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In today's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by Rafel Jorda Siquier, Founder and CEO of Open Cosmos, the UK-based satellite company on a mission to monitor and combat climate change.  Founded in 2015, Open Cosmos delivered its first satellite in record time with a team of just five people. Since then, the business has scaled to over €100 million in satellite contracts, a team of over 130 employees in Spain, Portugal, Greece and the UK, and $50 million in Series B funding from leading Investors.  In today's episode, you'll find out more about Rafel's journey into entrepreneurship, lessons from scaling such a successful business and the important role of satellites in combatting climate change. 

¡Bienvenidos Desorbitados! Por fin es viernes y es hora de la actualidad espacial de la semana. Hoy os contaré el estreno del cohete New Glenn de Blue Origin, España lanzará este mes el satélite más potente de la historia, ya sabemos fecha del próximo vuelo de la Starship, Open Cosmos lanzará un satélite balear y la NASA cambia sus planes para la misión de retorno de muestras de Marte.

Edição de 10 de Dezembro 2024

Open Cosmos is a prominent European new space startup providing and operating satellites. They recently won a EUR60MM contract to build a remote sensing constellation for the Greek government, beating out strong and established competitors. Their co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jordi Barrera Ars is my guest. Enjoy! Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: SPACE ECONOMY BOOK: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" is available in e-book, paperback and audiobook formats - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy Upcoming newsletter - sign up: https://spacebusiness.substack.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Countdown 00:10 Episode intro 00:33 Podcast intro 01:45 Elevator Pitch 02:32 Challenges in Space Missions 03:40 Data Cosmos: Simplifying Space Data 03:53 Evolution of the Space Industry 12:33 Open Constellation Concept 13:39 Customer Collaboration and Data Utilization 20:41 Marketplace of Applications 24:14 Economic Advantages of Asset Optimization 29:40 Customer Use Cases and Exciting Projects 30:15 Innovations in Satellite Payloads 32:18 Challenges and Opportunities in Space Data 35:11 Future Steps for Open Cosmos 36:45 Real-Time Data Delivery and Industry Trends 44:23 The Impact of Starship on the Space Sector 47:27 Trustworthy Data 49:20 Favorite Sci-Fi

Ubotica, the leader in SPACE:AI, have announced another significant milestone in Live Earth Intelligence with its CogniSAT-6 satellite mission: successful onboard AI detection of objects on Earth and immediate relay of insights to users on the ground. This marks the world's first commercial deployment of Live Earth Intelligence, setting a new standard for real-time space-based insights. The Challenge of Traditional Earth Observation Earth has an observation problem. Today's Earth Observation (EO) satellites don't understand what they're observing; they simply gather data and downlink it all for delayed on-ground processing. Earth Observation today is slow, expensive, and overly complex. SPACE:AI: The Future of Earth Observation Ubotica's CogniSAT-6 mission, launched in partnership with Open Cosmos in March this year, changes this paradigm. Powered by Ubotica's SPACE:AI platform, it revolutionises Earth Observation by enabling satellites to understand what they see and to deliver affordable, real-time and actionable insights crucial for economic growth, climate monitoring, and global security. Groundbreaking Milestone in Live Earth Intelligence CogniSAT-6 recently captured an image over Khor Fakkan, UAE, and within minutes, SPACE:AI identified 142 ships outside the port at an impressive rate of 21.3 km of image data processed per second. Rather than today's methods that wait until a satellite passes over a downlink ground station to transmit images, which can delay insights by days, CogniSAT-6 uses a real-time inter-satellite communications network to immediately relay insights to ground. Another observation was of Galveston, Texas, USA, which is the gateway to Houston. Again in seconds, SPACE:AI identified 37 ships entering the channel and instantly relayed insights to ground. Ubotica's team pioneered a sophisticated synthesis flow, creating realistic image training sets that precisely simulated the CogniSAT-6 imager's output. This advanced approach enabled our algorithms to generate accurate insights from the very first images captured in orbit, demonstrating Ubotica's leading-edge expertise in space technology. Beyond Ship Detection: Metadata and Multimodal Earth Observation Applications SPACE:AI not only identifies vessels but also extracts valuable metadata, including location, size, and orientation. This metadata, relayed to ground in real-time, can then be combined with AIS (Automatic Identification System) data to detect potentially "dark" ships engaged in illegal or suspicious activities. Ship detection is just one Earth Observation application of SPACE:AI. The platform supports hundreds or even thousands of different Earth Observation applications by making it easy for developers to train, test, and deploy different models for their specific use cases. In the examples above, SPACE:AI could detect illegal bilge or oil discharges from ships or assess the health of marine habitats, such as early detection of algal blooms that can impact marine ecosystems and human activities. Unlocking Live Earth Intelligence SPACE:AI is more than just image capture and processing; it's about unlocking the valuable, real-time insights hidden within Earth Observation data. Ubotica's technology is revolutionising the industry, making Earth Observation faster, more affordable, and more actionable. "This is a paradigm shift for Earth Observation. The industry has long sought a model of live Earth intelligence, where insights are generatedonboard satellite and instantly relayed to ground. The CogniSAT-6 mission is the first to achieve Live Earth Intelligence, revolutionising the capabilities and cost-efficiency of Earth Observation", said Fintan Buckley, CEO of Ubotica. See more stories here.

