Podcasts about smallsats

Key Takeaways: - SmallSats will be an essential element to deliver space superiority within the construct of Competitive Endurance - Improvements in space domain awareness and responsible counterspace operations are possible with SmallSats - The low cost, rapid development timelines, and versatility of SmallSats can keep the Space Force ahead of competitors and adversaries - Changes to space acquisition, operations, and sustainment will enable the full adoption of SmallSats into the space architecture ​​​​​

Over 20,000 smallsats are being launched over the next decade driven by the growing demand for data and services across the globe. All these new constellations need scalable, flexible, and on-demand ground services. This is driving the growth of the Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) market. The market grew at 8.5% CAGR over the last five years and will continue to grow at a slightly slower pace over the next five years according to Euroconsult. To delve deeper into the GSaaS market and its future, we have with us today, Giovanni Pandolfi Bortoletto, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Office of Leaf Space – a GSaaS provider that operates a fully owned, globally distributed network of ground stations.

We finally have a space startup from Asia (excl. Middle East) on the podcast. Many of you probably did not know that there is a late-stage space startup in Thailand. Mu Space is a Series C stage company manufacturing smallsats and their components. I caught up with their founder & CEO James Yenbamroong in person at the Mu Space headquarter office when I passed through Bangkok this week. Enjoy! JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Upcoming newsletter - sign up: https://spacebusiness.substack.com/ 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: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   Timestamps:  0:00 Intro 2:44 Elevator pitch 3:09 Origin story 5:54 Thai space ecosystem 8:15 Supply chain and doing things from scratch 9:39 Vertical integration 11:42 Mu Space's satellite platforms 13:04 Use cases 14:40 Smallsats vs. cubesats 17:00 Power 18:45 More use cases 21:18 On-board computing 24:06 First missions 27:10 Launch companies in Asia 31:00 Regulatory restrictions 33:34 Funding 34:55 Satellite production and volume manufacturing 39:08 Time from order to shipping 42:00 Customers 44:23 The Thai Food Space Mission  48:46 Mu Space's battery tech 50:16 Trends in satellite manufacturing and lay of the land 56:27 On-board propulsion systems 58:58 Space-as-a-service 01:01:05 Vision for Mu Space 01:04:33 If James wasn't doing Mu Space, what would he do in space? 01:06:25 Sci-Fi

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 May 2023: Space Show News: The Federal Budget has made some cuts to the funding allocations for the Australian Space Agency and the national space industry. Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 52 The TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) satellites launched from New Zealand after a delay caused by an atmospheric river. (Inserts courtesy TV1, NewsHub, Rocket Lab) Skylab: America's first space station Marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Skylab space station, detailing the realisation that there were serious problems. Comments by Skylab 2 astronaut Joseph Kerwin, recorded at the Space Association of Australia. (Inserts courtesy JSC)

We're doing things a little differently this week. Ryan's taking a step back from his podcast-hosting duties so you can get to know another member of the Payload media machine. Actually, we're doing things very differently. Today's episode isn't a Payload-on-Payload interview. Instead, we brought in a guest host. Today's episode is sponsored by Altek Space, which provides custom manufacturing of essential parts and components for rockets and satellites (including SmallSats). Find out more at https://www.altek-inc.com/space Our guest host is Tess Hatch, a former aerospace engineer and current partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she invests in all things deep tech with a particular focus on the space industry. She's backed industry-leading space companies like Spire Global ($SPIR) and Rocket Lab ($RKLB). Today, Tess is coming for Ryan's job at the helm of Pathfinder. The interviewee: Payload's own Rachael Zisk. Rachael joined the Payload team as our fourth employee in the early days of the daily newsletter and has been working to shape our coverage of the space industry ever since. She's also the author of Parallax, Payload's weekly newsletter covering all things space science. This week's episode runs the gamut from the inner workings of Payload to musings on the future of the space industry. Here's some of what you can expect from today's episode: —Rachael's roots in storytelling —The duck boat photographer to science writer pipeline —Joining Payload as employee #4 —The highs and lows of the daily newsletter biz —Two key ways to determine the success of a Payload story —plus: who Rachael would bring to space, the rocket she would take, and what her next Payload deep dive might cover. • Chapters • 01:12 Intro 03:05 Origin story...also, what's a duckboat? 04:23 Path to becoming a space reporter 07:06 How'd you end up at Payload? 10:40 Best part of the job, and where there's room for improvement 15:19 Day in the life 18:26 What makes Payload stand out to its readers? 21:13 The orbital debris dilemma 26:35 Why isn't MEO popular? (MEO = medium Earth orbit) 26:59 Rachael's next deep dive topic 33:05 Predictions for 2023 36:32 Tess's thoughts about 2023 41:34 Common misconception about Payload 43:43 Rapid fire questions • Links • https://parallax.payloadspace.com/subscribe https://twitter.com/rachaelzisk https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelzisk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tesshatch/ https://www.bvp.com/team/tess-hatch https://payloadspace.com/author/rachael-zisk/ https://www.instagram.com/ada_ride/?hl=en • About us • Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 12,000+ decision-makers across commercial, civil, and military space. Payload began as a weekly newsletter sent to a handful of friends and colleagues. Today, we have three media properties and publish across multiple platforms. Our team is distributed across four time zones and two continents. We aim to inform but also educate and entertain, and we serve a highly concentrated audience of decision-makers in the commercial, civil, and military space sectors.

