IN-SPACe-incubated spacetech startup SatLeo Labs is set to launch TAPAS-1, its first commercial thermal-imaging payload, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-18 rideshare mission on October 1.TAPAS-1 (Thermal Access Platform for Analytics & Solutions) is designed to capture land surface temperature data that cannot be detected through conventional optical satellite imagery.SatLeo cofounder Urmil Bakhai described the payload as