In This Issue
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10 Hottest10 Smallsat Startups to Watch in 2024 | August 2024
Rising interest rates have made for a tough fundraising environment for space startups in the past year and a half. This environment has put the value of business cases in […]
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InterviewAerospacelab Scales Its Vision of Manufacturing: Interview With CEO Benoît Deper | August 2024
Things are picking up rapidly for Belgium-based satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab. This year alone the company launched four demonstration satellites on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission, broke ground on a new mega […]
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Tech Focus ReportEnabling More Resilient and Sustainable Space Missions with VLEO Platforms | August 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense seeks access to resilient, proliferated, and diverse mission architectures — and diversification includes the altitudes at which operations can take place. Very-low Earth orbit (VLEO), […]
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Tech Focus ReportFEEP: Field Emission Electric Propulsion | August 2024
Changing Perspective on Electric Propulsion With more than 200 propulsion systems in space and an accumulated on-orbit time of over 400 years Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) technology has become […]
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Tech Focus ReportMoving With Speed Through Automation | August 2024
Moving With Speed Through Automation Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli laid out nine space acquisition tenets in October 2022, stating at that […]
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Editor's NotePutting a Spotlight on the Work of Young Professionals | August 2024
We’re back with our annual special edition — Via Smallsat — a rebranded Via Satellite geared toward the smallsat community. This year we are launching a new young professional nomination […]
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OpinionStarship: VCs Get Ready for the Next Big Opportunity in Space | August 2024
I would hazard a guess that most Via Satellite readers have been following Starship’s development tests fairly closely, or at the very least, watching the livestream tests. But to recap: […]
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PerspectiveSummer Blockbusters: Industry Leaders Rank Their Favorite Space Movies | August 2024
Space has always been a huge part of popular culture. In fact, some of the highest-grossing movies like “Star Wars” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” have space at the heart. The […]
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OpinionThe Legal Impact of AI for Space in the EU | August 2024
AI is being increasingly used in satellite systems and for the provision and development of satellite products and services. This raises issues on the impacts and limits on the use […]
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PeopleVia Satellite Rising Stars of 2024 | August 2024
While high-level deals and investment rounds often make the news, it’s the work happening behind the scenes every day that lays the groundwork for success — developing solutions, educating customers, […]
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MagazineWhat Does the Smallsat of the Future Look Like? | August 2024
Small satellite companies that have grown out of the New Space boom are retiring the cubesat platforms that made them to focus on larger, more powerful next-get small sats that […]