If your small satellite is supposed to fly in 2029, you probably don’t have a ride yet. And the cheapest seat in the business is no longer taking your booking.

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Meidad "Mayday" Pariente has spent 31 years building satellites, from five-ton geostationary communications satellites to 1U CubeSats, with a 100% orbital success rate. He is co-founder and Chief Space Officer of ORBITinsure, a space insurance technology...