EnduroSat, a space infrastructure builder, and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria had signed a memorandum of understanding to turn the former military airbase Dobroslavtsi into Europe’s space and defense R&D center. For constellation operators, governments, and defense forces, the site had enabled serial production and logistics for large and complex space fleets.
“Rarely do you get the chance to chase a truly big vision. For the past decade, the EnduroSat team has built an incredible track record: proving doubters wrong and pushing through every human and technical challenge in our way, all to make space more accessible. A few numbers to back that up. We’ve built the most vertically integrated space company in the EU. We’ve cut the cost of acquiring data from any mission from thousands of dollars per GB down to $1 per GB. We’ve cut time to orbit from years to an average of 8 months, from idea to live in-orbit data service. We have launched 100+ satellites in orbit, generating a huge trove of data. And we’ve shipped over 200 satellites to customers worldwide (yes, the Earth is round — I can confirm).
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Here’s the part that excites me most. I’ve always tried to look ahead: how do we scale our impact, and where can my team and I make the biggest difference? I’m convinced the answer is infrastructure. Not just satellites, missions, or launchers, as exciting as those are, but the physical bottlenecks underneath every space service: brutal supply chains, constant one-off engineering, no standardization, no flexibility to build differently, and painfully slow execution, an issue our industry badly underrates. I believe the greatest value goes to whoever owns the scarce physical inputs, because that’s what lets you scale and raise the barrier to entry in your domain.
That’s where we are now: taking EnduroSat to the next level by solving scalability for space infrastructure, a connected infrastructure that powers progress both in space and on the ground. I’m excited to share that we’re launching a new program to build exactly that, here on Earth. On a former military airfield, we’re setting up an unprecedented center bringing together manufacturing, R&D, education, testing and logistics. It’s complex, risky, and hard and we’re taking it on anyway. If nothing else, it’ll annoy the pessimists a little more. Huge thanks to our investors, backers, and my team for standing behind me through so many challenges already. Let’s take on one more, bigger one, together. I can’t wait to make mistakes, learn from them, and show what this team is made of. Ad astra!”, Raycho Raychev, Founder and CEO, EnduroSat.
