Podcasts about Inmarsat

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 40:10

The United Kingdom's robust and ambitious space sector has many personalities. In this podcast series, we introduce you to three whom the UK Chapter of SSPI is considering for its prestigious Personality of the Year Award in 2024. One of these three finalists will be named the 2024 Satellite Personality of the Year live at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London on 2 December. Click here to join us there! Each of the three finalists is a star who has made significant contribution to the UK and global satellite industry and whose career is a study of performance and excellence at the highest level. In the second episode, we learn a bit about Antonio Franchi, Head of the 5G/6G NTN Programme Office at the European Space Agency (ESA). Antonio Franchi works at the European Space Agency as the Head of the 5G/6G NTN Programme Office in the Connectivity and Secure Communications Directorate. Antonio has over 30 years of experience in the satellite telecommunications industry. Prior to ESA, Antonio worked for over 20 years with Inmarsat, a major global satellite operator, spearheading a new generation of satellite communications systems. Antonio received an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome and an MBA from the London Business School. He is author of 30+ articles and papers published at international conferences and professional magazines, and he holds six international patents in the satcom field.

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2024 9th Capital Link Maritime Leaders Summit, Greece | Innovation & Technology for Global Shipping

Shipping Forum Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 38:21

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY – DEVELOPING CUTTING EDGE SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL SHIPPING Moderator: Mr. Tim Ponath, CEO – NSB Group Panelists: • Mr. Konstantinos Stampedakis, Co-Founder & Managing Director – ERMA FIRST • Mr. Antonis Malaxianakis, Founder & CEO – Harbor Lab • Mr. Ben Palmer, President – Inmarsat • Mr. Yarden Gross, CEO & Co-Founder – Orca AI 9th Capital Link Maritime Leaders Summit - Greece “Dashing Ahead – Leadership in Action” Part of the Posidonia Week. In Partnership with ABS. Monday, June 3, 2024 | Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel in Athens, Greece For more information, please visit the following link: https://forums.capitallink.com/shipping/2024analyst/

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C-Suite Market Update

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 38:21

Prepping 101: An Experts Advice on What YOU Need to be Prepared for ANY Situation - Technology and Tools | Tina Blanco

Flyover Conservatives

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 56:59

Send us a Text Message.TO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.flyover.liveTO WATCH ALL FULL INTERVIEWS -https://subsplash.com/flyoverconservatives/media/ms/+g6yhgjx Tina Blanco, is a visionary entrepreneur with a passion for launching businesses that aid those in need, often in life-saving capacities. Pioneered the accessibility of satellite phones for the masses, forging lasting partnerships with leading MSS providers like Inmarsat, Iridium, and others over 15 years. Known for her unwavering commitment to improving satellite phone accessibility, Tina Blanco is a true visionary and advocate for positive change and she continues to share her message to always be prepared for the unknown.Tina BlancoWEBSITE: www.beready123.comWEBSITE: www.sat123.comWEBSITE: www.phone123.com -------------------------------------------

Prepping 101: An Experts Advice on What YOU Need to be Prepared for ANY Situation - Technology and Tools | Tina Blanco

Flyover Conservatives

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 56:59

Developments in maritime communications with Ben Palmer from Inmarsat

The Maritime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 29:47

The maritime communications space is experiencing massive demand growth for both crew welfare and business applications.In this latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast we talk to Ben Palmer, President of maritime business for Inmarsat, about the fast-changing landscape for communications in the industry.“One of the things I'd say at the outset is that I was struck when I came into the industry was a slightly binary sense that people wanted to talk about LEO or GEO, as if they were somehow mutually exclusive or there wasn't going to be room for both,” Ben says in a conversation Marcus Hand, Editor of Seatrade Maritime News.“I think the, the reality, and this is sort of playing out over time is demand for capacity is growing massively across the maritime segment as it is actually across the wider economy. We are seeing demand for crew and business applications risen by 70% and 50%, respectively over the last couple of years.”The discussion between Ben and Marcus covers:Inmarsat's merger with Viasat and what this means to the company and its customers.The rise of LEO constellations and combining with Inmarsat's GEO offerings as an orchestrated networkDeveloping a 5G over water serviceManaged services and software provisionThe outlook for maritime communicationsListen to the full conversation now

Search Restart

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 39:46

After they mathematically analyzed the Inmarsat data to figure out where MH370 ran out of fuel in the southern Indian Ocean, the Australian government hired a Dutch maritime survey company called Fugro to search 23,000 square miles. The work started in October, 2014. By that April, 2015 it was clear that the plane was not in fact in the search area, so they doubled the size and asked Fugro to keep going.Ten years after the plane went missing, there's new talk of restarting the search again ... but if so, would they look in the right place?More information at our episode show page here:https://www.deepdivemh370.com/26-restarting-the-searchJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUXIrQ2rO5B_z-AEpjmKaAw/join

