The SmallSat Revolution

Peter Zeihan says that SpaceX's successful capture and refueling of the Starship booster is a huge step forward toward building specialized manufacturing facilities in space - even satellite manufacturing! What say you, New Space people? https://lnkd.in/ejJujC6K

For everyone in the Space Economy, today was an important day. If you missed it live, be sure to watch this video compilation. Wow! https://lnkd.in/eGDFbGmy

In this 2:05 clip from his recent appearance on The SmallSat Revolution, Jean-Francois Morizur, CEO at Cailabs, differentiates between the vertical markets which are most likely to adopt optical technology quickly versus those which will derive the most benefit.

Good news for #SmallBiz! AFWERX pre-released its latest Small Business Innovation Research (#SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (#STTR) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Topics (24.3C). SDA’s goal is to advance affordable, resilient, and interoperable technologies within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (#PWSA) to support joint warfighting operations and enable all-domain command and control on a global scale. Toward that end, small companies are asked to provide novel and innovative technology that enables leap-ahead improvements for future tranches of currently planned PWSA capability layers or enable new capabilities to address other emerging or evolving warfighter needs. In addition, SDA is releasing a special topic, STTR Phase I - SF24C-T003 - Strengthening Space: Uniting Research and Innovation for PWSA (Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture), which will allow companies to apply for a larger Phase I STTR of $305K followed by a larger Phase II effort of $3M. SDA plans to select five companies for Phase I followed by a down-select of three companies for Phase II. For more information on the special topic and instructions, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/eAjyXfKf Important Dates: Sept. 18 - Pre-Release for Q&A Closes Sept. 18 - BAA Opens for Proposals Oct. 16 - BAA Closes at 12:00 p.m. ET #SemperCitius #SmallBusiness #Industry #Defense

In this 1:40 clip from his recent appearance on The SmallSat Revolution, Jean-Francois Morizur, CEO at Cailabs, explains the ways in which optical data transmission differs from traditional RF.

In this 1:09 clip from his recent appearance, Cailabs CEO, Jean-Francois Morizur, describes the incredible transmission speeds achievable using his company's technology to receive data from satellites via laser.

First Tesla replaced 171 parts, 1600 welds and 300 robots on the assembly line with gigacasting. Now SpaceX has made the Raptor engine the most powerful rocket engine in the world while somehow driving this BEAUTIFUL design evolution. The reduction in size, elimination of external parts and cleanliness of the final design are mindblowing 🤯 What other complex products would you love to see go through this level of massive design overhaul? #designsimplification #engineering

Our team was on hand when The Navy League of the United States held its annual Sea- Air-Space (SAS) exposition from 8 to 10 April 2024 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a surprising number of programs designed to guide young people into space careers.

Our team had a great time and met space industry people from around the world at the 39th Annual Space Symposium, held in Colorado Springs, April 8 - 11, 2024.