Luis Gomes joined AAC Clyde Space in 2019 after more than 15 years in executive management roles in the space industry.

Jordi Barrera Ars is the CTO of Open Cosmos.

AAC Clyde Space began integration of the first satellite in its VIREON Earth observation constellation in October 2025.

Dr. Marco Villa is associated with Tyvak International.

AAC Clyde Space’s 2026 revenue guidance is 61 percent higher than 2025 revenue.

Before joining AAC Clyde Space, Luis Gomes served as CTO and Executive Director at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

AAC Clyde Space is guiding for a 10 percent EBITDA margin in 2026.

AAC Clyde Space is headquartered in Glasgow and operates across five countries.

AAC Clyde Space is guiding for 2026 revenue of SEK 475 million.

EUMETSAT finalized the EPS-Sterna constellation contract in January 2026.

Before joining AAC Clyde Space, Luis Gomes served as Commercial Director and Director of Earth Observation and Science at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

The EPS-Sterna constellation was developed under ESA’s Earth Watch initiative.

AAC Clyde Space’s order backlog increased to approximately SEK 1.1 billion after the EPS-Sterna contract.

At Spire Global, Simon van den Dries was General Manager of Spire Maritime and Vice President of Business Development for Space Services for six years.

EnduroSat announced an additional $104 million in funding in October 2025 from investors including Riot Ventures, Google Ventures, Lux Capital, Shrug Capital, and the European Innovation Council Fund.

EnduroSat partnered with MetaSensing in March 2026 to integrate high-resolution SAR payloads with EnduroSat’s FRAME platforms.

Simon van den Dries leads Strategic Partnerships at EnduroSat.

EnduroSat is a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer that evolved from a CubeSat platform company into one of Europe’s scaling spacecraft producers.

Simon van den Dries joined EnduroSat in March 2024.

EnduroSat’s Sofia production facility is designed to produce two satellites per day at full capacity.

Simon van den Dries joined EnduroSat in March 2024 as head of Strategic Partnerships.

EnduroSat partnered with MetaSensing in March 2026 to integrate high-resolution SAR payloads with its FRAME platforms.

Spire Global grew a constellation beyond 100 satellites during Simon van den Dries’s tenure there.

Simon van den Dries has more than 24 years of space industry commercial experience.

At Spire Global, Simon van den Dries was General Manager of Spire Maritime and Vice President of Business Development for Space Services.

EnduroSat’s Sofia production facility is designed to produce two Gen3 Endurance ESPA-class satellites per day at full capacity.

EnduroSat’s Gen3 Endurance ESPA-class satellites are platforms in the 200 to 500 kilogram range.

EnduroSat’s Sofia production facility is designed to manufacture Gen3 Endurance ESPA-class satellites.

EnduroSat closed a €43 million funding round led by Founders Fund in May 2025.

EnduroSat and Berlin-based AIRMO announced a dedicated methane monitoring mission for early 2027 in February 2026.

EnduroSat closed a €43 million funding round in May 2025 led by Founders Fund.

EnduroSat uses a common bus architecture that accommodates different payloads and mission profiles.

EnduroSat’s Sofia production facility is designed to manufacture Gen3 Endurance ESPA-class satellites in the 200 to 500 kilogram range.

Spire Global’s constellation grew beyond 100 satellites during Simon van den Dries’s tenure.

Simon van den Dries joined a panel with AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis Gomes, Open Cosmos CTO Jordi Barrera Ars, Aerospacelab’s Pierre Wilhelm, and Canopy Aerospace and Defense’s Dr. Marco Villa.

EnduroSat opened a 17,500-square-meter production facility in Sofia in October 2025.

Vandenberg in California was approved for 50 Falcon 9 launches, up from 36.

The FAA has approved SpaceX for a combined 195 launches per year across its four currently active sites.

SpaceX currently flies about 160 orbital missions a year.

SpaceX conducted 170 launches in 2025 and deployed about 2,500 satellites.

SpaceX will not pay shareholders a dividend for the foreseeable future.

The FAA expects another 1,000 launches and re-entries in the next four or five years.

SpaceX wants to be launching 10,000 rockets annually within 5 years.

Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A was cleared for 44 Starship launches per year in a February 2026 environmental impact statement.

SpaceX had 9,600 active Starlink satellites in orbit as of last week.

Starbase in Texas has a 25-launch annual cap after the FAA raised it from five in May 2025.

SpaceX completed 154 launches in 2025 and reached 50 launches by late April 2026.

Two new Starship pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station can handle 76 launches annually.

SpaceX has launched about 80% of all mass to orbit globally every year since 2023.

Catherine Robin is Director of the Canadian Geodetic Survey and Chief Geodesist at Natural Resources Canada.