Curt Blake

Advisory Board

Biography

Senior executive with more than 25 years of experience leading organizations in high-growth industries, and 10+ years at the forefront of the newspace revolution. Extensive expertise in strategic planning, financial analysis, legal strategy, M&A, and space commercialization. Deep knowledge about the unique challenges of newspace growth and the roadmap to success in the newspace ecosystem. Demonstrated ability to negotiate complex transactions between multiple parties, and between both government and commercial parties. Developed and grew the commercial rideshare model for smallsats, and led the Spaceflight team to launch more than 465 satellites on 17 different launches across 10 different launch vehicles.