Ubotica, the leader in SPACE:AI, and Open Cosmos, has announced a significant milestone in the CogniSAT-6 mission: the successful processing and instant AI-powered detection of the first raw image from the newly launched satellite. SPACE:AI: Ushering in Earth Observation 2.0 Today's Earth Observation satellites are fundamentally data collectors. They don't understand what they're observing; they simply gather data and downlink it all when passing over a ground station. But what if they could understand what they're seeing? With SPACE:AI, they can. SPACE:AI unlocks the full potential of Earth Observation satellites by empowering them with real-time vision processing. Ubotica's flight-proven, end-to-end AI platform transforms these satellites into intelligent, efficient and always connected observers. SPACE:AI at Work: Ship Detection at Jeddah Port Consider this first raw satellite image taken by CogniSAT-6 of the port and ocean near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The challenge: quickly identify all ships in the area. For the first time, an Earth Observation satellite, powered by SPACE:AI, understands what it sees. Within 90 seconds, SPACE:AI detected every vessel within a 20 x 40-kilometre zone. This achievement demonstrates the model's exceptional accuracy, even without prior training on CogniSAT-6 data. Live Earth Intelligence: Instant Insights, Global Impact CogniSAT-6 is designed to share these insights instantly. Through persistent inter-satellite communication, ship detection data can be relayed to users on Earth in real-time. This enables users to interact directly with the satellite, requesting more information or adjusting its focus. SPACE:AI's ship detection capabilities represent a significant advancement in the field. Unlike traditional methods requiring extensive training on thousands of processed images, SPACE:AI can perform real-time, on-board identification of ships from a single, raw, unprocessed image without prior training specific to the imager or sensor. This breakthrough technology dramatically simplifies and accelerates the process of extracting valuable information from Earth Observation data. "This successful demonstration proves the advanced capabilities of CogniSAT-6 and our commitment to unlocking the true potential Earth Observation," said Fintan Buckley, CEO of Ubotica. "Near real-time analysis of satellite data unlocks new possibilities for timely and effective decision-making across numerous sectors." Sean Mitchell, Chief Commercial Officer at Ubotica, added, "The performance of our ship detection model, combined with our rapid processing pipeline, showcases SPACE:AI's transformative potential. We're excited to see this technology in action and anticipate the significant impact CogniSAT-6 will have across industries." See more stories here.

