Inside Aerospacelab’s Pitch to Build IRIS2
Payload sat down with Benoît Deper, Aerospacelab’s founder and CEO, to discuss the startup’s pitch to manufacture Europe’s secure satcom constellation.
Op-ed: Space is Getting Dangerous. We’re Not Building for It.
If conflict erupts in Europe, the first strike won’t be on land, at sea, or in the air. It’ll be in orbit.
EchoStar Stock Explodes After AT&T License Deal
The AT&T deal has other competitors, like T-Mobile and Starlink, hungry for their own piece of EchoStar’s pool of underused spectrum licenses.
Esper Satellites Sends its Hyperspectral Sensor to Orbit
This sensor type can identify the unique hyperspectral signatures of many natural resources, including rare Earth elements—helping mining companies save millions of dollars in exploration costs.
A Policy Proposal For Happy Hour in Orbit
“This is not to squash anyone’s dreams. This is to say you can’t just go up there and use lead pipes to make bathtub gin.”
Aerospacelab Closes €94M Series B to Complete its Megafactory
The construction project would make Aerospacelab the operator of the largest satellite manufacturing facility in Europe.
This Isn’t Our First Obsession With Mars
An insightful new book documents turn of the century excitement over the Red Planet.
Rep. Jeff Crank On the Mission of the Golden Dome Caucus
A new caucus established this summer is aiming to educate lawmakers about Golden Dome and build a coalition to support the Trump administration’s proposed missile defense program.
York Space Systems Delivers Tranche 1 SDA Sats
These sats will form a mesh network of optical communications links to provide global, low-latency comms for the DoD.