Procurement: Moving Fast and Then Faster with Tim Snow

The Procurement Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 36:08

This week Rich speaks to Tim Snow, CPO at Inmarsat about enhancing the agility and efficiency of procurement.Emphasising the importance of procurement taking a proactive and involved role from the onset of strategy development, the conversation highlights the necessity for procurement to be seen as a partner capable of driving quality, pace, and commercial thinking, rather than simply executing processes. Key topics include the importance of building meaningful stakeholder relationships, the role of agility in procurement, the balance between speed, compliance, and vendor relationships, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within procurement teams. The dialogue further delves into strategic partnerships, the measurement of procurement success beyond cost savings, and the concept of '10x'ing procurement to vastly enhance its contribution to business strategy and outcomes.00:25 Introduction to Procurement's Speed Challenge00:46 Interview with Tim Snow: The Importance of Getting Things Done in Procurement02:26 The Reputation and Agility of Procurement Teams04:42 Strategies for Accelerating Procurement Processes07:31 Balancing Speed, Agility, and Compliance in Procurement15:55 Addressing Common Procurement Bottlenecks21:14 Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Continuous Improvement23:22 Leveraging Strategic Partnerships for Better Outcomes27:00 Evaluating the Success and Impact of Procurement Initiatives32:32 The Concept of 10x'ing Procurement for Future Success35:39 Closing Remarks

Better Satellite World: Providing Leadership from Recovery to Success

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 20:47

In this Better Satellite World podcast, SSPI's Lou Zacharilla speaks with Massimiliano Ladovaz, Chief Operations Officer at Eutelsat Group. Massimiliano leads the UK-based Eutelsat Group team responsible for the completion of the Gen-1 LEO constellation and the design and development of the LEO-GEO Next-Gen constellation. For his achievements, he was chosen as the 2023 SSPI-UK Satellite Personality of the Year and honored at the 2023 Better Satellite World Awards Dinner. Massimiliano joined OneWeb in 2018 at its UK HQ and became the Chief Technology Officer in 2020. With HMG investing in OneWeb after bankruptcy, Massimiliano was instrumental in re-starting the engineering and satellite operations teams in the UK; thus leading the timely production and launch of 650 satellites and the procurement/deployment of 45 gateways and ground network around the globe. Massimiliano started his career at the European Space Agency, then moved to Luxembourg-based SES as VP Spacecraft Platform Engineering and Launch Systems. He then joined Inmarsat in the UK as Senior VP Space Segment & System Architecture at Inmarsat, leading the design, procurement and deployment of several multi-billion US dollars space programs. He holds a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rome.

Debris

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 30:56

By mid-2015, the search for MH370 had entered a kind of limbo. The designated seabed search area had been scanned without success. So what evidence was there that the plane had really gone south? Attention turned to the topic of floating debris and where it might be found. If the plane had impacted the ocean in the way the Inmarsat data implied — namely, with catastrophic velocity — then there should be many thousands of pieces of wreckage floating on the surface. Oceanographers turned to the science of drift modeling, which can produce probabilistic models of where floating objects in any given stretch of ocean might go. It seemed like the most likely place for stuff to wash ashore was going to be the western shore of Australia, where thousands of beachcombers waited expectantly. They were disappointed. But then a stunning discovery emerged thousands of miles away. For more info and for the video version of this podcast, visit our show page at https://www.deepdivemh370.com/p/episode-16-debris

Better Satellite World: Deep Diving from Space, Episode 2 - Enhancing Safety and Life at Sea Through Satellite Data

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 34:34

In this Better Satellite World podcast series, we explore the exciting developments in space-based data analytics and the absolutely game-changing nature of this relatively new part of the industry. The second episode features a conversation with Peter Broadhurst, Senior Vice President, Safety and Regulatory at Inmarsat. Peter joins SSPI's Lou Zacharilla to talk about how Inmarsat is making continuous investments in safety and enhancing life at sea while helping to build maritime communities and collect and process data to improve our knowledge of and relationship with Earth's oceans. Peter Broadhurst joined Inmarsat in 2014 as Vice President of Service Delivery for the Maritime business unit, where he was responsible for leading the development of products and services from conception and implementation, through to launch and life cycle management. Peter was instrumental in the launch of Inmarsat's high-speed broadband service Fleet Xpress launched in March 2016. With over 25 years of experience in the maritime industry, Peter began his career at sea as a Radio Officer, before running his own business and working for a maritime distributor. Peter then spent 15 years with Sea Tel Inc., / Cobham SATCOM as Vice President of Sales and Marketing where he was responsible for overseeing and managing global sales, support, marketing, training, and product management. Peter has a HND Electronics, Marine Radio General Certificate, Radar and Marine Navigation Aids accreditation from Wray Castle Merchant Navy School, and holds an Open University, BSc (Hons) First Class degree on Radio Frequency Systems. Peter is Acting President of Comite International Radio Maritime (CIRM), on the Board of the World Maritime University and an Ambassador for the Sailors' Society.

North

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 31:46

Careful analysis of satellite signals sent from MH370 to Inmarsat indicated that the plane had flown into a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. But another possibility existed. The equipment that MH370 carried and the circumstances under which it operated together created a potential vulnerability that sophisticated hijackers could have exploited to make the plane appear to have flown south when it really headed north. If that occurred, then the plane would have flown instead to the northwest, over India, Nepal, China, and Kyrgyzstan before winding up in Kazakhstan. In today's episode we discuss the details of the plane's possible northern route, and explore whether it could have flown all that way without being detected by military radar. More info at deepdivemh370.com. Video version here: https://youtu.be/CxMdcTtLKsQ?si=stECu8s82Ght45Xl

Descent

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 30:14

Once the scientists at CSIRO had generated the probability distribution for the plane's last known location on the 7th arc, the next question they had to answer was: how far did the plane travel from that point before it impacted the water? As we've discussed previously, their goal was to define a search box within which the plane was likely to be found. The plane's location along the 7th arc defined the length of the rectangle, and the distance it could have traveled from the 7th arc would define the width of the search box. So the question of how far the plane could have flown after the last transmission depends on what the investigators thought was going on with the plane at that moment. They decided that, based on the nature of the Inmarsat signals, the plane had mostly run out of fuel and had already started its inevitable descent into the ocean. But had it plummeted steeply, or taken a long, gradual glide? More information at deepdivemh370.com.