Episode 66 of the Space Industry podcast by satsearch is a conversation with Karthik Mallikarjuna; Head of Supply Chain at Open Cosmos.Open Cosmos is a well known brand in the industry offering end to end space mission services. And in this episode we discuss the company's supply chain management covering:Karthik's background and work at Open CosmosProducts and services that can cause delays due to long lead timesSubsystems and components with limited supply on the market todayWhat Karthik is looking forward to working on and witnessing in the space industry over the next few yearsYou can find out more about Open Cosmos here on the company website.And if you would like to learn more about the space industry and our work at satsearch building the global marketplace for space, please join our newsletter.[Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/when-we-get-there License code: Y4KZEAESHXDHNYRA] 

The UK Space Conference opens with announcements from the UK Space Agency and Open Cosmos, MDA, and Skyrora and Spirit Aerospace. Thales Alenia Space to provide an S-Band Tracking, Telemetry and Command Transponder for Turkey's AYAP-1 lunar spacecraft. Rocket Lab expands its production into the former Lockheed Martin Vertical Launch Building in Middle River, Maryland, 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 LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Karolina Dubiel, Founder of Girls in Aerospace Foundation. You can connect with Karolina on LinkedIn and find out more about Girls in Aerospace on their website. Selected Reading The UK Space Ecosystem Cluster Directory - Satellite Applications Catapult Open Cosmos To Build The UK Pathfinder Atlantic Constellation Satellite To Use AI To Improve Environmental Management Skyrora and Spirit to enhance future UK launch capability MDA announces strategic expansion in the UK Thales Alenia Space to provide Communication Transponder for Turkey's first lunar mission Rocket Lab to Establish Space Structures Complex in Baltimore County to Supply Advanced Composite Products Internally and to Broader Space Industry Satellogic Receives NOAA License to Expand U.S. Government Business North Korea's space launch program and long-range missile projects- Reuters How China ties space projects in Africa with climate and security priorities Vulcan Cert-1: Centaur V preparations underway Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April - NASASpaceFlight.com Tom Hanks visits Artemis 2 moon astronauts and NASA Mission Control- Space T-Minus Crew 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

Today, in our series finale, we're venturing once again into the world of small satellites, discussing the latest partnership between the Catapult and Open Cosmos to build and launch a key demonstration satellite to join the Open Cosmos OpenConstellation.The Open Cosmos OpenConstellation is a global shared satellite infrastructure built to provide diverse, frequent, and reliable data of our changing planet. This new satellite, expected to launch as early as next year, will gather and process Earth observation imagery that can be used to develop solutions to challenges in the Atlantic Ocean, from illegal fishing to ocean pollution.Our host Dallas Campbell is joined by Gary Cannon from the Satellite Applications Catapult, and from Open Cosmos we have Jordi Barrera Ars and Florian Deconinck.Satellite Applications Catapult: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, WebsiteOpen Cosmos: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Website Produced by Story Ninety-Four in Oxford.

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Tina Dreimann, Co-Founder von better ventures. Tina analysiert die Finanzierungsrunden von Cleverly, Mjuk und Open Cosmos.Cleverly erhält 4,6 Millionen Euro in einer erweiterten Seed-Finanzierungsrunde. Das Startup bietet 1-zu-1-Online-Coachings für Schulkinder von ausgebildeten Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen. Zu den Investoren gehören Rubio Impact Ventures, Capnamic, Emma ventures, das Schweizer Familie Office White Alps, Arm und Business Angels wie Florian Langenscheidt, Verena Pausder und die Flixbus-Gründer. 2,5 Millionen Euro sammelt das finnische Re-Commerce-Unternehmen Mjuk ein, das mit seiner Plattform Möbel-Müll reduzieren möchte, indem es gebrauchte Möbel, Überbestände und Rückläufer von Einzelhändlern wieder in der Verkauf bringt und diesen Prozess End-to-End betreut. Zu den Kapitalgebern zählen u.a.  Trind VC, Alliance VC, Superhero Capital, Lifeline Ventures und Angel-Investoren. Ein Fünftel der Summe wird in Form eines Beteiligungsdarlehen von Finnvera zur Verfügung gestellt.Open Cosmos sammelt in einer Series-B Finanzierungsrunde 47 Millionen Euro ein, um sein internationales Wachstum zu beschleunigen und sein Angebot erweitern. Das britische Unternehmen möchte mit seinen Satelliten den Zugang zu Weltraumdaten vereinfachen und demokratisieren Die Impact-Investoren, ETF Partners, Trill Impact und A&G führten die Runde an. Zudem beteiligten sich auch Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander InnoEnergy Climate Tech Fund und Claret Capital Partners, mit Beteiligung von Taavet Hinrikus und Kheng Nam Lee.

