{"id":54996,"date":"2022-07-25T18:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rent-this-space-the-business-model-of-space-as-a-service\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:01:36","slug":"rent-this-space-the-business-model-of-space-as-a-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rent-this-space-the-business-model-of-space-as-a-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent This Space: The Business Model of Space as a Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, people who want to get data from space have more options than ever before. They can buy the data from a space company. They could start their own space company \u2014 either through building capabilities in-house, or using partners throughout the value chain, like satellite manufacturers, ground segment providers, and rideshare companies. It\u2019s like a choose your own adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Space as a service, also referred to as satellite as a service, is another path space adventurers can take. Similar to renting \u201cspace\u201d in space infrastructure \u2014 a SaaS provider takes care of the space segment, while the customer has control over their data, payload, or satellite. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glKjNrkIRYJagLl2ySzF_VS_080122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glKjNrkIRYJagLl2ySzF_VS_080122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glKjNrkIRYJagLl2ySzF_VS_080122_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glKjNrkIRYJagLl2ySzF_VS_080122_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/glKjNrkIRYJagLl2ySzF_VS_080122_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the August 2022 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfrastructure as a service is perhaps the best way to describe it,\u201d says Joel Spark, vice president of Space Systems at Spire. \u201cThere\u2019s a service element to it \u2014 it includes the manufacturing of the satellite, launching, the on-orbit checkout. But we\u2019re really focused on what the service looks like. At the end of the day, it\u2019s the customer sitting there, with no human in between them and their payload, tasking operations of their fleet through an API.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Spire has a constellation of more than 100 cubesats that collect radio frequency data. The company\u2019s primary business is data products in weather, aviation, and maritime markets, but it also sells infrastructure as a service, like Spark said, through its Space Services business. Customers have access to Spire\u2019s full infrastructure including satellite, spectrum, and ground station, and can operate their physical or software-defined payload through Spire\u2019s constellation. <\/p>\n<p>This model is gaining traction, and more companies are getting involved. Spire, for example, debuted its Space Services offering after it was established as a space data company, and signed a deal in September 2021 with Myriota to deploy its constellation, its first large-scale, commercial, IoT-focused customer.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681d934;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681d934 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681d935').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681d935'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In recent investor presentations, Spire estimates the total addressable market for space services at $39 billion and said the company is in the \u201cvery early stages\u201d of penetrating the total addressable market.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Launchers are getting in the game too, to harness the value of vertical integration including direct access to space. Rocket Lab is expanding beyond launch with its Space Systems business, which offers complete missions including spacecraft, design, build, launch, and operation as a bundle. Another launcher Astra, for example, has expressed intent to expand into space technologies and deliver space services. <\/p>\n<p>Sidus Space, which is looking to make an impact with space as a service, takes a wide view of what the offering should encompass. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I describe our company, I describe it as space as a service with a capital S,\u201d says Carol Craig, CEO of Sidus Space. \u201cWhat it really means is cradle-to-grave, and everywhere in between. It isn\u2019t just about a satellite constellation and providing data, it\u2019s really supporting all needs related to space.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Craig, who built aerospace and defense contracting company Craig Technologies, formed Sidus Space to offer complete space services. The company offers hardware manufacturing; assembly, integration, and testing; engineering support; and is now developing the LizzieSat constellation, a multi-mission constellation to support custom payloads and missions. <\/p>\n<p>The LizzieSat is a 100 kilogram satellite platform manufactured in-house. The first one will launch later this year depending on launch schedule and deployed off the International Space Station (ISS), and support NASA\u2019s Astra program and blockchain company Mission Helios.<\/p>\n<p>One reason customers choose this route for space sustainability and to reduce costs, Craig says. She describes the push for space as a service as a more collaborative and sustainable trend in the industry, pooling resources to access data from space responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all don\u2019t want to end up with 25,000 to 40,000 satellites over the next 10 years, like some are projecting. There is no need for that,\u201d she said. \u201cThe second reason is cost \u2014 not only the cost of a single mission, but the cost of infrastructure and liability. By nature, it\u2019s going to be less expensive than building your own satellites.