SmallSat Symposium panelists discussing satellite manufacturing from left: Russ Matijevich, Airbus US Space and Defense chief growth officer, Clive Oates, Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. chief operating officer, Jason Kim, Millennium Space Systems CEO and Marco Villa, Terran Orbital chief revenue officer.

Many satellite constellation developers are opting to build their own satellites.

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