A rare collection of five launch providers, when asked to share something interesting:
• SpaceX: Stephanie Bednarek, Director of Sales (speaking here) “Falcon is named after the Millennium Falcon. We are space geeks. Falcon 9 Block 5 can be flown 10 or more times. This really helps with manifestability. BFR will change the economics even more since we get the entire rocket back.”
• Blue Origin: Ariane Cornell, Head of New Glenn Commercial Sales “We are in the reusable era. There will not just be one launch provider. You don’t just have one airline”
• Arianespace: Stella Guillen, VP Sales and Marketing “We have had 300 launches”
• Virgin Orbit: Dan Hart, President & CEO “we hold the best parties :)”
• Rocket Lab: Indra Hornsby, EVP of Corporate Development “We are coming across the Pacific. We will be on this continent soon”
• Spire Global, Jenny Barna, Director of Launch (a launch customer) “out satellites are named after our employees, in order”
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