Global Satellites, with Tina Ghataore (Aerospacelab)

This week's Pathfinder guest is Tina Ghataore, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer at Aerospacelab as well as CEO of Aerospacelab N.A. With a background in aerospace engineering and extensive experience in business development and strategy, Tina has been instrumental in taking products and services to market in both large and small companies.Aerospacelab is a Belgium-based company specializing in satellite platforms and components. Our conversation with Tina covers the fascinating world of satellite technology and Aerospacelab's role in it. We exploreThe vision of founder, Benoît Deper, and the company's growth over the past six yearsApproach to building and launching satellitesThe significance of vertical integrationChallenges and opportunities in the commercial and government satellite marketsThe role of Aerospacelab North America in expanding capabilitiesAnd much more... • Chapters •00:00 - Intro01:04 - About Tina and her path to Aerospacelab04:44 - Why Aerospacelab?06:24 - Aerospacelab's history and Tina's division09:38 - Why does Aerospacelab need a division focused on North American clients?12:20 - Market opportunity and distinguishing from their competitors17:29 - Gauging SpaceX's long-term bus desires19:44 - Current and future product roadmap23:53 - How is Aerospacelab currently building satellites27:43 - Aerospacelab's max satellite capacity31:49 - Customer base36:41 - How is Aerospacelab funded?39:15 - 10 year vision42:06 - Space in the Middle East50:32 - Startups that Tina is excited about53:54 - What does Tina do for fun? • Show notes •Aerospacelab’s website — https://www.aerospacelab.com/Aerospacelab’s socials — https://twitter.com/aerospacelab_Tina’s socials — https://twitter.com/Tina_GhataoreMo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislamPayload’s socials — https://twitter.com/payloadspace / https://www.linkedin.com/company/payloadspacePathfinder archive — Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@payloadspacePathfinder archive — Listen: https://pod.payloadspace.com/episodes • About us •Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 19,000+ commercial, civil, and military space leaders. Payload is read by decision-makers at every leading new space company, along with c-suite leaders at all of the aerospace & defense primes. We’re also read on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon, and at space agencies around the world.Payload began as a weekly email sent to a few friends and coworkers. Today, we’re a team distributed across four time zones and two continents, publishing five media properties across multiple platforms:1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, sends M-F @ 9am Eastern2) Pathfinder publishes weekly on Tuesday mornings (pod.payloadspace.com)3) Polaris, our weekly policy briefing, publishes weekly on Tuesdays4) Payload Research, our weekly research and analysis piece,  comes out on WednesdaysYou can sign up for all of our publications here: https://payloadspace.com/subscribe/