Oliver Muoto

Startups x Technology

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

🌴 Last night, once again, we had an amazing Space Dinner with an amazing group of people.

🐦‍⬛On Thursday, Paul and I made a quick day trip out to El Segundo / Los Angeles to meet with @BlackwingSpace customers, partners, and investors and no day trip is complete without a great dinner to wrap it up.

🍽️ Special thanks to everyone who was able to join us at Paul Martin's American Grill in El Segundo. As always, these dinners bring together a great mix of space startups, ecosystem partners, and investors, where good discussion quickly turns into real alignment. The night went long for all the right reasons.

See LinkedIn post: https://t.co/W2RWmBGnsE

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

Congrats to @PhilipJohnston and @Starcloud on their immensely impressive $170M raise. As orbital data centers start making their way into LEO and becoming part of the landscape, we at @BlackwingSpace decided to get ahead of it and do what any responsible satellite company would do: we built a game - https://t.co/uCE4nFuzSg

If you’re heading to Space Symposium, you can play on the way and compete for the top score and prize 😉 (see: https://t.co/bsNQV5TMBm)

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Orbital data centers are having a moment, and for good reason. Commercial players are raising significant capital to bring much-needed edge compute infrastructure to orbit.

But as these systems become part of the Low Earth Orbit landscape, it’s worth asking: how does space traffic management evolve when we’re dealing with thousands of football field-sized solar arrays in orbit?

At @BlackwingSpace, we think it’s time to start preparing for that future. So we built a game. And you can play it on the way to Space Symposium.

Introducing Flappy Sat, a nod to the side-scroller Flappy Bird that took over a decade ago. You pilot a Blackwing Space nanosatellite with one simple objective: dodge orbital data centers.

Play the game: https://t.co/qeSZIHPaKw
Linkedin Post: https://t.co/JSsuTtb7oi

We’re running a competition, too. Top scores on both Easy Mode and Hard Mode leaderboards by the end of Space Symposium will each win a Blackwing Space merch pack.

Let’s see who can actually make it through orbit.

And if you’ve got a payload that needs an affordable and low-friction path to space, feel free to reach out. Now booking nanosatellite missions in 2027. Get in before the orbital data centers do.

Fly early. Fly often. Play FlappySat.

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Industry Perspective: What the FCC's “Weird Space Stuff” Proposal Means for Space Startups

The Federal Communications Commission is beginning to address a key constraint on the next wave of space missions: access to spectrum for telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C).

https://t.co/cFeMkDkBuy

#FCC #BlackwingSpace #Space30 #CommericalSpace

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

I'll be in Austin at SXSW with @BlackwingSpace next week, meeting with founders, payload developers, partners, and investors working across the space ecosystem. Looking forward to connecting with friends, colleagues, and new "Space Friends"™.

At Blackwing Space we're building commercial, American-made nanosatellite platforms designed to help startups, universities, and research and corporate teams move faster from concept to orbit.

During @sxsw I'll be spending most of my time around @CapitalFactory House, Space House, @LaunchTN Tennessee House, and several of the space-focused sessions and venture events happening throughout the week. If you're trying to find me, you'll probably find me there.

If you'll be there, let me know — always happy to say hello, grab a quick coffee, or catch up backstage at Capital Factory. And if you're building something that needs to get to orbit, definitely reach out.

Best way to connect: If you'll be there, comment below or DM me on @LinkedIn. I’ll find you.

Original: https://t.co/6mVbq0TcUD

#Space #CommercialSpace #SXSW #BlackwingSpace #Nanosatellites

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

Had a blast exhibiting at @UTKnoxville over the weekend! Energy level was off the hook.

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

The Future of Space Starts Here! That was the energy all day at the Blackwing Space exhibit during the inaugural @ssta_utk Student Space Technology Association Conference in Knoxville over the weekend.

From the moment the exhibition hall opened, our booth quickly became one of the busiest gathering spots. Students and industry partners were not just passing through; they stayed, and they listened to our story. They asked detailed questions. They wanted to understand our commercial nanosatellite platforms, payload interfaces, mission timelines, and what it actually takes to get something to orbit.

What stood out most was how practical the conversations were. These were not abstract “space is cool” discussions. These were technical conversations about power budgets, onboard computer architecture, programming languages, integration constraints, and practical pathways from a student project to a flight opportunity.

This is exactly why we show up.

At @BlackwingSpace, our goal is simple: make the path from innovation to space access more real, more affordable, and more achievable. Seeing the level of curiosity, technical depth, and ambition from both academic teams and industry partners reinforced the idea that the next generation of space builders is already here.