AI chatbot concerns, Dell's AI platform for cancer patients, Spectrum and Disney distribution deal, Lime's strong financial figures, MGM Resorts' systems outage, GamePhilos' funding for Age of Dino game, iRobot's Roomba Combo Jover 9 dock, Open Cosmos' funding for satellite and data management, Qualcomm's modem supply agreement with Apple, Epic Games' new chief creative officer, and India's interest in premium products.

US Astronaut Frank Rubio sets a new spaceflight record for spending the longest time on a space mission. UK satellite data company Open Cosmos raises $50 million in Series B funding. We have the latest headlines from the World Satellite Business Week conference, 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 Our guest today is Bill Murray, Co-founder and EVP of Product Engineering at rocket motor manufacturing company, Ursa Major. You can connect with Bill on LinkedIn and find out more about Ursa Major on their website. Selected Reading Astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record on way to spending a year in space- Space Open Cosmos Raises $50M From Leading Impact Investors To Grow Its Leadership In Accessible, Sustainable Space Tech And Satellite Data- PR U.S. export credit agency is working through $5 billion pipeline of space financing, vice chair says- CNBC New MDA Software-Defined Satellites Target Operator Pain Points With Digital Solutions- PR Newswire Telesat taps SpaceX to launch its broadband satellites in orbit United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Joint National Security Mission- PR Newswire https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1700789411279966339?s=20 Iran announces tender for first space navigation satellite- Al Mayadeen Kombucha: Ally for Moon and Mars- ESA As DoD readies new commercial space strategies, industry frets funding gap SpaceX is the best bet for the commercial space station Earth needs- the Hill First cat in space: how a Parisian stray called Félicette was blasted far from Earth- The Guardian T-Minus Crew 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

Alibaba CEO steps down as chairman and CEO of cloud business, Sparx Group aims to attract $1 billion from global investors, ECB removes capital surcharge on certain lenders, Kryptex launches platform connecting businesses with resources, Indonesian economy grows over 5% for seven consecutive quarters, SEC accused of exceeding authority with new regulations, Open Cosmos secures $50 million in funding for space tech, Perelman Performing Arts Center set to open in NYC.

Progress in science and technology go hand in hand — their relationship is a bidirectional feedback loop. Advancements in one direction can accelerate innovation in the other. Today, as new discoveries are being made in areas such as space exploration, artificial intelligence and life sciences, it's critical for organizations to take strategic advantage of these developments to transform their industries. In this episode, we'll explore the nascent fields of space data and synthetic biology, and identify key strategies for enterprises looking to benefit from the science-tech feedback loop. We'll hear from Jason Kelly, Co-Founder and C.E.O. of Ginkgo Bioworks; Marc Carrel-Billiard, Global Senior Managing Director at Accenture R&D Labs; and Rafel Jorda Siquier, Founder and C.E.O. of Open Cosmos.

