For our Thursday Morning Conversation this week, we talk to Mauricio Segovia, CEO of AXESS Networks and Satellite Executive of the Year nominee. "Lupin," "The Mandalorian," "Harry Styles," and the Reggaeton song "Mi Gente" all get a mention in this week's discussion. We also talk a little bit about the future of the company after…

Satellite builders form a unique bond with their spacecraft. In-Space CEO Doug Liddle described his start-up’s first satellite, Faraday-1, as a "precious child" that he raised for 18 months before turning it over to the launch gods. This past July, the gods proved to be especially cruel to Liddle and the In-Space team, as the…

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne spacecraft is like a Russian matryoshka doll. A plane takes off carrying a rocket, which is carrying a satellite payload. Once in air, the rocket then takes off from the plane and flies toward space. When it reaches orbit, the rocket dispenses its satellites to their intended destinations… Watching this all happen…

In this episode, Maxime Puteaux, principal advisor at Euroconsult, gives us the rundown of satellite trends in 2020, as well as what he sees happening in the decade ahead. Puteaux reviews a forecast of satellite manufacturing and launch services, pegged to a recent Euroconsult report on the subject. Looking back at 2020, Puteaux notes it…