CEO, PRESIDENT, TERRAN ORBITAL, TYVAK NANOSATELLITE SYSTEMS
WHY: Company makes small satellites used by U.S. government and by commercial customers. Many commercial customers use the data from the satellites to stay ahead of their competitors. Privately held company can produce between 60 and 90 nanosatellites weighing less than 55 pounds each year, as well as 30 to 40 microsatellites.
RECENT: Tyvak says it will provide a moon lander for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The lander will host payloads and perform scientific investigations on the lunar surface, paving the way to return to the moon.
QUOTABLE: “Space is expensive. You don’t put objects into space unless they really need to be there.”