Proud to have Blackwing Space supporting the event as a sponsor, exhibitor, and participant, and grateful to everyone who stopped by to engage in focused, technically grounded conversations.

Special thanks to Team Blackwing, including our student collaborators, whose energy and support helped make the booth such a welcoming and active space throughout the expo.

See: https://t.co/jbEZt8KY1f | https://t.co/hZ2euvwd79

Fly early. Fly often. Fly Blackwing.

#Space30 #Cubesats #CommercialSpace #Blackwing #ThisIsTheWay

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

🚀 Day 2 at the @ssta_utk Student Space Technology Conference in Knoxville. See day 1: https://t.co/fsBzg4q7eE

Saturday morning's keynote from Brigadier General Damon Feltman of the @SpaceForceAssoc, was a great way to start the day and set the tone for a full schedule ahead.

🎓 The student competition presentations that followed were great. Teams from @NCState, @universityofga, and the @UTKnoxville presented impressive technical work with strong engineering depth and confidence.

🌎 The industry exhibition was packed, and the engagement at the @BlackwingSpace booth was "off the hook". Thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk platforms, payloads, and paths to orbit.

🧭 After lunch, the State of the Space Industry panel featuring @RyanKriser, Maj. Gen. John Olson, Dr. @JohnSchmisseur, and Dr. Kurt Polzin was an excellent, substantive, and very high-quality discussion to kick off the afternoon. It was followed by panels on Advanced Propulsion, Space Startups, Policy & Defense, and Building the LEO Economy. The conversations reflected real alignment between academia, industry, and government across Tennessee.

See: https://t.co/7kUSWFdHmo

#Space30 #Blackwing #SouthernSpaceCorridor #TNSpace

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

🚀Kudos to @ZacharyMarano, Caroline Czarnecki, and the entire @ssta_utk team for the start of what is clearly a very well-planned and well-produced Student Space Technology Conference.

🌎Last night, during the welcome dinner of the inaugural event, the room was packed with students not only from the South but from across the nation, alongside faculty and industry professionals, all gathering in Knoxville for two days of technical exchange, competition, networking, and dialogue about the future of space systems.

🎓It was great to see this team's vision of creating a conference within the financial reach of students, and one that exposes them to a broad range of space technologies and speakers unfold! I, for one, can say that the professionals in the room were impressed. What stood out was a new breed of young engineers who connected and engaged with speakers, presenters, and exhibitors in meaningful ways. These young people were focused, curious, and energized - not passive observers, but participants. This is the way!

🧭We applaud them for making the concept of the 'Southern Space Corridor' that we talk about at @BlackwingSpace more real. Special thanks to @TypeOneVC, the premier sponsor of the event, and to the many others who helped sponsor or support it and who are investing in young minds and new ideas.

See post on LinkedIn: https://t.co/fsBzg4q7eE

#BlackWing #615vc #SouthernSpaceCorridor #Knoxville #TN

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

Ready for the road!

Heading to Knoxville this weekend for the @ssta_utk (Student Space Technology Conference) at @UTKnoxville .

We’ll be there representing @BlackwingSpace and talking about practical, modular nanosatellite platforms and how teams can get payloads to orbit faster and more affordably.

Stop by our booth! Win something ;)

#SSTA #UTK #BlackWing #Space30

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

🎸Last night, @BlackwingSpace x @615vc pulled together a small group of local and visiting "Space Friends" for an informal happy hour at the LA Jackson rooftop in Nashville.

🛰️You might not guess it, but there are professionals working at @Airbus, @AerospaceCorp, @Astra, @GeneralElectric Aerospace, @LockheedMartin, @The_TrueAnomaly, @blueorigin, @SEOPSLLC, @SkydioHQ, @shieldaitech, @WhisperAero and others all based in Nashville. Not all of them were in the room last night, but the ecosystem is bigger than most people think!

🚀At Blackwing Space, we're committed to building the "Southern Space Corridor" - connecting space talent and resources to drive regional commercial space in the Greater South. With @usspacecom now relocating to Huntsville, just 90 minutes down I-65, this corridor is only going to become more important.

🙏 Shout-out to everyone who joined us, and to all the space friends building space companies and community in places people don't expect.

🧬Special thanks to the @RhScientific team - Olivia Gámez Holzhaus, Heath Mills, and @NASA astronaut Michael Baker - and the ever-present Colleen McLeod Garne for dropping by while visiting town for the @PulseCapitalFi conference.

🌎Space is the new frontier, and it's being built in places people don't expect.

See LinkedIn Post: https://t.co/JV4yr83kFW

#Nashville #Space30 #Blackwing #SouthernSpaceCorridor

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Every @BlackwingSpace platform is named after a bird. Sparrow. Kestrel. Osprey.