¡Bienvenidos DesOrbitados! Por fin es viernes y es hora de la actualidad espacial de la semana. Hoy os contaré el lanzamiento de la Crew-6 a la Estación Espacial Internacional, el satélite español PAZ cumple 5 años en el espacio, el satélite andaluz de Open Cosmos podría lanzarse este año, Roscosmos amplía la vida útil del segmento ruso de la Estación Espacial Internacional hasta 2028 y la sonda DART de la NASA desplaza con éxito al asteroide Dimorphos. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fuera-de-rbita/message

La Generalitat de Catalunya ha lanzado desde Cabo Cañaveral (Florida) un nanosatélite de observación de la Tierra que ya está en órbita. Se llama Menut y ha sido desarrollado por la empresa Open Cosmos. Busca observar los cultivos, prevenir incendios o monitorizar el desarrollo rural y urbano.PLD Space es una empresa con sede en Elx que desarrolla cohetes espaciales reutilizables. Su presidente ejecutivo Ezequiel Sánchez  afirma que los satélites cada vez tienen más aplicaciones: "Es una infraestructura espacial que nos permite resolver problemas que existen en la Tierra". Sus principales aplicaciones, según explica, son las telecomunicaciones y la observación de la Tierra. El tamaño del Menut no es extraño, ya que "en esta última década ha habido un crecimiento muy importante de satélites de menos de 250 kilos", asegura Sánchez. Que sea de titularidad pública también es una tendencia, algo de gran utilidad para las empresas: "Nos permite utilizarlo y contar con una mayor información para avanzar en estudios".Escuchar audio

En este episodio hablamos con Aleix Megías, vicepresidente de operaciones de Open Cosmos, una compañía que busca hacer accesible el espacio para cualquier empresa o institución que quiera poner un satélite en órbita. Aleix, Ingeniero aeronáutico, se ha formado en numerosas instituciones de prestigio de Europa como la Politécnica de Cataluña, la Sapienza de Roma (Italia) o la Paul Sebatier de Toulouse (Francia).

Hoy se lanza el satélite 5G de pruebas de Sateliot. Fabricado por Open Cosmos, el microsatélite servirá para probar las conexiones con dispositivos conectados en superficie, principalmente (¿exclusivamente?) infraestructura IoT. El servicio comercial llegará el año que viene acompañado de más satélites.  Ofrecerán una conexión 5G a dispositivos por 48 euros al año, funcionando como una operadora normal, aunque no he visto detalles específicos de la conexión.  Podéis ver aquí los microsatélites listos para ser cargados en una misión Soyuz, y aquí un vídeo del streaming.  Una app de consentimiento sexual desata polémica en Australia. Colectivos de defensa de los derechos de las mujeres, de la privacidad, y legisladores critican la idea de la policía de Nueva Gales del Sur de una aplicación donde quede registrado un acuerdo previo a la hora de mantener relaciones sexuales.  Android TV ahora también con webcam y asistentes de voz por 130 euros. Mecool Now es el tradicional aparato de Android TV, con su mando inteligente, aplicaciones multimedia, etc. pero que también viene con webcam que convertirá la tele en una zona de videollamadas con aplicaciones como Zoom, Skype, Google Duo, incluso TikTok.  Un segundo incendio en el centro de datos de OVH en Estrasburgo, aunque de menor intensidad y que se originó en la sala de baterías de uno de los cuatro sectores en los que está dividido, que al parecer quedaron afectadas por el incendio de hace 13 días. A finales de marzo esperan tener reubicados los servidores menos afectados.  Acer sufre un ataque de ransomware. Los asaltantes piden 50 millones de dólares en criptomonedas, que sería el mayor rescate hasta la fecha si la compañía taiwanesa acaba pagando. Han usado REvil, y afirman haber extraído también todo tipo de ficheros privados. Parece que han entrado a través del fallo de Microsoft Exchange de estas semanas.  Parece que grupos de hackers de todo el mundo están asaltando todos los servidores de Exchange que pueden. Han identificado a 10 diferentes, algunos de los cuales empezaron sus ataques antes del parche de Microsoft, no solo Hafnium.  El servicio de la SEPE sigue sin funcionar dos semanas tras el ataque. Fuentes del gobierno parecen apuntar a Rusia, aunque no hay ningún informe completo de momento, y los servicios siguen sin funcionar y parece que al final afectará a los pagos de marzo.  Finlandia acusa a China de hackear su Parlamento. El acceso masivo a servidores de correo electrónico de los legisladores fineses en 2020 fue organizado y aprobado por el gobierno chino a través del grupo APT-31, según el gobierno escandinavo. Es la primera vez que Finlandia apunta de forma pública a China, y una de las pocas para un miembro de la UE.  Nokia despedirá 10.000 empleados para centrarse en I+D. Aún digiriendo la compra de la multinacional francesa Lucent hace unos años, y con 90.000 empleados, la empresa finlandesa se prepara para invertir fuerte en I+D en esta década de implementación de 5G y preparación para el 6G.  Nokia no ha conseguido ningún contrato 5G en China. Las dos noticias están relacionadas, dejando al lector que una los puntos.  Actualizaciones de Windows 10 añaden nuevos problemas de impresión. Si has tenido problemas para imprimir estos días, con documentos que se muestran raros especialmente en tablas de datos, imágenes, códigos QR, o elementos gráficos de todo tipo, o páginas en blanco, Windows 10 tiene la culpa y Microsoft está trabajando en ello.  Muere un niño atrapado bajo una cinta de Peloton. No hay muchos detalles sobre el trágico accidente, pero quizá sea como un caso similar reciente en el que un niño de 3 años fue tragado por la parte inferior de la cinta y está recuperándose en el hospital tras ser reanimado.  Este tipo de accidentes en cintas de ejercicio son muy comunes, miles al año, lo cual desconocía pero tiene sentido. Quizá modelos inteligentes sean capaces de detectar y detenerse.  GeForce Now duplica el precio para nuevos abonados. La plataforma de videojuegos en remoto mantendrá el precio de 5 euros mensuales para sus 10 millones de clientes actuales, pero duplicará el precio a 10 euros (o dólares) para los nuevos abonados desde ya mismo.  Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Después de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junta de directores. No me queda claro si puede o será elegido presidente de nuevo.

