Pandemic Tests Small Satellite Industry’s Resilience And Resourcefulness

Starlink
The first batch of 60 Starlink satellites were deployed into orbit in May 2019.
Credit: SPACEX
California startup Swarm Technologies was five days away from launching its first commercial tranche of satellites when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Europe to shut down the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, grounding an Arianespace Vega rocket, its ride to orbit. “We continually joke, ‘Man, if...

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