What's it like running a $11 billion dollar space business at a publicly traded company and managing a team of nearly 22,000? Or what about building the Orion spacecraft that just finished a 25-day trip around the Moon, and will carry astronauts on its next mission? In Pathfinder #0028, we'll get the answers to those questions and a whole lot more with Robert Lightfoot, the executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space and former acting NASA administrator. Today's episode is brought by Altek Space, which provides custom manufacturing of essential parts and components for rockets and satellites (including SmallSats). Find out more at https://www.altek-inc.com/space Robert leads the LM Space business, which is one of the four major divisions of its parent company. The $11 billion business line builds space technology systems for defense, civil, and commercial space customers. Its portfolio ranges from integrated systems for satellites to space-based missile defense capabilities to space observatories to interplanetary robotic spacecraft. Robert became EVP of LM Space on Jan. 1, 2022, so he's coming up on his one-year anniversary. Prior to Lockheed, Robert spent 29 years at NASA, holding a variety of leadership roles and rising up the ranks to become associate administrator, the highest ranking civil service position at the agency. He served as the 11th director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Though Robert is from Alabama, went to Bama, and led one of NASA's key centers in the state, somehow we didn't cover college football at all. But we did cover: — An Artemis I postmortem and Orion's performance during the mission — Leading large organizations, first in the government and then at a Fortune 500 company — “Protect, connect, and explore” as organizational guideposts — Building space hardware at scale — Recruiting and the importance of talent • Chapters • 0:00 intro 3:51 Starting in space 10:25 Engineer to leader 19:30 Artemis I and Orion 31:52 LM Space's portfolio..."protect, connect, and explore" 41:05 Being part of a public company 46:19 Cost-plus vs. fixed-price contracts 49:00 Future projects you're excited about 54:32 Lightning round • Show notes • Full bio — https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/leadership-governance/robert-lightfoot.html LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lightfoot-lm-space Website — https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/space.html Company twitter — https://twitter.com/LMSpace NDSA explainer — https://payloadspace.com/ndsa-explainer/ • About us • Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 12,000+ decision-makers across commercial, civil, and military space. Payload began as a weekly newsletter sent to a handful of friends and colleagues. Today, we have three media properties and publish across multiple platforms. Our team is distributed across four time zones and two continents. We aim to inform but also educate and entertain, and we serve a highly concentrated audience of decision-makers in the commercial, civil, and military space sectors.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the UK Government are launching a new project to enhance international expertise in the registration of space objects. The multi-year project strengthens an already solid foundation of joint efforts between the partners covering topics such as space sustainability and climate action. The United Nations Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space is a treaty-based mechanism which promotes transparency in outer space activities. Since the beginning of the space age, more than 14,000 satellites have been launched, and 85 percent of them have been registered with the UN. UNOOSA has received over 2,000 satellite registrations in 2022 alone and potentially 100,000 satellites could be launched over the next decade. ------------ NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for the agency's TROPICS mission. TROPICS is the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats. It is part of the NASA's Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare ... or VADR ... launch services contract. Rocket Lab is one of 13 companies NASA selected for VADR contracts in 2022, which are managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of VADR, the fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts have a five-year ordering period with a maximum total value of $300 million across all contracts. The TROPICS mission consists of four CubeSats intended for two low-Earth orbital planes and is part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder Program. Rocket Lab will launch the TROPICS satellites into their operational orbits during a 60-day period no earlier than May 1 of next year, enabling NASA to provide observations during the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. ---------------- According to Frost & Sullivan‘s recent report, Global Satellite Propulsion Solutions Market, commercial and private end-user satellite constellations generate a steady demand for propulsion systems because they provide communications and satellite imaging. The global market is expected to reach $216.32 billion by 2031, up from $93.33 billion in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate of 8.7 percent. ---------------- Retired US Air Force Colonel Lee Rosen is the newest member of the founding team of ThinkOrbital, a start-up scalable space infrastructure company. The former SpaceX VP of Mission and Launch Operations, and Customer Operations and Integration, Rosen spent over a decade involved in more than 150 successful missions at SpaceX.

