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90 minutes to delivery: Sierra Space sets stage for cargo transport from orbit

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Sierra Space is a leading commercial space-tech company and now its spacecraft, Sierra Space Ghost, enters the final testing stage.

The fastest way to get from New York to Boston is to train and fly which takes 2h 58m.  How good it might be to have a technology that can transport us to any location in 90 minutes? Well, that is an option…for cargo delivery.

Sierra Space team's goal is to enable on-demand cargo delivery from orbit to any location on Earth. How long that might last? Well, they could do it in an hour and a half an hour. A combination of cutting-edge technology and pushing the boundaries of space logistics might revolutionize the way of transporting supplies.

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