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"flex flex-col justify-center items-center w-full image-block px-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" class=\"w-full object-cover mx-auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EAqhGWgCQy2DTZNlYU4C_Screen_Shot_2022-07-22_at_3.49.36_PM.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>There are a number of different ways to present the SaaS offering \u2014 companies differ in the level of service offered and bus sizes \u2014 but this model is expanding the ways people can deploy missions in space or get data from space. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681de08;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681de08 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681de09').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681de09'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Potential customers need to discern if they want to be a regular customer and purchase space data from a company, or if they want to participate in the mission. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you just need imagery, you don\u2019t come to us. But if you want your own dedicated mission that you are capable of tasking and controlling and want to be able to process data that you collect, then you should go with Loft. We are providing missions \u2014 we aren\u2019t just providing raw data,\u201d says Alex Greenberg, co-founder and COO Loft Orbital. <\/p>\n<p>Loft Orbital, founded in 2017, offers space infrastructure as a service, and Greenberg compares it to offering the Lego building blocks of a space mission. The company is not a manufacturer, it procures satellite buses in every size class up to 200 kilograms. <\/p>\n<p>Loft Orbital produces the adapter between the payload and platform, with the avionics and electronics, called the Hub, which has an on-board compute capability that is a differentiator for Loft. The company then integrates customer payloads and flies customers on regularly scheduled missions. Customers can then operate their payload through an API. <\/p>\n<p>Greenberg sees reception of the business model changing. In the early days, traditional companies or governments were difficult to convince, but now many more understand the value proposition. Loft Orbital has around 25 signed customers including NASA, DARPA, and Honeywell. Loft Orbital has two satellites on orbit, YAM-2 and -3. The name YAM \u2014 Yet Another Mission \u2014 pays tribute to the company\u2019s goal to make access to space completely routine. <\/p>\n<p>He sees the business model gaining more steam in the future. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I think the idea of one-off, bespoke satellites [will] go away completely?\u201d Greenberg asks. \u201cNo. Absolutely, there are certain missions where that makes sense. But I think Space as a Service is going to be the dominant way that small payloads get to orbit in the future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yet he is \u201ccautiously optimistic\u201d and \u201cskeptical\u201d at the same time about this business model expanding beyond the space industry, attracting non-space companies to have their own missions in space. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur typical customers are either legacy or existing, savvy space companies or government organizations that want something in space and will do it whether or not we exist. We present a faster, simpler, more reliable way for them to get that mission to space and operate it. That\u2019s a big chunk of our addressable market,\u201d Greenberg says.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681e1ba;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681e1ba = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681e1bb').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681e1bb'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another part of the addressable market that is smaller today but shows a lot of potential, Greenberg says, is companies that want data from space but don\u2019t have a lot of in-house space capabilities. IoT company Totum Labs, for example, is a smaller company deploying its space segment with Loft Orbital. This model allows companies like Totum Labs to focus on payload development and their service instead of the full space segment. <\/p>\n<p>Another example is Canadian company NorthStar Earth &amp; Space, which is focusing on space situational awareness and debris monitoring, also chose to deploy its constellation through space as a service, through a deal with Spire. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple providers also mention governments of smaller countries are a market for this type of offering. These countries may want to control their own space capabilities but not have the resources to build a full satellite program within their country. <\/p>\n<p>A customer \u201cstill has to be someone who\u2019s interested enough to not just buy the data. Usually they have some expertise or desire to actually control the operation of the satellite,\u201d says NSR analyst Brady Grady. <\/p>\n<p>While there are a lot of benefits to the customer in this business model, NSR research found that the opposite situation is happening more frequently. Instead of purchasing space as service, potential space companies are more often moving up the value chain to become satellite manufacturers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA player who normally has no interest in buying, managing, or operating satellites, they realize that they want or need data that they don\u2019t have and can\u2019t get from buying across the industry. So they decide to become satellite operators \u2014 and they generally decide to become satellite manufacturers as well,\u201d Grady says. \u201cIn some cases, they will go out and buy their satellites, there is a lot of procurement of satellites and payloads. But for many years, we\u2019re seeing a rise in in-house manufacturing.