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Better Satellite World: A Special Report from UK Chapter President Dr. Tony Azzarelli, Live from WRC-23

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 26:04

In this Better Satellite World podcast, we hear a special live report from the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23) in Dubai from Dr. Tony Azzarelli, President of SSPI's UK Chapter and CEO of Azzurra Telecom Ltd. We'll also get a sneak preview of what sorts of fun and excitement are in store at the upcoming Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London this December! Dr. Tony Azzarelli is CEO of Azzurra Telecom Ltd., which he founded in August 2018 to provide expertise and consulting on Regulatory and Government Affairs for the telecom industry. He is also one of the founders of SSPI's UK Chapter and its new President. Tony is the Founder and Company Director of ACCESS.SPACE Alliance, an organization dedicated to the small satelite industry, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) and the Royal Society of Arts. Before founding Azzurra Telecom, he served in a variety of management roles at OneWeb, including VP of Market Access, VP of Global Spectrum Licensing and VP of Regulatory and Government Affairs. Tony previously served as Head of Space and Sciences Services Group for Ofcom, Deputy Director of International Market Access and Regulatory Affairs at Boeing and Director of Spectrum Affairs at ICO Global Communications. He began his career at the European Space Agency as a System Telecom Engineer and went on to become a Senior Engineer in Spectrum Management for INMARSAT. Tony holds a Doctorate in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and an MBA from the Open University.

Ping Rings

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 27:57

This week, Jeff Wise and Andy Tarnoff break down the latest in a string of stunning developments into the disappearance of Malaysia Airline flight MH370. It's the week after the revelation that Inmarsat had been collecting data from the missing plane for a full six hours after it vanished from military radar. Now it turns out that, with a bit of clever math, Inmarsat scientists have been able to narrow down the plane's location to seven broad arcs — and more than that, these arcs imply that the plane took one of two routes towards its final destination. One route goes north, the other goes south — but which is correct?For more information about the episode, and a link to the video version of this podcast, visit our show page at deepdivemh370.com

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Reboot Redux

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 28:51

The First Law of MH370 is that the closer you look at it, the weirder it gets. A good example of this principle can be found in episode six, in which we explore how exactly the satellite communications system, or satcom, came to be turned off and back on again after the plane disappeared from radar. At first, most observers assumed that an inattentive hijacker must simply have left the system on when turning off all the other form of communication. But careful analysis of the data revealed that that was not the case, and raised the crucial question: what procedure could have been used to turn the system turned off and off again, how much expertise would be required to do it that way, and what does this tell us about the perpetrators? Also, Jeff reveals evidence of a little-noticed turn hidden in the Inmarsat data.For more information about the episode, and a link to the video-only podcast, visit our show page at deepdivemh370.com or our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDiveMH370.

Frequency

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 48:13

On March 24, 2014, the Malaysian Prime minister made a shocking announcement: using a new kind of mathematical analysis, scientists at the British satellite communications company Inmarsat had determined conclusively that MH370 had flown into a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. Because there are no islands in the area, there was no possibility that anyone on the plane could have survived. Therefore, all 239 passengers and crew must be dead. It was a stunningly sweeping conclusion to reach based entirely on a kind of mathematics that no one in the outside world knew the details of. But was it correct? Herein lies the technical heart of the MH370 mystery, one that no TV documentary (and only one book) has ever delved into, involving as it does such arcana as geosynchoronous orbital drift and Doppler precompensation. But Jeff and Andy break it down for you in plain, easy-to-understand English. For show notes and links to the video-only version of this podcast, visit deepdivemh370.com.

The Pilot

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 43:12

Within weeks after the disappearance of MH370, one theory of its disappearance had come to the fore: that one of the pilots had seized control of the plane and flown it on a prolonged and sophisticated murder-suicide mission into the southern Indian Ocean. Nothing like it had ever happened before, but there seemed no other way to easily explain the picture that had emerged from the Inmarsat data. So who were these men? In today's episode we'll look at what friends and family said about Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah and First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid and what traces could be found of them on social media. Based on what we've found, do you think one of them is a cold-blooded mass murderer? Let us know in the comments. And as always, for more information (or to sign up for our free weekly newsletter) check out the full show notes at deepdivemh370.com. For a video version of this podcast, check out https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAonCb_2GvOsYtVgh7gBGt7QYeFiBCEkL

The Vulnerability

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 38:01

In what's sure to be the most controversial episode of the series so far, Jeff and Andy delve into the question of whether MH370 might have had a previously unrecognized security backdoor. In the months after the disappearance, a series of surprising facts emerged which, taken together, raised the possibility that the Inmarsat data guiding the official search might not be as infalliably trustworthy as previously assumed. One Independent Group member even identified a specific parameter in the plane's Satellite Data Unit which, if switched, would make the plane look like it was going south when it was really going north. Whether or not this vulnerability was exploited, its existence means that there was now a second lens through which the evidence of the case could be viewed.Do you think that this back door is a flat-out impossibility that should be discarded alongside theories of UFOs and black holes? Or a plausible hypothesis that needs to be explored further? Let us know in the comments.And as always, for more information (or to sign up for our free weekly newsletter) check out the full show notes and link to video podcast at deepdivemh370.com.