There are a number of companies introducing quantum key distribution for secure communications across optical fiber networks but the technology has yet to be applied across a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit to produce secure global coverage. Until now. On this Constellations podcast, we'll discuss the basics of quantum information processing, how quantum key distribution (QKD) ups the game in data transmission security and moving from the BB84 scheme to fully entangled microwave sources for small sats. During this episode, Mark Adams, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Acting Director, Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center, will help us understand the difficulty of staying ahead of quantum intercepts and how his team is working to drastically shrink the Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) of QKD technology from the size of a refrigerator to the size of a shoebox.

Marco Cross recently completed his Masters degree in space engineering at Brown University, and is now Engineering & Commercialization Advisor at Cold Star Technologies. His experience includes developing and commercalizing products, chief engineer on satellite design projects, and commercial space launch. Host Jason Kanigan and Marco Cross discuss: Topic: SBUDNIC satellite Mission overview Learnings from building a multidisciplinary team Learnings from super lean/super fast construction Topic: Lightweight hardware prototyping/process Industrial design process in the context of mechanical/space engineering Use what's available, not what's theoretically best Prototyping always starts with good learnings up front -I've seen a lot of people fail because they get super far down the process without front-end validation Topic: Selling space, talking about the dream of exploration Why selling the idea of space is important NASA budgets are shrinking relative to GDP Is space recession proof? Topic: Future of space engineering as I see it Smallsats take over large satellites More COTS -Constellation-based sensing overtakes large singular sensing systems, like JWST Machine learning processing necessary for interpolation of data Future areas that need articulation/opportunities for innovation in space. USEFUL LINKS: SBUDNIC article by Brown University: https://engineering.brown.edu/news/2022-05-16/sbudnic-satellite-launch Transporter Launch video: https://youtu.be/CAgiFU3NAo0 Marco's video "Space Engineering Is Hard And Here's Why": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGZYQvCfUM OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org Get new episodes directly in your inbox: https://www.coldstartech.com/msb Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/talktous

You may not realize it, but the distance between Low-Earth Orbit, where most small satellites reside, and Geostationary Orbit, where nearly all of the much larger satellites live, is pretty significant. At more than 21,000 miles above LEO, GEO is a challenging orbit for smallsats to reach and maintain effective operations.  Believing that there is a viable and profitable future for smallsats in GEO orbit, Isa Fritz co-founded GeoJump and took on the role of its chief technology officer. The company's mission is to open the door to GEO for budget-conscious smallsat operators. By utilizing a Sherpa-ES orbital transfer vehicle developed by Spaceflight and employing a lunar fly-by trajectory, GeoJump says it can get customers to GEO safely in just two weeks… a huge improvement over the standard trip, which can take as long as six months. Fritz was the runner-up in SATELLITE 2022's Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest in March by only a few points. Just after competing, she joined us for a chat about GeoJump's origins and mission, her background as an engineer working on an impressive variety of spacecraft, lessons she's learned while leading a startup, and why she sees massive opportunities for small satellites in GEO. 

