Payload

Six companies received a combined $1.9M in contracts from the Space Development Agency to conduct feasibility studies on space deorbit services, the organization announced Thursday. https://lnkd.in/eJ-Dntsp

SpaceX will pause Falcon 9 launches after an anomaly following a crewed mission caused the vehicle’s deorbiting second stage to miss its expected landing zone in the ocean, the company said over the weekend. https://lnkd.in/e9kz4Pna

D-Orbit, the Italian space logistics company, raised an additional €50M ($56M) as part of a Series C fundraising round that began earlier this year. In January, the company?said?it had raised €100M ($110M) to begin its fundraising campaign. https://lnkd.in/ec7GKa2w

Join us this Monday, Sept. 30 for our next webinar discussing plans to set up a base on the Moon and the need for alignment around a common lunar architecture. Discover the first infrastructure needed to support this plan and what else is required for humanity's next giant leap into space, featuring panelists from Lockheed Martin Space, MDA Space, Luxembourg Space Agency, The Exploration Company and moderated by Payload's own Jack Kuhr. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eYGpF2nX

The US Navy will pay EO company BlackSky ($BKSY) to study how the company’s next-generation satellites can leverage optical communications terminals (OCTs), the company said yesterday. https://lnkd.in/ec9ZzBxe

The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) published an?analysis?of the global efforts to mitigate the proliferation of space debris yesterday. In the report, the institute found that space debris mitigation efforts from governments, NGOs, and companies are gaining steam. https://lnkd.in/eCmu-n-b

Introducing the next set of speakers for Payload’s Space Investor Summit! “The Infrastructure Panel” featuring: Moderator: Avery Klemmer, Investor at Thrive Capital – Karan Kunjur, CEO of K2 Space Corporation – Bridgit Mendler, CEO of Northwood – Beno?t Deper, CEO of Aerospacelab – Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria What? THE Institutional Investor Summit for the Space Industry Where? Casa Del Mar, Santa Monica When? November 13, 2024 Apply: https://lnkd.in/eVWD9qpy

NASA is kickin’ it up a notch on a SSPICY mission to check out a defunct sat in LEO. Starfish Space will work on the program under a Phase III SBIR contract from the space agency worth $15M over three years, NASA announced on Wednesday. https://lnkd.in/e6XfZCS9

Incredibly proud of the Payload team, particularly Jacqueline Feldscher, Audrey Evangelo, and Brian D'Erario for crushing the execution of our very first all-day Space Capitol Forum. Thanks also to all the moderators, speakers, and sponsors! AND shoutout to the other squad members Rachael Zisk, Ashley Cox, and Ari Lewis ???? for supporting the event!

ESA has awarded €17M ($19M) to space technology firm Deimos to build an experimental satellite whose mission is to die a fiery death. https://lnkd.in/eFf7hwXS