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Space Business with Fexingo: Launch Companies, Satellites, and Commercial Spaceflight

Space Business with Fexingo: Launch Companies, Satellites, and Commercial Spaceflight

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What does it actually take to launch a satellite, operate a commercial space station, or build a business in low Earth orbit? In Space Business with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna strip away the sensationalism around billionaires and rockets to examine the real economics, engineering constraints, and regulatory fights that define the new space economy. Each episode picks a specific company — SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, Relativity Space, or a smaller player — and walks through its business model, unit economics, launch cadence, and competitive position. Lucas sketches the numbers: contract values, cost per kilogram, satellite constellation revenue projections. Luna pushes on the assumptions: who is actually buying these services? What happens when a launch fails? How do terrestrial industries like telecom, agriculture, and insurance depend on space infrastructure? They cover the full stack: from rocket engine suppliers and launch site politics to satellite manufacturing, ground stations, and in-space services like debris removal and orbital refueling. The show is for investors, engineers, and anyone who wants to understand space not as a fantasy but as an industry with P&Ls, supply chains, and government customers. Expect no hype, no starry-eyed futurism — just the concrete details of how money, physics, and policy intersect to build a business beyond the atmosphere. What is the actual margin on a satellite launch, and why does that number determine which companies survive? #SpaceBusiness #CommercialSpaceflight #Satellites #SpaceX #RocketLab #PlanetLabs #RelativitySpace #LaunchIndustry #SpaceEconomy #SatelliteConstellations #SpaceRegulation #NewSpace #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Business #Technology #Podcast #SpaceInvesting Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • How Spaceports Are Competing for Launch Business

    How Spaceports Are Competing for Launch Business
    Jul 1 2026
    Episode 85 of Space Business with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna explore the emerging competition among spaceports for commercial launch contracts. They focus on the Space Florida vs. California Spaceport rivalry, breaking down how infrastructure investments, regulatory speed, and location affect launch providers' decisions. Specific examples include the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station upgrades, SpaceX's Boca Chica expansion, and the UK's Sutherland Spaceport. The hosts discuss how SpaceX's Starship program is reshaping demand for heavy-lift-capable pads, and why smaller spaceports are specializing in polar orbits or small-lift launches. They also touch on the role of the FAA's licensing timelines and the economics of launch cadence: a spaceport needs roughly 10 launches per year to break even, but only a handful of sites currently hit that threshold. The episode closes with a forward-looking question about whether spaceports will become as standardized as airports. #Spaceports #SpaceBusiness #CommercialSpaceflight #LaunchInfrastructure #SpaceFlorida #CaliforniaSpaceport #CapeCanaveral #BocaChica #SutherlandSpaceport #FAA #SpaceX #Starship #PolarOrbit #SmallLift #LaunchCadence #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • How Space-Based Solar Power Is Becoming a Real Business

    How Space-Based Solar Power Is Becoming a Real Business
    Jul 1 2026
    In Episode 84 of Space Business with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the emerging business of space-based solar power—beaming electricity from orbit to Earth. They anchor on a specific 2026 milestone: Caltech's Space Solar Power Project, which successfully transmitted 100 milliwatts of power from a small satellite to a receiver on the ground in January. The hosts unpack the economics, the key players (including Japan's JAXA and UK startup Space Solar), and the regulatory hurdles. Lucas breaks down the unit economics: one gigawatt of continuous power could cost $5 billion upfront but replace a nuclear plant. Luna questions the beam safety, and they discuss how falling launch costs are making the concept feasible. The episode closes with a look at the first commercial contracts expected by 2030. #SpaceBusiness #SolarPower #SpaceBasedSolarPower #Caltech #JAXA #SpaceSolar #RenewableEnergy #BeamedPower #WirelessPowerTransmission #Satellite #LaunchCosts #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #SpaceTechnology #EnergyTransition #OrbitalEnergy #CleanEnergy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 mins
  • Why Space Starlink Competitors Are Betting on Smaller Satellites

    Why Space Starlink Competitors Are Betting on Smaller Satellites
    Jun 30 2026
    Episode 83 of Space Business with Fexingo dives into the surprising strategy shift among satellite internet players: instead of building giant megaconstellations of thousands of large satellites, a new crop of competitors like AST SpaceMobile and Telesat are going small. We break down the economics — how a smaller satellite can cost as little as $500,000 to build versus $1 million-plus for a Starlink v2, and how lower launch mass lets startups ride-share on Falcon 9 at $5,000 per kilogram. Lucas and Luna explore the trade-offs: less bandwidth per satellite but faster deployment, easier regulatory approval, and lower financial risk if a satellite fails. They also examine how this 'small sat' approach wins in underserved markets like rural broadband and aviation, where coverage matters more than ultra-low latency. The episode also touches on the surprising role of SpaceX as both competitor and launch provider, and what the economics mean for the future of global connectivity. A fresh look at the space broadband race through the lens of unit economics. #SatelliteInternet #SpaceBusiness #SmallSats #ASTSpaceMobile #Telesat #Starlink #SpaceX #Megaconstellations #Broadband #RuralConnectivity #Aviation #LaunchEconomics #Falcon9 #Rideshare #LowEarthOrbit #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 mins
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