In this weeks podcast we are featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Barbara Braun and Sam Sims from the Aerospace Corporation, who spoke on "Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites." SmallSats proliferation in low Earth orbit continues due in part to the low barrier to entry, however one area that lacks universal standards is policy compliance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! Without further ado, the news update from the week of 26 April - 2 May.1) Chinese Space Station: launch of the core Module Tianhe on-board Launch March 5BOn April 29 2021, China successfully sent the first module of the Chinese Space Station into orbit. The module was a 22.5-ton core module called Tianhe (天和, or “heavenly peace”). It was launched aboard a Long March 5B.Tianhe is rightfully named the core module: it will be the centerpiece of the station which will host living quarters for the taikonauts, a bathroom, a kitchen, it will also be the main control unit (attitude, trajectory control), handles the fuel, power and air management systems. It is designed to host 3 taikonauts, and can hold up to 6 taikonauts during rotations. The Tianhe module will be joined next year by the Mengtian and Wentian experimental modules.In 2024, the Chinese space station will also be joined by a space telescope called Xuntian, which will not be physically connected to the station but will evolve in the vicinity, and docking only for maintenance purposes.2) Creation of a New Space SoE China SatNetMajor news update on Thursday 29 April which first came in the form of a press release from SASAC. The press release announced the creation of a China Satellite Networks Group Company, potentially SatNet for short, and puts that company under the direct administration of SASAC. SatNet is tasked with deploying and operating China’s LEO broadband constellation, widely speculated to be GuoWang. The creation of a SatNet company at this level of the SOE hierarchy is hugely significant. SatNet is, at least in theory, at the same level in the hierarchy as CASC, CASIC, and the big 3 telcos (all of which are also directly controlled by SASAC). If we compare this to the previous arrangement, you had China’s biggest broadband project being done by CASC (Hongyan), and another by CASIC (Hongyun), with both projects involving subsidiary companies with multiple shareholders (for example, Hongyan’s operating company, MacroNet, has shareholders including CASC, China Telecom, and CETC). This would have meant, presumably, that projects like Hongyan would have mostly used the technology of CASC, Hongyun would have used technology for CASIC, and the innovation and competition would have occurred in the long-term, after we find out how these constellations work.  On the other hand, the current situation with SatNet being at the same level as CASC, CASIC, the telcos, etc., means that it should, at least in theory, have a lot more freedom of choice in its sourcing options. 3) Long March 6 launches a Batch of 9 Smallsats into Orbit, many payloads of interestOn April 27th, China launched an impressive launch share mission on-board a Long March 6, putting 9 satellites into orbit. These satellites were:Qilu-1 and Qilu-4. Qilu-1 is a SAR satellite. Qilu-4 on the other hand is a high-resolution panchromatic EO satellite .Foshan-1 is a high res panchromatic EO satellite meant to be a technology verification platform of the Foshan-based Jihua Laboratory.Zhong’an Guotong-1 satellite (also called Hangsheng-1)Guodian Gaoke’s Tianqi-9 IoT satellite, developed by ASES Space.Origin Space’s NEO-1: a technology verification satellite, meant to trial the capture of a small celestial body and various orbital maneuvers.Golden Bauhinia-1-01 and -02 are two remote sensing satellites.Taijing-2 satellite, manufactued by Minospace, will be used primarily for remote sensing, and is the third satellite launched to be based on the MN-50 platform.  ---------------------------------------- Follow us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, as an audio podcast, and on our official website: https://www.dongfanghour.com/

In this episode we speak with Thomas Sinn of Deployables Cubed (DcubeD) - a Munich-based NewSpace company specializing in the development of deployable components and sub-systems for small satellites. We discuss: The use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components in satellites How to standardize and develop an existing product so that it can be considered a COTS system What space companies can do to industrialize processes and develop product portfolios to meet demand What capabilities and opportunities deployable systems can bring to satellite missions, and what the trade-offs can be To find out more about today's guests please view the DcubeD supplier hub on satsearch.com, and to stay up to date with all of our work, please join the satsearch mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.[Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/when-we-get-there License code: Y4KZEAESHXDHNYRA]

In this episode we speak with Bert Monna and Alexandra Sokolowski of Hyperion Technologies.Hyperion is a space company based in the Netherlands in Delft and specializes in high-performance bus components such as laser communications systems, on-board computers (OBCs), attitude control systems, and propulsion modules. It is also a satsearch member company and is part of AAC Clyde Space. In this episode we discuss: How satellite optical communications work and what benefits it can bring compared to RF, as well as the trade-offs required How optical system manufacturers are dealing with the need to enable more accurate pointing What changes and innovations are occurring in the ground segment in order to meet the growing demand for laser up/down-linking The potential extrapolation of Low Earth Orbit (EO) optical capabilities to higher orbits and deep space missions To find out more about today's guests please view the Hyperion Technologies supplier hub on satsearch.com, and to stay up to date with all of our work, please join the satsearch mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.[Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/when-we-get-there License code: Y4KZEAESHXDHNYRA]

Reuben Sorensen is the cofounder and CEO of R2 Space. R2 is a smallsat company that develops and operates SAR satellites for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Reuben has a long history of working in ISR. His first job following his PhD was technology officer for Navy Seal teams. Reuben then spent several years working on radar and space technology for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Planet Labs before founding R2 Space. Timestamps: 04:40 Navy Seals Technology 10:50 Joint Chiefs of Staff 15:10 Planet Labs 19:37 R2 Space 33:20 Student Questions and Advice

