Meet Stella Guillen, VP of International Business Development at Spaceflight. Q: What do you do at Spaceflight? A: My job is to find customers, suppliers and strategic partnerships around the world so that we can develop opportunities to grow our business. I visit satellite operators, satellite manufacturers, launch service providers, space agencies and governments, promoting Spaceflight … Continued
By Peter Wegner, CTO of Spaceflight Industries At the beginning of every August something strange happens in the hills of Northern Utah that seems to warp time and space in a way that once distant points of the globe suddenly are as close as the ends of your fingers. The days and nights blur, time … Continued
We’re excited to be at the SmallSat Conference in Logan, Utah on August 6-11! We’ll be in the Center Colony Suite (on the 2nd floor) in the Taggart Student Center at Utah State University. Check out the map here. Come by our booth and say hello. We’ll have some great swag and can fill you in on … Continued
This article first appeared in SatMagazine July/August 2016. An Interview with Spaceflight CEO Curt Blake: SatMagazine: Can you explain Spaceflight’s role in the smallsat industry? Curt Blake: Spaceflight ensures small satellites are launched and deployed so their operators can access space in a timely and cost-effective manner. We do so by acquiring capacity on launch … Continued
Integrated launch service provider demonstrates expertise in secondary payload logistics with deployment of U.S. spacecraft via Indian launch vehicle SEATTLE (June 21, 2016) – Spaceflight, the leading provider of integrated launch services for small satellites, today announced it has successfully launched a flock of 12 Planet Dove satellites from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). … Continued
By Jeffrey Roberts, Mission Manager What a great ending to the launch campaign, and a great beginning for 12 Planet Dove satellites! A few minutes ago, we had a successful launch of the Dove satellites, known as “Flock 2p” on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket in Sriharikota, India. This milestone is the … Continued
Company also acquires geospatial data firm to expedite delivery of its BlackSky satellite imaging platform SEATTLE (June 21, 2016) – Spaceflight Industries, a next-generation space company dedicated to democratizing access to space, today announced it has secured $18 million of Series B financing led by technology growth investor Mithril Capital Management of San Francisco, in … Continued
It’s an exciting day here at Spaceflight Industries. Not only are we hosts of NewSpace 2016, one of the premier conferences in the space industry kicking off today in Seattle, we announced that we secured $18 million of Series B financing led by prominent technology growth investor Mithril Capital Management of San Francisco, in a … Continued
We couldn’t be happier to be a sponsor of the NewSpace 2016 conference, held here in Seattle this week. This is an exciting time for space innovation, and the speakers, sponsors and attendees of NewSpace will be driving the major innovations in the commercial space industry in the years to come. It is fitting that … Continued
This is the first in an upcoming series of profiles of employees here at Spaceflight. We hope to showcase some of the great people who make it possible to get our customers into space! Meet Adam Wuerl, Program Manager at Spaceflight. Q: Describe what you do for Spaceflight. A: I interned at Spaceflight (then Andrews Space) … Continued