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>Grady shares the example of SatSure, a data analysis company in India that recently raised money and started a subsidiary to manufacture its own optical payloads. The company cited \u201cchallenges around imagery acquisition in the upstream sector\u201d as a reason it chose to operate its own satellites and manufacture in-house. <\/p>\n<p>In many cases, companies want to have control over the entire process, and proprietary control of the payload, Grady says. Investors continue to place a high value on companies that manufacture hardware as well. <\/p>\n<p>Another factor that could be driving this trend is just how specific customer requirements are. For all the talk about standardization, modularity, and plug-and-play \u2014 customers still have very individual requirements and many require unique solutions. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681e5d2;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ac681e5d2 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681e5d3').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ac681e5d3'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a problem of fracturization. There\u2019s a lot of offerings, and every customer is different. It\u2019s very difficult to sell them something when procurement is a conversation,\u201d Grady says. \u201cIn most areas of the satellite and space industry, anything that is contracted out is a custom discussion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Richard French, director of Business Development and Strategy and Space Systems for Rocket Lab, says there is still a lot of traditional thinking. He thinks the value proposition for space services is obvious, particularly with supply chain scarcity and the ability to use flight-proven hardware, but not everyone sees it yet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of traditional approaches,\u201d French says. \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of traditional thinking that you need to own the system or you need to design it all yourself to be successful. There is still a lot of cultural inertia around doing things.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Responding to that, Rocket Lab will provide an end-to-end service, or participate in a mission as an ecosystem partner with satellite components. This is all part of the company\u2019s Space Services segment.  <\/p>\n<p>Despite cultural inertia, Spire VP Spark thinks that spaces as a service will play a role in democratizing space. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to be a space company anymore to operate this,\u201d Spark says. \u201cThat\u2019s always the fun light bulb moment to see people realize that you\u2019re not actually operating a satellite. You\u2019re just operating your app. It just so happens that it\u2019s hosted in outer space, in the same way that people don\u2019t know where their servers are anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The popular saying is that \u201cspace is hard,\u201d but space as a service promises to let companies reap the benefits of the work of those who have come before them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpace is interesting, but it\u2019s almost boring in such a way. If it works, you can just fold it into your portfolio,\u201d Spark says. \u201cIn the same way that almost every company is becoming a tech company, our vision is that pretty soon, almost every company will be a space company to some degree.\u201d <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Captions: Left, Spire has a constellation of more than 100 cubesats and its primary business is data products in weather, aviation, and maritime markets. But it also sells access to its infrastructure through its Space Services business.<br \/>\nRight, the Payload Hub is Loft Orbital\u2019s universal interface that controls payloads and manages dataflow and resources between the onboard payloads and the satellite bus. It also includes an onboard processor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405310:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qccJECHQQcKH8o5O1cX2_VS_080122_DGTL_5-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qccJECHQQcKH8o5O1cX2_VS_080122_DGTL_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qccJECHQQcKH8o5O1cX2_VS_080122_DGTL_5-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qccJECHQQcKH8o5O1cX2_VS_080122_DGTL_5-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qccJECHQQcKH8o5O1cX2_VS_080122_DGTL_5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t10 Smallsat Startups to Watch<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405342:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OX9dCZ9hTGiun2nzBkWh_VS_080122_DGTL_Tech_Focus-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OX9dCZ9hTGiun2nzBkWh_VS_080122_DGTL_Tech_Focus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OX9dCZ9hTGiun2nzBkWh_VS_080122_DGTL_Tech_Focus-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OX9dCZ9hTGiun2nzBkWh_VS_080122_DGTL_Tech_Focus-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OX9dCZ9hTGiun2nzBkWh_VS_080122_DGTL_Tech_Focus.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tLaunching Innovation to Orbit<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405332:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kWVvD7EWQ1K9027NuHKB_Opinion-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" 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--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eUoCv4hnRu6SsuKcaJXa_VS_080122_DGTL_3-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eUoCv4hnRu6SsuKcaJXa_VS_080122_DGTL_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eUoCv4hnRu6SsuKcaJXa_VS_080122_DGTL_3-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eUoCv4hnRu6SsuKcaJXa_VS_080122_DGTL_3-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eUoCv4hnRu6SsuKcaJXa_VS_080122_DGTL_3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tSmallsats Drive the Push for Nimbler Propulsion Options<br 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