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How Startup Manufacturers Are Rethinking the Satellite Value Chain
PARIS — While satellite manufacturing startups are working to lower the cost of satellite ownership, there is wide debate about the best ways to bring down cost, how to structure supply chains, and deal with sovereignty requirements for customers, whether it be for Earth Observation (EO) or connectivity applications.
Walter Ballheimer, CEO and co-founder of German manufacturer Reflex Aerospace, is skeptical that manufacturers will secure large constellation orders to support large factories, when many constellations are vertically integrated, arguing for a leaner approach to manufacturing. “Megafactories do not create global supply. A megafactory based in a European country will not…[continued]
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