224 Ronald Spithout, Managing Director of OneHealth by VIKAND

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 34:14

Remote health care How can digital health solutions contribute to good health and wellness at sea? In this episode, I discuss that with the Managing Director of OneHealth by VIKAND, Ronald Spithout. Ronald held several positions in the maritime industry. Before retiring last year, he was the President of Inmarsat's maritime satellite systems, so connectivity is close to his heart. Combining Ronald's passion for connectivity and the well-being of seafarers has led him to take on a new role as MD of OneHealth. This episode covers many aspects of connectivity and digital health systems. Thank you for listening. #everyconversationmatters

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Faster, Please! â€” The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 20:36

As the cost to launch a rocket into orbit has come down over the past decade, a slew of startups have joined the emerging space economy. But is there enough business for all these companies? And what's the broad economic case for space? In this episode of Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I'm chatting about those questions and more with Michael Sheetz.Michael is a space reporter for CNBC where he also writes the "Investing in Space" newsletter.In This Episode* The business case for space (1:05)* SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the other players in space (4:03)* How much demand is there for space services? (10:15)* To the Moon and Mars (13:59)Below is an edited transcript of our conversationThe business case for spaceJames Pethokoukis: How do private companies intend on making money in space over the next decade?Michael Sheetz: The first and foremost way is the tried-and-true way when it comes to making money in space, which is providing communications data and other services back to people here on Earth. You're talking about communication systems like Starlink, which are the next generation of communication services that have been around, from the geo-communication satellites of decades prior. That's the primary, immediate way that people are making money right now in space. The second way that people are making money in space is by launching satellites for other customers: You're talking about the rocket business, the transportation business. You see stuff like OTVs, or orbital transfer vehicles. That's a way to deliver stuff into space.Then there's a third kind of newer way, which is just microgravity research in general. That's coming to the fore really in the last decade as NASA has really opened up the International Space Station as a testbed for commercial technologies and not just NASA's own technologies. And a lot of companies see that as really just a first foray into that ground. Some of them are trying to do it in their own way by sending capsules into orbit and bringing them back, not going to a space station. The other way is by sending it to a space station, and there are actually four or five major projects underway in the United States to build private space stations in orbit. Those are companies that are either working together or building their own solo units, and they're all just kind of vying for a future in which you don't just have one giant space station, because the International Space Station is huge, but instead of the ISS, you have lots of these little space stations that people can sign agreements with. Say a pharmaceutical company wants to test out a new drug in orbit, they'll sign a research agreement with a company that's going to fly them up there, test it out, fly it back down. They might have astronauts on board. They might not.The other way — this is the other kind of nascent sector — is the lunar infrastructure world, and that's all very much a new space race, if you will, because there's a geopolitical element there. We've got India, we have China both firmly in that mix. China has been arguably one of the most successful at landing on the Moon in the last decade. And NASA, instead of trying to fly themselves to the Moon for these cargo missions and research, they've actually gone to companies and said, “Hey, bid on these contracts, deliver services to us. We'll put our payloads onto your spacecraft, your lander, your rover, and then get it down to the Moon and either get us back data or even return materials.” But mostly just, “Let's try to figure out if we can actually make use of the water that's believed to be on the surface of the Moon.” And that's a really big key point: The first round in terms of trying to make use of the Moon is all about, can we harvest the resources that are on the lunar surface?SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the other players in spaceMuch of the conversation among regular people, to the extent they're aware of really what's going on, what you've just described so wonderfully, is SpaceX. Maybe they've heard of Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin. How far behind is Blue Origin of SpaceX? Do we have a feel for where that company is?I, at this point, wouldn't even put it as really a competition, because SpaceX is very much in a league of their own. Blue Origin has so dramatically taken a different approach to development, very much more akin to the aerospace and defense contractors of the past. It's fascinating because both companies are actually very similar sizes in terms of personnel, but SpaceX has taken this approach of, let's just get one win after the other and try to just break things a little bit at a time and keep pushing further that way. Whereas Blue Origin is taking the route of, we want everything to work the first go, the first launch, the first landing on the Moon, all these other nuances in there. And so far, SpaceX's strategy has been dominant. Now, the United States is not looking at United Launch Alliance, one of the existing providers for rocket launches, as its primary source of both getting astronauts and satellites in orbit, they're looking to SpaceX. There's a flipping of the head that's happened in the last decade.In this next decade, and even just in the next three to five years, it's a really critical point in Blue Origin's history where the company has been around longer than SpaceX, albeit they took a very different approach at the beginning and have taken a very different approach in recent years as well. But they need to show not just for the customers that they signed contracts for—such as United Launch Alliance, delivering engines for them, or different contractors like NASA, providing services to the Moon—they need to show that they can start delivering on those contracts and start actually competing. Maybe not head to head right away, but at least start to get some actual performance and