Speed tops price in national security contracting decisions
A decade ago, the space technology company Stellar Exploration needed about three years to build, test and deliver a small satellite…
Skyroot raises $60 million ahead of first orbital launch attempt
WASHINGTON — Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace has raised $60 million in a funding round that gives the company a valuation of more than…
CEO Series: Terran Orbital’s Peter Krauss on understanding scalability in space
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Terran Orbital’s Peter Krauss about what he’s learned about culture from primes and…
Military space boom meets Beltway friction
Washington is about to pour money into military space at a scale the industry has not seen in decades. The Trump administration’s fiscal year…
Odin Space opens U.S. office in Los Angeles
DENVER – Odin Space, a British startup focused on mapping and analyzing sub-centimeter orbital debris, announced plans May 7 to establish its…
A Sea of Spinning Clouds
Over the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, winds can whip around the globe relatively unimpeded by land. Intrepid sailors termed these…
Roadmap for a space-to-space economy
Launch is the foundation of the space industry, to the point that many conflate it with the space industry in entirety because it is literally…
Starfighters hires Blue Origin veterans to accelerate air-launch platform
TAMPA, Fla. — Starfighters Space has hired two former Blue Origin New Glenn managers to help advance its air-launch system toward flight…
NGA Rapid Capabilities Office to embrace speed and risk-taking
DENVER – The job of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is to “deliver disruptive capabilities to…
Scolese puts talent at center of NRO transition as he prepares to step down
DENVER — The director of the National Reconnaissance Office is putting a major emphasis on hiring as the spy satellite agency undergoes one of…