Walter E Washington Convention Center
Washington D.C.
With a significant share of the small sat can brokers and integrators play a role in today's small satellite launch ecosystem?
With a significant share of the small satellite launch market, SpaceX is increasingly selling direct to customers, often providing integration services as well. Does this leave any more room for brokers/integrators? Due to their smaller size, launch vehicles such as Rocket Lab’s Electron, NSIL SSLV, Firefly Alpha, and ABL can sell direct and provide their own integration. This leaves Arianespace Vega, Roscosmos Vega, and NSIL PSLV as the mid-size players. This panel will discuss if there is still a role for brokers/integrators, and, if so, what strategies should they employ to remain relevant.
Rebecca Poizner
rpoizner@wsgr.comCurt Blake is Senior Of Counsel in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the corporate practice. Curt is an attorney and senior executive with more than 25 years of experience leading organizations in high-growth industries—and over 10 years as CEO of Spaceflight, Inc.—at the forefront of the NewSpace revolution. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, financial analysis, legal strategy, M&A, and space commercialization, with deep knowledge about the unique challenges of NewSpace growth and the roadmap to success in the that ecosystem. He has forged relationships with key commercial, civilian, and defense-related customers. Milestones include opening the Indian PSLV to U.S. commercial customers, the first dedicated rideshare Falcon 9 launch vehicle mission deploying a then-record 64 satellites, and launching the first non-governmental mission to the moon (SpaceIL), as well as developing, launching, and orbiting several flavors of Sherpa, the Spaceflight OTV.