Developing a satellite for orbital launch has been the default way to validate technical solutions and increase technology readiness level (TRL) for scientific projects, space teams, and pharma companies in recent years. However, suborbital launches—which could be under the radar due to the lack of
Analysis of SpaceX's new rideshare offering It's been two years since SpaceX launched its rideshare program—offering a 200kg launch for $1M—which was massively disruptive to the entire market. On the other hand, it has given a dozen or more companies such as D-Orbit, ExoLaunch, Momentus, Spaceflight,
In recent years, with the booming small satellite industry and the introduction of mega-constellation satellites in Low Earth Orbit, the need for satellite networks frequency coordination (which should be done through ITU frequency filing) has become more important than ever. However, as the radio frequency
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Precious Payload Market Update: September 20, 2021 — September 26, 2021 Every Monday we share the latest developments in the small satellite industry. This is a great overview if you want to keep up with small satellite trends — sign up for our newsletter. Our picks from
What is heritage, and why does it matter applicable to a launch campaign? How to deal with the launch price range. Why does one launch cost way too high or enormously low? What if the launch is delayed? What backup options do you need to
This video is about Precious Payload's experience participating in the space stream of a famous goals-drive accelerator called Creative Destruction Lab. The lessons learned by our team with this accelerator program could be applied to basically any mentor-driven accelerator out there, be it TechStars or
History proves that most of the startups or talents representing the #NewSpace movement have grown from a successful technological demonstration of payloads. That’s why it’s crucial to catalog those missions and guide the entrepreneurs entering the small satellite industry. Last week we posted the first video
This video divided into two parts covers 60+ satellite payload ideas across 10+ categories: Earth Observation, Communication, Technological Demonstration, In-Space Manufacturing, Space Weather, GPS and GNSS, Space Situation Awareness, Amateur Radio, Thermal experiments, Microgravity experiments, and Astronomy payloads. Learn more about different satellite payloads types from
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Why are many satellite businesses not sustainable? What is the biggest problem in the smallsat industry? Why can hosted payloads become a solution for many space projects? Finally, how does Precious Payload help space companies reduce the time and costs of their journey to space?
This video helps anyone who is planning to start a space company to better understand the small satellite industry and define goals to market strategy: At Precious Payload, we differentiate four main SmallSat customer groups: 1. Space enthusiasts 2. First-time builders 3. Working on their second or third mission 4.
Enabling space entrepreneurship is the reason why Precious Payload exists. We are creating a set of modern, easy to use browser-based software tools that will walk future satellite SMEs through the toughest milestones and decisions on their journey to build space companies.
Earth observation business is a tasty morsel for both small startups and well-seasoned players on the space market. Precious Payload’s CEO Andrew Maximov sat down to talk with Awais Ahmed, founder and CEO of Pixxel, an innovative space startup from India working in the Earth
The United Arab Emirates launched its first-ever deep space exploration mission on July 19, 2020. The Hope Probe is going to Mars to study the atmosphere of the Red planet in greater detail. Why is the Emirates Mars mission so important science-wise and otherwise, and
You don’t have to be an orbital mechanics engineer or a space engineer to create a successful company and career in the space industry. There is room for designers, UX/UI designers, copywriters, and legal advisors. And there is a whole niche in the space industry
Why tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon are already considering and even investing in small satellite technology today? Let’s try to figure this out by the modeled business case on why Apple is to heavily invest in this technology, in having its own satellites. [embedyt]
Amazon and SpaceX are doing satellite constellation project Kuiper and Starlink, respectively. They are the pioneers of that notion of having their own satellite, even if it’s not a space business at its finest. Can the big transnational enterprises like car manufacturers be the second
As the brilliant launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon a couple of weeks ago started a new era in commercial manned spaceflight, two less visible and nerdy space missions — successful launches of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) and NASA’s Mars Cube One project
The government of India is going to adopt a law that boosts private space companies and public-private partnerships in the country. This is very welcome news, and guess why: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsaMh7_5Bjo[/embedyt] India has really great potential in space technology and the space sector but used to face