Priya Raman covers the space economy beat. She tracks the launches, the deals, the regulatory moves, and the executive shuffles that move markets and shape policy. Her work appears under her own name on her own publication (priya-raman.substack.com) and here at SpaceOrbitals.
Areas of expertise:
- Commercial launch industry (long-time watcher / independent research)
- Space economy investments and IPOs (independent research, no advisory role)
- Regulatory and policy environment
- International space programs
Favorite beat: Spotting the rumor two weeks before it becomes the headline.
Disclosure: Priya is an independent writer. She is not affiliated with Reuters, the Financial Times, Nature, Wired, or any news outlet named in her published work, and she does not hold any professional journalism credentials.
Articles by Priya Raman
- How Cheap Is Starship V3 Really? A Plain-English Look at the 2026 $/kg-to-LEO Math · 2026-06-09
- How the Space Economy Will Reshape Everyday Life, Risk, and Power · 2026-06-06
- The LEO Economy in 2026: Who's Making Money and How · 2026-06-03
- SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit — and It's Cheap · 2026-06-05
- FCC Tightens Post-Mission Disposal Rules for LEO Satellites · 2026-05-22
- Kuiper's First Production Satellites Reach Orbit · 2026-05-15
- SpaceX hits 100th Falcon 9 launch of 2026 today — what the number actually means · 2026-08-25
- Three signals from the end of August: SpaceX's record, Blue Origin's aftermath, and Rocket Lab's wait · 2026-08-18
- China's workhorse rocket fails seconds after liftoff — and SpaceX retries today · 2026-08-11
- BlueBird 11-13 launches Wednesday: the story behind this week's busiest lunar day · 2026-08-04
- Three signals from the last 48 hours: ISS crew home, Japan's reusable rocket test, and Europe's reckoning · 2026-07-28
- Two engine aborts in five days, Viking turns 50, and what SpaceX's cadence is starting to look like · 2026-07-21
- Orbital Daily Tracker: 56 Starlinks, one seat-swapped Soyuz, and the 600th flight-proven Falcon — what Tuesday's launch day actually meant · 2026-07-14