’s plans for greater connectivity in LEO are coming with a price—a large amount of space debris.
NASA and Boeing Debate Starliner While Dragon Stands By
“Reasonable people could have different views on which path we should take.”
Benchmark Adds New Thruster, Security Partnerships
Benchmark Space Systems added Starlight’s Hall-effect thrusters (HET) and 21SoftWare’s security platform to its partner network.
Rocket Development Costs by Vehicle: Payload Research
In 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately funded, fully liquid-fueled launch vehicle to reach orbit. Its development cost? Just $90M ($131M inflation adj.).
An Interview with Colin Doughan
Colin shares his journey into the aerospace industry and his vision for building real estate platforms in space.
China Kicks Off its First Mega Constellation
The global competition to field huge satellite networks has a new entrant—China
Impulse Is Hunting for GEO Rideshare Customers
“We’re going to go to market and try and understand: can we aggregate enough demand to make this work?”
Space Piracy in the Spotlight
“Where commerce goes and wealth is created, crime and piracy follow.”
Space Weather AI Startup Perceptive Emerges From Stealth
Perceptive Space, a startup developing a a space-weather forecasting platform, closed a $3.9M CAD ($2.8M USD) pre-seed funding round as it emerged from stealth.
Japanese Rocket-Maker Nets 3.1B Yen ($21M) Series E
Interstellar Technologies models itself on vertically-integrated launch vehicle and spacecraft manufacturers like SpaceX or Rocket Lab.