execution as opposed to basically at this point saying, “Here's our grand architecture of everything that we want happen over the next 100 years,” which would be amazing. I can totally see where Jeff's vision for people in research laboratories and living in Lagrange points and all these kinds of things could happen. But you have to make some first inroads, and they haven't yet done that. It's a one-horse race right now.Since we've been talking about those two companies: Are the goals the same but the strategies and timelines different or are they fundamentally trying to achieve different things?They very much have distinct missions when you just look at how they think about where they're going, the trajectory of the company, the trajectory of the space industry writ large. They do have very similar fundamental steps that they have to achieve to get towards those missions. When you look at one of their main products at Blue Origin, for example, with their New Glenn rocket, you still have to do the same basics of, fly a satellite to orbit, land it a couple times successfully, start reusing it and show that you can reuse it efficiently. Those are all things that Falcon 9 did and now SpaceX is going to have to do with Starship as well. They both have similar incremental steps, even if their broader mission targets aren't the same.I think one really interesting thing about where the space industry is at today is that it actually really isn't about just SpaceX versus Blue Origin, but it's also Rocket Lab. It's also Maxar. It's also Planet. There are all these different pieces of the broader architecture that are in the space economy and they're all kind of vying for different revenue streams within the space economy. But when we talk about SpaceX and Blue Origin, and I think we might be kind of oversimplifying the industry just into launch and basic transportation as opposed to what it really is in a lot of ways, which is infrastructure. And that's the kind of holistic approach, when you think about the companies that are players in that, where you start actually seeing Rocket Lab just did their 40th electron launch. Yeah, it's a small launch. No, it's not the same service as Falcon 9. But they've carved out a really important niche in that, and they're trying to use that to not just build a larger rocket, Neutron, but also build out a very strong space systems division and then provide services.Sort of like how SpaceX did with Starlink where they were like, “Look, we've got the rocket business down. Let's go find revenue sources.” The first one right off the bat was, “Let's get better internet service, broadband into hard-to-reach areas at low cost comparatively to years past, and we'll do it in a way that just really provides this holistic coverage: You can go anywhere in the world, plug it in, it will connect to one of our satellites.” As opposed to just the regional focus of past communication systems. I think one really important key aspect of where the industry is at today is the fact that there are all these different companies that may not have billionaire backers, but they have big investors behind them, they have big revenue coming in: Planet and Rocket Lab, we're talking about pulling over $100 million in revenue a year. That's not inconsequential. Maxar and the like and others are really trying to further establish themselves. I think of Iridium with their communication systems.There are all these different players that have their pieces of the overall industry. Some of them compete head-to-head, some of them don't. And I think that's where you start to see an industry that isn't at a little bit of, for lack of a better way of saying it, a single-fault failure situation, where if Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos loses interest in space or something worse happens to them, all of a sudden the US progress in space evaporates. That's not the case today, and I think that's the most actually exciting thing about where the broader space economy is at.How much demand is there for space services?Is there enough business for all these companies? Are there enough people who want to put things in space and do things in space to justify this archipelago of companies that you've just described, or do people talk about [how] there's going to need to be a shakeout? Or is it just that there's so much potential demand, boy, it is going to be hard to fulfill it all?I'll give an example to answer your first question, but I want to hit the second aspect of what you talked about first. There is going to be a shakeout right now, and I think there is a shakeout underway. We've seen a lot of M&A [merger and acquisition] activity this year. We've seen a couple bankruptcies. We've seen a couple of people get acquired for likely very little money, and that's because the free money of the past has gone away, especially in a high capital-intensive industry with high risk. Even as we're seeing now, Viasat, one of the most established players, had their crown jewel new satellite malfunction shortly after getting into orbit. Then the company they recently acquired, a UK company, Inmarsat, one of their recently launched satellites malfunctioned in orbit. So now Viasat has got two malfunctioning satellites that they're trying to deal with. This is a really high-risk business that we're talking about, and that opens up new potential for M&A, and it also opens up new opportunities as valuations have come down where companies that might not have been either competing with each other but could see each other as compatible are now starting to join forces effectively. And other companies that had a stronger position coming into this shakeout period are starting to take advantage of that, as well as investors who are behind those companies.This first thing that you talked about, and I'll give the example, I think the data communications world is the perfect example of, is there enough money and is there enough demand to go around for everybody? When you look at just purely broadband services, which actually there's quite a bit of variety within how you provide those services, which kind of customers you target, that realm has seen no shortage of demand. Every single company you talk to, whether it's a company that provides regional-focused broadband service to enterprises in one location or another company that goes after transatlantic flights and providing in-flight Wi-Fi, every single executive I talk to across that data communications business says, “We need more satellites and orbits so that we can provide more supply because there's more demand than we can provide.”And we're talking about what's already one of the most crowded parts of the space industry, from an established perspective, with multiple players around the world providing services all over the