{"id":17285,"date":"2023-06-15T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/former-spaceflight-ceo-curt-blake-joins-law-firm-to-focus-on-new-space-ventures\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:19:06","slug":"former-spaceflight-ceo-curt-blake-joins-law-firm-to-focus-on-new-space-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/former-spaceflight-ceo-curt-blake-joins-law-firm-to-focus-on-new-space-ventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spaceflight CEO Curt Blake joins law firm to focus on new space ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Curt Blake, former CEO of Spaceflight Inc., is joining Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as the law firm launches a NewSpace industry group. (GeekWire File Photo \/ Alan Boyle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spaceflight Inc.\u2019s former CEO, Curt Blake<\/strong>, is joining the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati at a time when the California-based law firm is launching an industry group to focus on the needs of emerging space ventures.<\/p>\n

Wilson Sonsini\u2019s clients already include high-profile investors and companies in the NewSpace industry sector, such as Astranis Space Technologies, BlackSky, Lunasonde, Skylo Technologies and Slingshot Aerospace.<\/p>\n

Craig Sherman, a partner at Wilson Sonsini who focuses on the space industry, said in a news release that Blake\u2019s addition to the team as a senior of counsel serves as \u201can ideal opportunity for us to work more closely with the innovators and established companies leading the way forward in the NewSpace sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his 12-year tenure as the CEO at Spaceflight Inc. \u2014 which is currently headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. \u2014 Blake oversaw the company\u2019s rise as a coordinator of satellite rideshare logistics and the manufacturer of Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles. He was a board member for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation from 2012 to 2022.<\/p>\n

Before he helped Spaceflight Inc. get off the ground, Blake served in a variety of senior executive and legal roles at software companies including Microsoft, Aldus, Corbis and the late billionaire Paul Allen\u2019s Starwave media venture. He earned his B.A., J.D. and MBA degrees from the University of Washington. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about joining Wilson Sonsini because of its impressive legacy of working with innovative technology and life sciences clients,\u201d Blake said in today\u2019s news release. \u201cTaking on this role at such a unique time gives me the opportunity to continue focusing on the rapidly growing and dynamic space technology sector while building upon the relationships I\u2019ve established in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spaceflight was a subsidiary of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries until 2020. That\u2019s when Spaceflight Inc. was sold to a 50-50 joint venture involving Japan\u2019s Mitsui & Co. and Yamasa Co. Ltd. Spaceflight Industries then rebranded itself as BlackSky, with a focus on satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence solutions. <\/p>\n

Blake transitioned out of the CEO role at Spaceflight Inc. in February, passing the baton to veteran aerospace executive Tiphaine Louradour in February. Since March, he\u2019s been a strategic and legal adviser to Mitsui and other clients.<\/p>\n

Last week, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace announced that it acquired Spaceflight Inc. from Mitsui and Yamasa and will sharpen the operation\u2019s focus on orbital vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curt Blake, former CEO of Spaceflight Inc., is joining Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as the law firm launches a NewSpace industry group. (GeekWire File Photo \/ Alan Boyle) Spaceflight Inc.\u2019s former CEO, Curt Blake, is joining the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati at a time when the California-based law firm is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4557,2340,4396,4558],"class_list":["post-17285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-curt-blake","tag-spaceflight","tag-tech-moves","tag-wilson-sonsini"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}