Pandemic Tests Small Satellite Industry’s Resilience And Resourcefulness

Irene Klotz July 23, 2020
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...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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