place. The fact that all of those guys are looking at this hockey stick from a demand perspective and all the different layers that they can provide service to — whether it's households, governments, businesses, shipping companies, whatever — that's where there's a lot of excitement around, this established market is even growing at a high rate, what about all these other little nascent markets? I'm not talking space tourism. That might be a fun place to watch that people always get excited about. It's one of the lowest revenue sources in the industry. I'm talking about the lunar infrastructure that I mentioned before. Remote sensing is one of the wildest frontiers in the last decade, and when you look at the varieties of companies that are competing and the customer capture that they're getting and the new applications that are coming out of that, it's absolutely wild. And so I think those new growing verticals are just showing that, yes, there's still demand, it's still growing.To the Moon and MarsAssuming that the US, NASA, we're going to go to the Moon, we're going to stay on the Moon, we're going to build stuff on the Moon, over the next 15 years will most of those rockets be NASA rockets taking people and stuff to the Moon, or SpaceX rockets?I don't even think it's just going to be SpaceX rockets. I think Starship definitely, if they continue to make progress… But mind you, it's been a little bit of a bumpy road in recent years. We have some reliability issues with the Raptor engines we've got to still work out. Albeit the first flight was called a success, I think rightfully so, but it's an incremental one and they still have a lot of steps to go. And when you go back to years past, just even flying humans on Starship, SpaceX has been very candid about saying, “Look, we want to do hundreds of these flights before we put people on this thing.” So maybe it's not Starship, at least in this decade, that's flying tons of people to the Moon. But you've got a workhorse in Falcon 9 that can deliver lunar payloads. It is going to deliver lunar payloads even in the next year.You've got a number of other rockets that are coming online to deliver services. NASA's own rocket, SLS, really isn't going to fly more than once a year at best. And that's pretty optimistic. I see that as lifting the biggest stuff that we need to try to get there, such as getting Orion and Lunar Gateway and all these other things. But really the core of it is, when we're talking about building infrastructure on the Moon in a way that you have a sustained presence, that's a group effort. This is not a single company, single agency doing that. That's something where you need the services of the likes of Firefly building their lunar lander, Astrobotic out of Pittsburgh building their lander. You need Rocket Lab to get Neutron flying. You want Relativity to have Terran R flying. You want this robust ecosystem of transportation devices sort of like we do of any other method of transportation here in the United States and globally, where it's not just one company that builds all the ships. Even in airlines, Boeing and Airbus dominate; however, they're two of a broader ecosystem of several other companies that have carved out niches for them making regional aircraft and stuff like that. And that's what's going to be needed to build that broader lunar infrastructure.I love the notion of going to Mars and colonizing Mars. What is your sense of other people in the space industry who don't work for SpaceX, what do they make of that goal that Elon Musk talks about? Do they view it as just Elon being Elon, these kind of huge aspirational goals? Or do they think this is something we can do as a space industry over the next quarter century?One of the most fascinating things, I think, is that you would get a huge variety of answers from people in the space industry on whether or not (1) they fundamentally agree with that premise that we should be doing it, what it should look like, etc., and (2) how we're going to make it happen if they're even in favor of doing so. And I think that's an amazing reflection of the different interests and the variety of folks who are in this industry, the inspiration that they take from the different missions of either their companies or agencies or projects that they're working on. I think at its core, it's something that still feels too far out to really put a pin in it because there's not a right way to do it currently and not an effective way to do it currently. And so it's something that, sort of like with the Moon and the Artemis Accords providing this new framework of cooperation and how we use resources and space, going to Mars, it's only really going to become a question of how should we be doing this once we're actually getting closer to doing it.I think a commercial company getting a lander on Mars is going to be a first start in that new era. But even that I don't see happening for another five to six years at least, and that's just maybe a small spacecraft. So that's a question I think is extremely open ended. But I do see us on this trajectory where it's not just the Moon, it's not just Mars, it's other planetary bodies, it's asteroids, it's all these other things of exploration where once we start getting into the realm — and you can look at any of the explorers of the past to kind of find your guide for how this happened, there were people who made that first foray into a new land and a new realm, and then after that we're like, “Okay, so we can do this. Cool. Now let's try to figure out what this should really look like and what establishing a settlement on another planet would really look like.”My short answer is, we're so far away from it in a realistic sense that I think what I would point people to now, with the fear of them losing interest in what space can really provide to the rest of humanity and the benefits it provides, that they should be looking at the current infrastructure that we have here on Earth and how it benefits us and makes our everyday lives better, one, and two, the real near-term possibilities of what the United States putting a presence on the Moon, China putting a presence on the Moon, India putting a presence on the Moon, what that looks like geopolitically, what that looks like from a resources standpoint, how we can compete in a way that's not leading to some sort of new conflict in space. That just seems like a place where things could escalate really quickly and poorly. As opposed to what's really happening right now is, in the next couple of years we're going to see more and more spacecraft landing on the Moon, and I think that's an exciting near-term future. What we do on Mars, what we do on asteroids, what we do elsewhere, it's going to be something down the road. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe

