A new frontier of human prosperity.
Orbital Progress advances a market-driven space economy through independent research, convening and practical engagement. We connect the people building the frontier with the capital and institutions that help it flourish.
Why Texas
Texas leads in space. Dallas leads in capital formation. OP connects the two.
Texas brings the engineers, manufacturing and launch corridors. Dallas brings financial leadership. We connect those strengths to advance commercial markets around the world.
Ideas. Leadership. Action.
Building a space economy takes insight, relationships and sustained work. Our three areas of activity reinforce one another.
01 · Convening
Convening
Bringing investors, operators and policymakers together around the decisions that shape commercial space markets.
02 · Research
Research
Publishing original frameworks, market signals and sector studies on where durable demand is forming and what helps it grow.
03 · Ecosystem engagement
Ecosystem engagement
Connecting founders and operators with the capital, expertise and relationships needed to develop commercial markets.
Convening in action · December 7, 2026 · Dallas
Space Economy Leadership Forum
Y'all Street: meet the space economy.
The Space Economy Leadership Forum brings 30 to 40 investors, operators and public leaders together in Dallas to explore emerging demand, growing businesses and the commercial foundations of the space economy.
Attendance is by invitation only.
Understanding what comes next.
The $100-Per-Kilogram Question
What happens to spacecraft design, manufacturing, orbital data centers, and market formation when launch approaches $100 per kilogram?
READING TIME 12 MIN
From Lunar Landing to Lunar Land Rights
A self-sustaining lunar economy requires more than government missions. It requires paying customers, entrepreneurs, committed capital, and durable rights in what participants build and operate.
Sizing the Space-Sustaining Economy
How the space economy's operator core is structured, and where commercial markets are starting to form.
READING TIME 14 MIN
Axiom Space: Productizing Human Access to Orbit
Designing a market for post-ISS human spaceflight.
Missions vs. Markets: The Space Economy Needs a Better Map
A demand-first framework for understanding where value is created in the space economy, and why the current definitions fall short.
READING TIME 12 MIN
The Ignition Choice: Build a Market or Become a Contractor
NASA's lunar Ignition program opens a real opportunity for cislunar suppliers. The companies that build repeatable products for many customers, not just one program, are the ones positioned to grow.
When Mission Logic Broke: Lessons from the SpaceX Inflection Point
Why one company crossed the boundary between missions and markets, and what it took to get there.
READING TIME 9 MIN