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Smallsat launch services panel at #SATShow, with:

-Spaceflight Inc. director James Antifaev
-Relativity VP Josh Brost
-Firefly president Jason Mello
-Virgin Orbit CSO Jim Simpson $VORB
-Astra CBO Martin Attiq $ASTR

@SATELLITEDC @SpaceflightInc @relativityspace @Firefly_Space @VirginOrbit @Astra Brost: Relativity's inaugural Terran 1 first stage for flight "will be leaving the factory in the next couple of weeks, and then we're working toward our first flight this summer."

@SATELLITEDC @SpaceflightInc @relativityspace @Firefly_Space @VirginOrbit @Astra Attiq: $ASTR's automated approach to production is already showing results, as the company has gone from building one rocket "every 6 to 8 months" to currently "building 1 a month, and next year our goal is to build one a week."

@SATELLITEDC @SpaceflightInc @relativityspace @Firefly_Space @VirginOrbit @Astra Attiq: Russia's Soyuz "was a workhorse" and $ASTR is going after opportunities where payloads no longer have a ride to orbit.

"We're talking" to customers about where Astra can fly satellites that expected to fly on Soyuz.

@SATELLITEDC @SpaceflightInc @relativityspace @Firefly_Space @VirginOrbit @Astra Mello: Firefly is "definitely" looking into that target market.

There are "a number of customers out there that are really looking heavily at what we can do."

@SATELLITEDC @SpaceflightInc @relativityspace @Firefly_Space @VirginOrbit @Astra Simpson: $VORB has "been contacted by multiple different satellite data providers" about launches after Soyuz withdrew.