Minister grijpt in om nieuwe vertraging uitrol van 5G te voorkomen

Tech Update | BNR

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 7:14

Minister Micky Adriaansens is er wel klaar mee en grijpt in om nieuwe vertraging van uitrol van 5G te voorkomen. Want door een langslepende ruzie met satellietbedrijf Inmarsat dreigt opnieuw vertraging en om dat te voorkomen, grijpt de minister van Economische Zaken, Micky Adriaansens nu in. Ze is er wel klaar mee en pakt de frequentie van het bedrijf af. Volgens Adriaansens is dit nodig omdat er een patstelling is ontstaan in het conflict met Inmarsat. Dat bedrijf gebruikt al decennialang de 3,5 GHz-frequentieband voor noodoproepen van zeeschepen, die worden opgevangen in het Friese Burum. Die band is echter aangewezen voor 5G. Maar Inmarsat wilde Burum niet zomaar opgeven en kreeg eerder gelijk van de rechter in een kort geding. Een onafhankelijke commissie adviseerde daarop de verhuizing van het satellietstation naar Griekenland en een passende vergoeding. Daarmee leek een oplossing gevonden. Leek, want Inmarsat vindt de loopduur van de vergunning van de Griekse telecomautoriteiten te kort. Die loopt tot eind 2027, maar het bedrijf wil er een die loopt tot en met 2032. Volgens Adriaansens biedt de Griekse vergunning "voldoende zekerheid" dat Inmarsat ook na 2027 verder mag gaan en vindt de eisen van Inmarsat onredelijk en grijpt daarom in. Ze kondigt in een brief aan de Kamer aan dat de 3,5 GHz-band vanaf 1 februari volgend jaar niet meer mag worden gebruikt voor noodoproepen van zeeschepen. Ze verandert daarvoor het Nationaal Frequentieplan en hoopt hiermee de kwestie Inmarsat te kunnen afronden. Verder in deze Tech Update: Een van de grootste Amerikaanse persbureaus, Associated Press (in de journalistieke volksmond beter bekend als AP) heeft richtlijnen gegeven aan zijn journalisten over het gebruik van generatieve AI. In een blogpost benadrukt AP dat het bedrijf AI niet ziet 'als een vervanging van journalisten op welke manier dan ook', maar 'dat ze deze richtlijnen ontwikkelt voor verslaggevers en redacteuren over hoe AI te gebruiken. Open AI heeft het volledige team van Global illumination, een klein Amerikaans bedrijf overgenomen om 'te werken aan de kernproducten' van Open AI, waaronder ChatGPT. Een van de paradepaardjes van Global illumination is het spel Biomes, dat opvallend veel gelijkenissen vertoont met het immens populaire Minecraft. En daarmee is de cirkel rond, want Minecraft is van Microsoft en dat is weer de partner en investeerder van Open AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S26E66: Ancient galaxy dies suddenly // Inmarsat denies cyber-attack // Meteorite rocks Queensland // June Skywatch

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary | Astronomy, Space & Science News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 43:16

SpaceTime S26E66 - The James Webb Telescope has discovered an ancient galaxy, called GS-9209, which suddenly and mysteriously died – halting all star formation. Inmarsat has denied suggestions that two recent outages of its I-4 F1 satellite was due to a denial of service cyber-attack by an unfriendly foreign power.- Queenslanders are on the hunt searching for meteorite fragments from a meteor which lit up the night skies of northern Queensland last week.- Procyon – the brightest star in Canis Minor, the bloated aging red giant Arcturus, the red super giant Antares, and the June solstice are among the highlights of the night skies on June Skywatch.Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen and access show links via https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 66 by Stuart Gary: - The James Webb Telescope has discovered an ancient galaxy, called GS-9209, which suddenly and mysteriously died – halting all star formation. - Inmarsat has denied suggestions that two recent outages of its I-4 F1 satellite was due to a denial of service cyber-attack by an unfriendly foreign power. - Queenslanders are on the hunt searching for meteorite fragments from a meteor which lit up the night skies of northern Queensland last week. - Procyon – the brightest star in Canis Minor, the bloated aging red giant Arcturus, the red super giant Antares, and the June solstice are among the highlights of the night skies on June Skywatch.#space #astronomy #science #news #podcast #spacetime

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Viasat-Inmarsat merger completes.

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Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 24:30

Viasat completes acquisition of Inmarsat. The US State Department has released a 25-page document outlining a path to improving diplomatic efforts in space. US Space Command announces that they have assumed all missile defense responsibilities from US Strategic Command per the 2022 Unified Command Plan signed by President Joe Biden. North Korea's rocket suffers a second stage malfunction. SpaceX marks 200th successful launch, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Laura Crabtree, CEO of Epsilon 3, on digital transformation for the ground segment, aerospace manufacturers, and managing risk as an aerospace company. You can follow Laura on LinkedIn and Twitter and learn more about Epsilon3 on their website. Selected Reading Viasat Completes Acquisition of Inmarsat- Cision PR Newswire State Department wants to expand diplomacy in space- The Hill Lockheed Martin To Collaborate With U.S. Army To Improve Space-Enabled Defense Systems- Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman's deep-space radar passes critical design review- SpaceNews SpaceX mission returns from space station with ex-NASA astronaut, 3 paying customers- NPR The Falcon 9 may double the record for consecutive launch success tonight- Ars Technica Sierra Space's Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Comes to Life- Sierra Space North Korea fails to launch satellite: state media- Nikkei Asia PLD Space set to launch Spain's first private rocket into space- NASASpaceFlight.com Colorado State Government Grants ThinkOrbital $250,000 to Revolutionize In-Space Welding Technology- Think Orbital Wanted: European commercial cargo service for space stations around Earth- ESA Melissa Quinn Explains Her Spaceport Cornwall Departure, Next Steps for Spaceport- Via Satellite Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S1 Ep8 - Deep Dive - Inmarsat Passenger Experience Survey 2022

