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Madrid’s Orbital Paradigm aims to prove a cheaper path to orbital reentry
Orbital Paradigm is moving fast and cheap to industrialize low Earth orbit.
Along with his cofounder Víctor Gómez García, Cacciatore founded Orbital Paradigm, a Madrid-based startup building a reentry capsule to unlock new markets for materials created in zero gravity. American startups like Varda and Inversion Space benefit from a few unique tailwinds: notably, the Department of Defense and other agencies have poured millions into hypersonic testing and delivery demos, often in the form of non-dilutive funding like grants or contracts that don’t require giving up company ownership. KID won’t be recovered; instead, the goal is to separate from the rocket, transmit data from orbit, survive the intense heat and speeds of hypersonic reentry, and ping home at least once before the capsule impacts in an undisclosed area.
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