Brian is the CEO of Solstar Space Company where they are working to create a ‘Space Wide Web’ to connect everything in space, to everyone on Earth. Solstar’s mission is to build and create the tools necessary to enable 24/7 secure, economical, convenient, two-way, internet-based communications with every “thing” in space, to be the ISP of choice in Earth Orbit and beyond. “We are able to provide a Wi-Fi connection for payloads, and payload specialists, as well as future astronauts, during take off, landing and throughout their spaceflight. In 2018 we sent the first commercial Tweet from Space. Imagine the first phone call during a commercial flight, the first selfie sent from the Kármán line, and the first instant results from payloads on-board a commercial spacecraft. Solstar Space Company can make that happen.” -Brian Barnett   NASA has government-supplied wi-fi for the current astronauts. But what about when commercial astronauts and you and I go to space? We’re going to want to be wi-fi connected, too- along with rovers, robots wi-fi enabled payloads to be connected, too. Brian’s company, Solstar Space, if working on providing world-class customer service, and we believe that this will revolutionize “We enable you to do things for the first time in space. There are an infinite number of things people can do for the first time in space! We did the first commercial wi-fi in space, and the first commercial tweet in space, and I want to fly the first drumsticks in space as the first drummer!” -Brian Barnett from the Casual Space Podcast “Solstar is providing a commercial wi-fi service that people can purchase. More and more people will be flying in space, and wi-fi will be used for things in space- laptops, smartphones, wearable devices that astronauts will want to stay connected to.”- Brian Barnett from the Casual Space Podcast    About Brian Barnett:  Brian Barnett  barnett@solstarspace.com Brian Barnett is a serial entrepreneur with 33 years’ experience in commercial space, the mobile satellite services industry, as a aerospace technologies at NASA, and at KPMG Consulting as a management consultant.  He is Founder and CEO of Solstar Space Co., the first internet service provider for people, Internet of things and machines in space is that is developing technologies to build a Space Wide Web. On April 29th, 2018, Solstar demonstrated the first commercial two-way data and wi-fi hotspot service in space and Tweet from space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule, using Barnett’s patent-pending technology. Mr. Barnett began his career at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center where he provided Space Shuttle payload integration services at the Payloads Project Office.  He also provided astronaut crew training in the Mission Operations Laboratory for Spacelab missions. At Johnson Space Center, he worked in the Missions Operations Directorate, and later worked on JSC’s 1992 Strategic Plan.  He also managed a contract to document all Space Shuttle operations processes as directed by Congress after the Challenger accident. Later, as a management consultant for KPMG’s Space and High Technology group, he wrote dozens of business plans and market assessments for commercial space companies.  This is the group that very early and accurately, predicted that GPS applications would grow into the huge market it is today.  Barnett led the Team that wrote the initial business plan and helped identify the best location for the spaceport that eventually became Spaceport America in New Mexico.  Solstar Space is his third commercial space start-up.  He earned a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma, a Masters in Administrative Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and is a graduate of the International Space University.  Mr. Barnett is a classically-trained rock and reggae drummer and is founder and producer of  DrumsAstro®, an organization Connecting Artists and Musicians of all Genres to Space and Space Exploration.   About Soltar: www.SolstarSpace.com and www.Solstar.net   Solstar is the leading commercial satellite communications company pioneering the use of WiFi in space. We use existing commercial communications satellite networks in Low Earth Orbit and Geostationary Earth Orbit. We provide space-to-space communications on spacecraft and bi-directional two-way data services for payloaders.   Solstar is:  Harnessing the power of the very best existing infrastructure to facilitate constant communication with space assets such as SmallSats, Astronauts, LEO platforms, suborbital/orbital spacecraft, and eventually Lunar and Mars exploration. Revolutionizing the way people on Earth communicate and interact with their payloads in space Improving the way space research is conducted and communicated from space to the ground and back again Protecting valuable space assets through enhanced two-way communication opportunities for troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving issues. Providing reliable emergency backup communications for people and things in space Helping to solve the space junk problem enabling our customers to send the “re-enter” command using our embedded space communicator and service. Providing 24/7 customer service to payloaders/researchers previously not available to the market

More than 8,500 satellites are projected to be launched between 2019 and 2028 according to Euroconsult. With such so much growth on the horizon, regulatory efforts could become challenged to keep pace with these technological developments. Listen to Alexandre Vallet, Chief of the Space Services Department in the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as he shares insights into the role of regulations and the ITU in this new environment. Find out how the spectrum can be protected, interference can be avoided and how a level playing field for new and incumbent players can be ensured in this evolving new space world.

