After months ofspeculation, potential, and disappointments, Virgin Orbit’s fate has been sealed. It will go down in history as a company that revolutionized an industry that it eventually couldn’t keep up with.

The New York start-up Launcher is unlike most other rocket companies. With a small team of 8 people, Launcher is working to create the highest performance rocket for small sat launches.

Max Haot has had a successful career in the tech sector. His company Livestream wasacquired by Vimeo in 2017. Before that, Haot developed the software platform used forIMG Media, something Verizon later acquired in 2005. These days Haot does something slightly different; he’s the founder of aspace industry company called Launcher.