It is not branding. It is philosophy.

Birds do not wait for perfect conditions. They learn by flying. That same principle shapes how we build satellites: fly early, fly often, iterate fast, and earn trust through real hardware in orbit.

The naming convention started with a small moment that grounded us in a simple truth: flight begins with curiosity, not perfection. And every mission starts by leaving the ground.

We are building commercial nanosatellite platforms that lower the cost and complexity of reaching orbit for startups, universities, corporate R&D, and government teams that have been priced out or pushed overseas.

Every mission needs early wings.

Fly early. Fly often. Fly Blackwing.

LinkedIn Post: https://t.co/CGcbjr30sf

#CommercialSpace #Space30 #Birds

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

Ping me if you are going! #NYSE #NYSESpaceSummit

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Blackwing Space will be in New York next week on Monday, February 23, for the @NYSE Space Summit.

We are building commercial, American-made nanosatellites that lower the cost and complexity of accessing space. Our modular platforms help startups, research teams, enterprises, and government users move faster from concept to orbit across missions such as Earth observation, communications, in-orbit compute, and technology demonstration in the Space 3.0 economy.

Our co-founder and COO, Oliver Muoto (@muoto), will be on the ground connecting with partners, customers, investors, and industry leaders, including those helping shape the Space 3.0 era of commercial space.

If you will be attending, we would welcome the chance to connect.

Fly soon. Fly often. Fly Blackwing.

LinkedIn: https://t.co/zdUUUolhbY

#Space30 #CommercialSpace #Nanosatellites #BlackwingSpace

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

@adxtyahq this is BS stuff

[Oliver Muoto @muoto]

@BlackwingSpace Space 3.0 is where it's at! #CommercialSpace

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Rook is our onboard motherboard built on PyCubed flight heritage and open-source hardware design, while adding commercial-grade reliability, updated components, and a maintained hardware/software stack. The result is a modular, plug-and-play board architecture that makes payload integration and operation simpler, faster, and more affordable for repeatable missions and scalable deployment. Most importantly, Rook will soon be available as a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) product you can purchase for your space system.

@BlackwingSpace is building nanosatellite platforms powered by Rook for teams working on next-generation IoT, commercial GNSS, Earth observation, remote sensing, AI/ML edge computing, RF intelligence, and on-orbit technology demonstrations, helping our customers get their flight hardware deployed faster and with less friction.

If you're developing a payload and looking for an affordable, domestic path to orbit, reach out via our website or send us a message here on LinkedIn.

Fly early. Fly often. Fly Blackwing.

Original Post: https://t.co/Y80yfiU17H

#CommercialSpace #Space30 #Cubesat #Nanosatellites #PyCubed

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Building a satellite should be as easy as customizing a laptop online!

That's why we built the Blackwing Space Platform Configurator.

In a few simple screens, you can select the nanosatellite platform for your payload, choose platform options and mission services, and submit your configuration in minutes. From platform selection and payload integration to launch, regulatory licensing, mission operations, and even insurance coverage, the entire mission-scoping process is distilled into one intuitive workflow.

Minutes, not months. No opaque pricing. No 18-month RFP process. No “contact sales to learn more.”

Space 3.0 should be commercial, transparent, and accessible. If we truly believe nanosatellites are the future of space innovation, then buying one should reflect how modern products are purchased - like ordering something from @amazon .

Build your satellite in minutes: https://t.co/sSCObSTQcT

Fly early. Fly often. Fly soon

#Space #CommercialSpace #Space30

[BlackwingSpace @BlackwingSpace]

Over the weekend, we quietly rolled out the first version of the Sparrow Payload Interface Guide to a few friends and early customers.

This is our first set of tools and documentation to help teams design, build, and integrate payloads directly onto Sparrow, including mechanical templates, electrical interfaces, and integration references.

At Blackwing Space, we’re focused on building affordable, American-made, modular nanosatellite platforms for the next generation of Space 3.0, making it easier for startups, universities, corporations, and government teams to get real hardware in orbit without multi-year timelines or custom satellite builds.

If you’re working on a payload (sensors, edge compute, materials, comms, tech demos, etc.) and interested in flying on Sparrow, reach out. We're making this available to a small number of teams and partners and would love to connect.

Fly early. Fly often. Fly soon.

[615vc @615vc]

🌵✨ Last Thursday's Phoenix Space Happy Hour was a great reminder of the importance of building a local space community. Huge thank you to everyone who joined and helped make the night special. See post on LinkedIn: https://t.co/XlpGnfLvy1