Mo Islam 🚀
@itsmoislam
CEO of Arkaea Media Group (@payloadspace, @ignitionnuclear, @tectonicdefense)
“The Case for Space” is a presentation the @payloadspace team has delivered to investors at conferences, banking events, and private meetings over the past few years. After countless requests to share the slides post-presentation, we’ve decided to publish a updated version of…

Astra’s founder, chairman & CEO @Kemp talks with @itsmoislam of @payloadspace on launching rockets, building spacecraft engines, Rocket 4, and more. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=mEwPws… Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bac…
🖖 “We couldn’t make Star Trek happen if we didn’t innovate the engines that push humanity around.” Portal CEO @JeffThornburg joins @itsmoislam on Valley of Depth to talk Raptor, Supernova, and space mobility. #PortalSpaceSystems #SpaceMobility #SpaceX #ValleyOfDepth
Starlink just hit 6M customers, adding 1M users in the last 101 days.
Proud to announce @AetheroSpace has raised $8.4M led by @KindredVentures alongside @Neo, @GiantStepVC, @alumniventures, @1517fund, and @osventuresllc to build compute in space s/o to our angels @JoshuaSteinman, @basti, @miamishor, @sthenc, @kayvz, and others What comes next?
Payload's 2025 SpaceX revenue predictions: We estimate SpaceX will generate $18.2B in revenue in '25. Breakdown: - Starlink: $12.8B - Launch: $5.1B - HLS: $300M - Starlink customers: 8.4M Full article (Payload Pro): pro.payloadspace.com/predicting-spa…
Man I can't imagine how I'd stay on top of all things in aerospance/defense without Payload/Tectonic! God bless @itsmoislam and @amlewis4 for building incredible newsletters that I read religiously every day
Thank you @tectonicdefense and @itsmoislam for hosting @ElectraAero CEO Marc Allen to discuss the advantages of Electra's EL9 Ultra Short aircraft at this week’s Defense Summit in Austin! Couldn’t attend this time around? Catch up on the EL9 here: lnkd.in/eXqeb_QE
Defense news startup @payloadspace raises cash, rebrands axios.com/2025/02/25/def…