This weeks podcast consists of three short interviews recorded at the Canadian Space Summit in Ottawa on November 28 and 29. Segment 1 (03:47) - In the first segment I spoke with Ryan Anderson, a co-founder of the Satellite Canada Innovation Network, known as SatCan. It was just over a year ago that I last spoke with Ryan in episode 22 about the new SatCan project. Since then, the organization tried unsuccessfully to be a part of the governments Supercluster program. However, the concept has is not dead and the founders diligently worked towards their goals and just prior to this weeks summit did announce that they had received some funding from the government. Ryan provides an update on what’s happening at SatCan. Segment 2 (18:42) - In the second segment I spoke with Professor Gordon Osinski from Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration about a new national educational and public outreach initiative called Space Matters. Segment 3 (29:36) - In the last I ask SkyWatch co-founder and CEO James Slifierz on his initial thoughts of the news that Amazon had just announced a new service called Ground Station that could disrupt the current ground station model. Surprising many, the ground station offering, through Amazon’s Web Services, has Lockheed Martin as a partner. Currently available in preview mode for selected clients, the service has two ground stations managed by Lockheed Martin with an additional 10 to be added. Initial customers include Maxar’s DigitalGlobe, Spire, BlackSky, Capella Space, Open Cosmos and HawkEye 360. Ironically Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon stands to benefit in a way many might not have thought of. Each year, according to Bezos, he sells some of his shares in Amazon to fund one of his other ventures, Blue Origin. It’s been reported he’s sold over a billion dollars of shares at various times. Now, thanks to this new AWS Ground Station offering, and in a roundabout way, those customers, using that service, will in part, it seems be helping Bezos fund the development of Blue Origin. Listen in.

