Dispatch
ActiveSatellites for manufacturing in space
About
Dispatch is building refurbishable reentry vehicles that host and return payloads for companies making ultra-high-value materials (semiconductors, biotech, and pharma) that can only be manufactured in space. Right now, these companies have no practical way to manufacture and get their products back to Earth. We solve this bottleneck. We just returned from the Mojave Desert testing our first full-scale reentry heat shield designed to protect the satellite as it returns from space at Mach 20+, built in an apartment for 100x cheaper than competitors. To test, we held it behind a rocket engine to simulate the forces of atmospheric reentry. IT WORKED! Watch here - https://youtu.be/dhlQmnIoptg To scale, we anchor permanent infrastructure in orbit - building high power Autonomous Space Stations designed from day one for "lights-out" manufacturing serviced by the reentry vehicles.
Founders · 2
Co-founder & CEO at Dispatch | Building satellites for in space manufacturing | Enjoys long walks in space Formerly Astranis office of the CTO engineer driving everything from spacecraft architecture, to production, to their most critical mission operations. https://x.com/ngmxyz/status/1867769725415305593?s=19
AmazonCo-founder & CTO at Dispatch | Let's have an industrial revolution in space I've worked at Apple on AirPods, at Amazon on warehouse automation, at Zoox on convincing Toyotas that someone is driving when they really aren't, and at Astranis leading the Avionics team through multiple generations of satellite designs.
Launch
Bringing things back from space shouldn't cost more than sending them up
Payton and Andrew announce a plan to build autonomous, refurbishable reentry vehicles for mass manufacturing in orbit, returning products to Earth on a customer schedule without astronauts or ISS involvement. They outline Phase 1 (reentry vehicles, mid-2027 first flight) and Phase 2 (uncrewed space stations) to enable scalable microgravity manufacturing and a dedicated space logistics layer.
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