Dr. Riccardo Albertoni, a member of the Airbus team in charge of developing electric propulsion systems including the one used on the OneWeb constellation, is our guest on the Cold Star Project. His team was the 2017 & 2019 Winner of the Airbus Defence and Space Award for Excellence, and he lectures on electric propulsion at the Airbus Space Academy. Dr. Albertoni explains how electric propulsion for satellites works, as well as its role in the market. While electric propulsion has several advantages, it is not a fit for every type of mission. He explains to host Jason Kanigan that there will continue to be room for conventional combustion propulsion systems. Dr. Albertoni concludes by sharing his views on what new developments are upcoming in the electric propulsion field. Cold Star Tech is on a mission to bring automotive-style continuous manufacturing process improvements to smallsat and cubesat commercial operations. In doing so, costs will be lowered; profits will be increased; and most importantly, smallsat mission success rates will be raised. Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/bookcall

NanoAvionics CEO Vytenis Buzas defines his small satellite-building business as an homage to the smart industrial practices of the American automobile industry. What emerged as a spinoff of Lithuania’s Vilnius University, NanoAvionics is now thriving and Buzas sees an opportunity to achieve success in the land that inspired his business. He hired industry veteran Frank Abbott as his U.S.-based CEO, who will oversee the company’s preparations to move its research, development and manufacturing business to the United States in 2020. Earlier this year, the company purchased the former Midland, Texas headquarters of XCOR Aerospace and refurbished it into a new smallsat manufacturing plant in Midland, Texas. In this episode of On Orbit, co-host Grace Graham and I spoke with Vytenis and Frank about the company’s move to the USA, the way the company differentiates itself from other space startups, the future outlook of small satellite-powered IoT, and the design of the company’s unique logo. (Side note - Vytenis’ definition of “New Space” in this episode inspired the chosen topic of what will be our first episode recorded in front of a live audience at the SATELLITE 2020 conference in March).

Dr. Rick Fleeter, associate adjunct professor at Brown University and visiting lecturer at La Sapienza (Rome), has decades of personal history with small satellites. “I got started in microspace through amateur radio and AMSAT. In the early 1980s I had the unusual experience of spending evenings building small satellites in a garage in Redondo Beach, CA, paid for essentially with small contributions by the team that was building them, while during the day working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and then TRW, where it was insisted that without something close to $1 billion there wasn’t much you could do other than paper studies.” Rick Fleeter was launching smallsats in the 1970s, when they were considered merely a hobby or toys. Since then he has helped change the perception of cubesats to useful tools by leading well designed, cost-minimized projects. As an example, Brown's Space Engineering department built a satellite for just $5000. He has written books, founded the company AeroAstro and the Space Horizons annual conference at Brown. In this interview, Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan asks Dr. Rick Fleeter about the smallsat and cubesat field, new developments, frustrations with space, and even company development. Inquiries for Dr. Fleeter can be emailed to: rick_fleeter@brown.edu Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/bookcall

Host of the top space educator YouTube channel, Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur, is on the Cold Star Project and we're talking about the future of smallsats. Isaac Arthur shares his views with host Jason Kanigan on: the potential impact of economies of scale and the sheer number of cubesats about to be put into orbit tracking problems and space debris cleanup possibly resulting from mission failure, end of life, and collisions connectivity improvements leading to SAR (search and rescue) & lifesaving operations the next two or three decades of industry & commercial development of continuous launches to place and replace satellite constellations the future of smallsat technology and "space jobs." Check out Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/bookcall

Rapid fielding and prototyping are essential to meet the emerging needs of the space applications market, especially when it comes to launching SmallSats. These capabilities are often enabled by effective Digital Twinning and Agile solutions that fuel modern simulation and training efforts from the design engineers and maintainers to spacecraft pilots. This episode covers how the paradigm shift caused by SmallSats has designers turning to agile processes to aid satellite development.

Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com Glass Eye for the Spooky Guy [Maker Update #143] *Adafruit Edition* This week on Maker Update: Everything is awesome with this 3d printed lamp, over 2000 guides, a Xenomorph Candy Bucket, a creepy beating heart, mobile coding, keychords, IoT security and crazy cartoon eyes. Join the Maker Update email newsletter http://eepurl.com/cCJF21 ++Show Notes [Maker Update #143 Adafruit Edition]++ -=Project of the Week=- MONSTER M4SK Toon Hat https://learn.adafruit.com/monster-mask-augmented-eyes-toon-hat/graphics -=News=- The Adafruit Learning System has 2,000 guides! https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/24/the-adafruit-learning-system-has-2000-guides-adafruit-adafruit-thank-you/ Max Holliday – CircuitPython in space, SmallSats and more! https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/23/max-holiday-circuitpython-in-space-smallsats-and-more-circuitpython-maholli404-smallsat-stanford-keysightiotchallenge-zacinaction-kicksat/ -=Adafruit Projects=- LEGO Head Lamp with Audio https://learn.adafruit.com/lego-head-lamp-with-audio LED Neopixel Mickey Ears https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-led-mickey-ears NEW GUIDE: Alien Xenomorph Halloween Candy Bucket with CPX & MakeCode https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/27/new-guide-alien-xenomorph-halloween-candy-bucket-with-cpx-makecode-adafruit/ 3d Printed Glowing Scale Armor https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/25/new-guide-3d-printed-glowing-scale-armor/ Capacitive Touch Pulsing Heart https://learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-heart-capacitive-touch -=Contributed Projects=- Motorized Turntable by Liz Clark https://learn.adafruit.com/motorized-turntable-circuitpython -=Tools/Tips=- Adafruit Discord! https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/17/14000-thank-yous-celebrating-14000-members-in-the-adafruit-discord-community-adafruit-discordapp/ Glider - An app for editing Python on mobile devices wirelessly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpcjDBA6xw TypeCase – a gestural keyboard phone case https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/26/typecase-a-gestural-keyboard-phone-case-assistivetechnology-feather-hackaday/ MobileNet V2 SSD Lite on Raspberry Pi 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wC2jVvGSXs All the Internet of Things – Episode 5: The S in IoT is for Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISHqKL1okno -=Product Spotlight=- Monster M4sk https://www.adafruit.com/product/4343 Cool acrylic lenses https://www.adafruit.com/product/4330 Adafruit Monster M4sk just happens to fit perfect in a BOGLIN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah_opx9Q5Tg ------- Maker Update is a weekly video series covering news, projects, tips, and events that interest the maker and DIY community. Find more online: Blog: http://makerprojectlab.com Facebook: http://fb.me/makerprojectlab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makerprojectlab/ ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

Max Holiday has been Integrating CircuitPython into many aspects of his PhD research at Stanford University, we had a great time together chatting, thank you Max! #python #circuitpython #adafruit Topics included: KickSat-2 development yielded the PyCubed project and after Max's talk at SmallSat 2019 over 60 universities have reached out wanting to use and/or incorporate PyCubed into the Cubesat development efforts. All of the radiation testing, data collection, etc ... for the research is collected using CircuitPython I’m real excited lately with the time-of-flight ranging capability of the Semtech SX1280 radios. So Max built a breakout that fits existing HopeRF footprints and published a working (albeit rough around the edges) CircuitPython library! Max was in NYC for this Keysight IoT competition. Using the KickSat-2 CircuitPython platform (the small form-factor sprites), Max's team worked with a chemical engineering group at Stanford to develop a completely new means of measuring ammonia concentrations in water. The mesh network: gateways, sensing nodes, etc… are all using CircuitPython. THEY WON! Max's contributions to the maker community and Stanford curriculum include: Max developed the SAM32 board as a “catch-all” or swiss-army knife for student projects, it's is now part the curriculum in 5+ courses in the fall. One example, Eng240, is a MEMS course that’s historically been purely theory-based. However, Prof. Roger Howe and Max have overhauled the class to include labs in the fall. The first of which have students assembling their own SAM32, the second has students designing their own “marco” accelerometer using PCBs. Everything is driven with CircuitPython. Max is a self described soldering nerd - and was completely dissatisfied with resources online for folks learning to solder. Max made a very polished tutorial with a self-assessment quiz. Then coupled it with a soldering practice + exam board for Stanford students to use. We'll be posting more later, wanted to get this out there now so it made it in to our Python on Hardware newsletter! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

Joining the Constellations Podcast at the recent Small Sat Conference, Leena Pivovarova, NSR Analyst,  covered a range of topics that will have significant impact on the persona of the small sat industry. With respect to the role of governments, Leena states that in addition to their regulatory oversight, they are also participants, customers, enablers, facilitators. Because of this, there really must be alignment and government support, which includes having supporting regulations that enable, instead of kind of stifle innovation.   On the little discussed topic of sea launches, Leena points out their many advantages including a broader range of orbits one can launch to, lack of geographic confinement, and for governments, the ability to launch more stealthily than before.   Once launched, new propulsion technology will unlock a lot of new capabilities for smallsats, including easier and more flexible maneuverability, faster reaction times and better utilization of payload space. Leena sees an exciting future with the emergence of software defined capabilities, intersatellite links, more efficient use of spectrum and so much more.

Deze aflevering van de Eye On Orbit Ruimtevaart podcast is opgenomen op de International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2019, die elk jaar wordt georganiseerd in de RAI in Amsterdam. Ik kwam daar SatCom expert Hub Urlings tegen en wij spraken over de IBC en de nieuwste trends in de SatCom, o.a. over IOT en SmallSats.