In this episode we talk about the importance of getting data disseminated through the web and whether EO scientists are in demand as web developers use APIs to create cool apps. In the news we discuss Google Earth Engine, financing and ocean robots. Amongst other things. If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom Shownotes: Google release Earth Engine Apps That Brexit tweet Rezatec secure investment Capella Space win investment Orbital Insight acquire FeatureX UrthCast announce $25m contract Planet and Orbital Insight partnership announced Ocean mapping X prize New NASA space debris report Competition announced by Open Cosmos and ESA

My guest this week is Rafael Jorda Siquier, CEO of Open Cosmos. Rafael and some of his colleagues had an idea 10 years ago to make space more accessible. To bring that idea to fruition took many years of schooling and then working in the industry. The result was the creation of Open Cosmos, a company dedicated to providing inexpensive space missions using small satellites in low earth orbit an eventually beyond low earth orbit. Not content to just build satellites, they offer an end-to-end service. From the satellite, to procuring the launch, arranging ground station access for data, and even making sure all the proper paperwork for whatever regulatory needs, are in place. The story of how Open Cosmos came to be, its philosophy, mission and success to date, are one all entrepreneurs and those wanting to create a new space company should hear.

Rafael Jorda Siquier is the founder of Open Cosmos, a company making space missions simple and affordable. They provide customers with a development kit and simulator so they can build the technology at their own pace and when they’re ready, Open Cosmos takes care of all the paperwork, integrates it into their nano-satellite alongside other customers and puts it into space. This has game changing implications for a number of industries, because making satellite more accessible opens up the potential for everything from the prediction of agricultural yields to the global internet of things and big infrastructure monitoring. Rafael was on EF5 and his company has made some remarkable progress in the last few years, turning Open Cosmos a one-stop shop to orbit and allowing for mass customization, which reduces costs from the millions down to a few hundred thousand. He is an aerospace engineer with an MBA and a background in both space startups and big industry players like Airbus where he was working before starting Open Cosmos. In this conversation we dive into Rafael’s personal story, everything he’s learned about finding product market fit and hiring in the process of building Open Cosmos and what he’s learned about himself along the way.

Following three remarkable talks by Professor Edwin Judge, Mark has been tracing Paul’s role in three great shifts in western thought and life: from Closed Cosmos to Open Cosmos, from Closed Society to Open Society, and from Closed Heart to Open Heart. In this last session, Mark will focus on how Paul’s translation of the gospel ends the obligation to the law and the grip of morality, religion, and superstition. On the back of his implicit critiques of dualism (Closed Cosmos) rank and status (Closed Society), Paul built an unprecedented vision of every person as unique, equal, and gifted. What emerges is a renewed sense of calling as an empowered agency within the world.

More and more philosophers recognise that the three giants of classical thought, and the shapers of western thought down to our day, are Plato, Aristotle and—Paul. In large part, Plato and Aristotle refined and codified a tradition much older than themselves. But Paul represents the great turning point of western thought away from the hold of classical tradition.In three recent seminal talks, Professor Edwin Judge demonstrated how the story of Jesus implied three great shifts:from Closed Cosmos to Open Cosmosfrom Closed Society to Open Societyfrom Closed Heart to Open HeartIn three further sessions Mark, who studied with Edwin, will show how Paul’s translation of the Gospel affected these three shifts. Taking Paul out of the religious framework where many have boxed him, Mark will help us appreciate the vast, pervasive, and revolutionary impact he has had on the whole world, not just Christianity. Mark will base his sessions on Paul’s extraordinary letter to his friends living within the shadow of Caesar in Rome.

More and more philosophers recognise that the three giants of classical thought, and the shapers of western thought down to our day, are Plato, Aristotle and—Paul. In large part, Plato and Aristotle refined and codified a tradition much older than themselves. But Paul represents the great turning point of western thought away from the hold of classical tradition.In three recent seminal talks, Professor Edwin Judge demonstrated how the story of Jesus implied three great shifts:from Closed Cosmos to Open Cosmosfrom Closed Society to Open Societyfrom Closed Heart to Open HeartIn three further sessions Mark, who studied with Edwin, will show how Paul’s translation of the Gospel affected these three shifts. Taking Paul out of the religious framework where many have boxed him, Mark will help us appreciate the vast, pervasive, and revolutionary impact he has had on the whole world, not just Christianity. Mark will base his sessions on Paul’s extraordinary letter to his friends living within the shadow of Caesar in Rome.