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2025 Space Industry Observations and an Update
A busy start to 2025 points to more records being broken by the year’s end. Will anyone other than SpaceX make a profit?
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John Holst
Cubesat Customers–The Worst of Both Worlds?
To be clear, it's not that the cubesat customers are terrible. At least, I don't think they are. 🤔
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John Holst
Making Life Better? 2024 Communications and Remote Sensing
So many satellites... Does more mean better products and services? Or is there tunnel vision going on?
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John Holst

March 2025

Stacking the Deck: Rocket Lab’s Flatellite
Here are some guesses and suggestions for Rocket Lab’s newest satellite rendering.
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John Holst
Maginot Line in Space: U.S. Missile Defense
U.S. missile defense is a dream. Whether from a fever or other conditions, history can help ground it.
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John Holst
Citation Needed: DOGE and Space
No one got to space through efficiency only. Even rocket engines balance performance with efficiency.
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John Holst
Europe’s Need for Space Sovereignty: Spacecraft
There’s a divergence happening between Europe’s spacecraft/services industry and its launch services.
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John Holst

February 2025

Europe’s Need for Space Sovereignty: Launch
European leaders really, really, really need to up their space sovereignty. So far, they have just kept talking a big game.
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John Holst
The Ill-Defined Space Spacecraft Market and Service Analysis, Pt. 2: 2024
What kind of payloads are space operators from four nations deploying?
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John Holst
The Ill-Defined Space Spacecraft Market and Service Analysis, Pt. 1: 2024
With or without Starlink, more satellites are serving the commercial market.
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John Holst
Space Industry Stories and Fibs
A few stakeholders might be high on their supply, but others are deliberately buffaloing their marks.
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John Holst

January 2025

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