NASA’s Signal to Industry & More Challenges Facing Space
What keeps NASA’s chief economist up at night? Figuring out how to send consistent demand signals to industry in a constrained budget environment.
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NASA Launches PACE for Ocean and Atmospheric Observation
Space makes a pretty good perch from which to study the Earth’s evolution over time. It’s a good enough vantage point that over the past 20 years, NASA has invested nearly a billion dollars into the development of a satellite that can help explain interactions between the ocean and atmosphere for vital climate change research.
Clean Up In NSSL’s Lane 1
The US military’s scheme to diversify its stable of rocketmakers is running into a problem: None of them is likely to fly their rockets on time.
BlackSky Wins $50M Project To Give Indonesia Eyes in the Sky
BlackSky inked ~$50M-worth of contracts with the Indonesian Ministry of Defense to provide the agency access to the company’s commercial space-based intelligence, with plans to build a sovereign capability for the country down the road.
AI Startup Synthetaic Closes $15M Series B
Synthetaic closed a $15M Series B round on Tuesday that will help bring its AI-driven image search tech to market.
Viasat Is Still In Building Mode After Inmarsat Deal
Less than a year after acquiring European rival Inmarsat, ViaSat ($VSAT) management told investors Tuesday night that the two companies’ operations had been integrated successfully.
The State of Civil Space Policy 2024
If the past few years have been about growth and planning in the space community, 2024 is the year of regulation and execution, according to some leading space experts.
A-Rod Will Take Satellite-to-Phone Firm Lynk Public
Lynk, which operates satellites that connect directly to mobile phones to provide emergency connectivity, laid out its plans to go public later this year by merging with a blank check firm run by former baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
Satellite IoT Firm Opens Portugal Office
Spain-based FOSSA Systems is expanding internationally for the first time with the opening of a new subsidiary in Portugal, the company announced Tuesday.
Lunar Resource Extraction Startup Interlune Raises $15.6M
Interlune, an in-space resource mining startup operating in stealth, has secured $15.6M of funding
Sierra Space Eyes IPO After Years of Prep
The company building the next American space plane is preparing to go public, despite listed space firms recently facing rough waters.
Understanding AI’s Impact on Space Data with Planet’s Head of Product
Payload spoke to Nate Gonzalez, Planet’s head of product, to understand what the last year of AI hype means for earth observation companies like his.