Name: SmallSat Symposium Panel: Structuring Launch for SmallSat Customers
Start: 2026-02-11T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-02-11T00:00:00Z

SmallSat Symposium Panel: Structuring Launch for SmallSat Customers

Affiliated Programs

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA

Wilson Sonsini is proud to sponsor SmallSat Symposium. On February 11th from 3:30pm-4:15pm, Wilson Sonsini Senior Of Counsel Curt Blake will be moderating the panel, Small Payloads, Large Upmass: Structuring Launch for SmallSat Customers.

Session Description:

Launch providers are adapting to serve customers whose payloads are lighter, faster to build, and increasingly time-sensitive. This session analyzes emerging launch models—including multi-orbit rideshares, rapid-call-up missions, and flexible slotting—which are reshaping how Smallsat operators plan deployment. Panelists will discuss how propulsion advances, orbital transfer vehicles, and mission-integration services are reducing schedule risk and improving access diversity. Attendees will learn how to align constellation design with a more dynamic launch marketplace.

Panelists:

Curt Blake, Senior Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini
Brian Rogers, VP - Global Launch Services, Rocket Lab
Danniele Dallari, Sales Manager, PLD Space
Devon Papandrew, VP Business Development, Stoke Space
Kier Fortier, Chief Revenue Officer, Exolaunch

Contacts

Rebecca Poizner

rpoizner@wsgr.com

Presenters

Curt Blake

Senior Of Counsel

Seattle

Curt Blake is Senior Of Counsel in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the corporate practice. Curt is an attorney and senior executive with more than 25 years of experience leading organizations in high-growth industries—and over 10 years as CEO of Spaceflight, Inc.—at the forefront of the NewSpace revolution. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, financial analysis, legal strategy, M&A, and space commercialization, with deep knowledge about the unique challenges of NewSpace growth and the roadmap to success in the that ecosystem. He has forged relationships with key commercial, civilian, and defense-related customers. Milestones include opening the Indian PSLV to U.S. commercial customers, the first dedicated rideshare Falcon 9 launch vehicle mission deploying a then-record 64 satellites, and launching the first non-governmental mission to the moon (SpaceIL), as well as developing, launching, and orbiting several flavors of Sherpa, the Spaceflight OTV.