On Your Flight Today

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 30, 2023 52:45

In our episode today, I am joined by Neale Faulkner, Regional Vice President at Inmarsat Aviation based in the Middle East. Neale and I will deep dive into the Inmarsat Passenger Experience Survey 2022 and discuss the results and findings.In the age of constant connectivity, staying connected even at 30,000 feet has become a top priority for modern-day travelers. Whether it's business professionals needing to stay in touch with their work, or leisure travelers wanting to share their experiences on social media or stream their favorite movies, inflight Wi-Fi has become a game-changer.In the recently released Inmarsat Passenger Experience Survey 2022, they surveyed 11,000 passengers across the globe to understand passengers' expectations and how these have evolved over the past five years. Their findings indicate that passenger desires and beliefs have changed. Some of the topics we'll explore include the drivers of passenger behavior and how this informs the IFE & C strategy for airlines and suppliers, the desire for more transparency from passengers regarding the speed and reliability of the Wi-Fi connection, the tradeoffs for free Wi-Fi and the new battleground between suppliers, Quality Of Experience (QOE) which measures and reports on the connectivity experience at the passenger device level. This is an area that is seeing increased activity, with alliances and various solutions now coming to the market.In conclusion, Neale will provide us with some insider tips on what to see and do in Dubai and the UAE from a local's perspective with some of his recommendations not being typically found on a tourist map. Additionally, I asked him about a recent passenger experience that wowed and he will share with us his recent experience flying with Wizz Air, a Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier that exceeded his expectations. Let's go!Transcript will be available in 12 hours. www.onyourflighttoday.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/onyourflighttodayhttps://www.youtube.com/@onyourflighttodayhttps://twitter.com/YourFlightToday

SpaceX lives by the sword.

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 29:13

SpaceX adds itself as co-defendant in an environmental lawsuit against the FAA. Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast Space have all been named in court filings that divide Virgin Orbits assets. Arctic Space and One Web receive approval for Satellite Network Portal ground station in Sweden. Viasat and Inmarsat inch closer to merger, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Steven Tomaszewski, Senior Director at Aerospace Industries Association, on national security space considerations and policy. You can connect with Steve on LinkedIn or Twitter and find out more about the Aerospace Industries Association on their website. Selected Reading SpaceX set to join FAA to fight environmental lawsuit that could delay Starship work- CNBC Virgin Orbit sells assets in bankruptcy auction to Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch and Vast's Launcher- CNBC Arctic Space Technologies to support OneWeb's constellation with construction of hyperscale satellite ground station installation- One Web Iridium and OneWeb Confirm Success Post SpaceX Launch- Via Satellite Inmarsat Adds Free Wave Technologies as IoT Partner- Via Satellite L3HARRIS RECEIVES CONTRACT TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY- L3Harris AFRL taps Ursa Major for hypersonic, space launch engines- Breaking Defense The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations- SpaceNews Space Mining Market Technology Thriving to Touch USD 1.99 Billion by 2027, With a CAGR of 14.41% - New study Research Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)- Global Newswire Sending astronauts to Mars by 2040 is 'an audacious goal' but NASA is trying anyway- Space.com How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars- Wired Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Quad flexes space.

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Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 27:23

Quad leaders summit gives space a shoutout. FCC approves a possible Viasat-Inmarsat deal. Special coverage from the GEOINT summit happening this week (and there's already lots of it). Space Force goes meta. And Melissa Quinn gives us the insider perspective on Spaceport Cornwall and UK launch services. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our featured interview today is with Melissa Quinn, Head of Spaceport Cornwall, on what's next for domestic launch services, providers, and users in the UK. You can follow Melissa on LinkedIn and Twitter. Selected Reading Quad Leaders' Summit Fact Sheet - The White House Australia-United States Joint Leaders' Statement - An Alliance for our Times - The White House Viasat's proposed acquisition of Inmarsat receives U.S. Federal Communications Commission approval - Press Release Umbra and Ursa to collaborate on radar imaging data products - SpaceNews Planet seeks partners that can extract more value from data - SpaceNews Planet-led RapidAI4EO Consortium Releases One of the Largest Earth Observation Training Datasets for Machine Learning Applications - Press Release Impact Observatory Launches IO Monitor to Understand Climate, Financial, and Environmental Risk in Near Real-Time - Press Release AT&T tries to block Starlink/T-Mobile plan for satellite-to-phone service - Ars Technica Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the venture arm for the U.S. intelligence community - TechCrunch Space Force turns to metaverse to predict effects of spaceport congestion - SpaceNews Head of Spaceport Cornwall, Melissa Quinn, Announces Departure from Cornwall Council - Press Release Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex - NY Times Size of the Prize: Assessing the Market for Edge Computing in Space - Via Satellite Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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¿Cuál es la palabra mágica?

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 13:42

Conversaciones protegidas en WhatsApp / Fábrica de BYD en Galicia / Píldora oral anti-radiación / Robogrúa para resucitar Spitzer / Un millón de criptomonederos con 1 BTC / UE aprueba Microsoft-Activision Patrocinador: Hogar 5G de Vodafone te proporciona conexión a internet de alta velocidad en todos tus hogares, con la máxima movilidad. ¿Te vas de vacaciones? ¿Estarás en tu segunda residencia? Te llevas el router y listo. Funciona en segundos y sin necesidad de un instalador. — No esperes más, descubre toda la información en vodafone.es/hogar-5g. Conversaciones protegidas en WhatsApp / Fábrica de BYD en Galicia / Píldora oral anti-radiación / Robogrúa para resucitar Spitzer / Un millón de criptomonederos con 1 BTC / UE aprueba Microsoft-Activision

UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat

The Daily Crunch – Spoken Edition

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 2:21

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially greenlighted the proposed $7.3 billion merger between Viasat and Inmarsat.

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Satcom merger gets the green light.