Today on the Constellations podcast we will discuss how smallsat technology is being used in innovative ways to solve technical challenges faced by the military, science community, and industry. Find out how custom sensor, software, hardware, and thermal management solutions are making significant contributions to national defense and scientific discoveries. Hear about the programs where this technology is being applied to better understand global temperature changes in the thermosphere, identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs) and mitigate the adverse effects of space weather. Our guest today is Jim Marshall, Director of the Space Dynamics Laboratory. Jim provides oversight and integration of business development operations for both the Space Dynamics Laboratory and Energy Dynamics Laboratory. He has broad government and industry expertise and is on the frontlines of helping to solve complex issues in space, in air, on ground, and at sea for the government.

How about a network with more speed, bandwidth and security than terrestrial fiber? That is the promise of laser communications from space. This is the path that Bridgecomm is trailblazing – enabling future space missions using optical communications solutions through a global network of ground stations and complimentary satellite terminals. The company is building up a global network of optical ground terminals with stations in Alaska, Hawaii, the Southwest United States, South America, South Africa, Western Australia, Qatar and Sweden. Hear from Barry Matsumori, CEO of Bridgecomm, on how they plan to revolutionize communications while complementing existing RF communication systems. Barry has an extensive background in the mobile wireless and Space 2.0 sectors. His leadership roles include Senior VP of business development and advanced concepts at Virgin Orbit, Senior VP of sales and business development at SpaceX, and nearly two decades at Qualcomm, where he was VP of Wireless Connectivity.

Small satellites have changed the business model for space technology for everyone from the satellite producers to the designers of the radiation-hardened integrated circuits (ICs) that fuel their sophisticated payload. They’ve shifted the paradigm in terms of costs and time-to-market because they are less expensive to produce and launch, and if one goes down it can easily be replaced by another. The number of annual nano- or microsatellite launches has grown at an average of 40% per year since 2011, with 10% growth projected annually through 2023. What does it take to be successful in this market? From time-to-market pressure to the push for more commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology in military and commercial space applications, this episode covers the most important challenges and opportunities.

The first U.S. weather satellite weighed 270 pounds. Its size made most people associate the word “satellite” with either a moon, a sputnik, or a modern rig with rocket motors, solar panels, and antennae. Sixty years later, satellites are more common. They provide high-speed Internet, support global communications and GPS capabilities, and power our smartphones. Modern satellites are more powerful and flexible, do more, cost less, and get to orbit faster. They provide better accuracy, and improved anti-jamming capabilities, and, more recently, they even connect to the wider network of satellites orbiting Earth. Investments in satellite and space technology are growing not only in commercial markets, but in military and civil ones as well. Join us and hear about the cutting-edge technology enabling this revolution.

Jeff asks Spire's launch manager Jenny Barna why the satellite industry can't just sent satellites into orbit whenever they want. This episode addresses the launch bottleneck faced by operators looking to put tens of thousands of constellation satellites into space during the next few years. Jeff also speaks to Via Satellite editorial director Mark Holmes about the highlights of the first two days of the SATELLITE 2019 exhibition and conference in Washington D.C. NOTE - Please excuse the background noise during the interviews. We were recording on the SATELLITE 2019 show floor during operating hours.

Smallsats have evolved from a novelty to the norm in the satellite industry.  Key to this transition has been a change in mentality and practice from custom space craft design to a Henry Ford mentality of standards to meet a much larger volume of rocket builds. Find out how open systems architectures, plug and play capabilities and interoperability standards are enabling growth from a spacecraft perspective. In this episode hear about the cutting-edge techniques and approaches to space systems architectures and spacecraft/satellite design and development.  Also, hear Stan’s lessons learned for new companies entering the new space industry and find out what he thinks the future holds for smallsats.

Emory Stagmer (@VAXHeadroom) and Craig Elder join us in studio to talk about the recent SmallSat conference and what the big deal about small satellites actually is.Launch Minute Delta 4 Heavy Launches Parker Solar Probe Space News NANODIAMONDS in space Cosmonauts play "Toss the CubeSat" Earth material more common than we thought If you would like to continue the conversation we have a few great ways to do that:- Comment right here on YouTube. We'll comment back or even feature it in the show- Create a new post on our community forum at https://community.tmro.tv - Head over to our real-time Discord channel here: https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD

Emory Stagmer (@VAXHeadroom) and Craig Elder join us in studio to talk about the recent SmallSat conference and what the big deal about small satellites actually is.Launch MinuteDelta 4 Heavy Launches Parker Solar ProbeSpace NewsNANODIAMONDS in spaceCosmonauts play "Toss the CubeSat"Earth material more common than we thought If you would like to continue the conversation we have a few great ways to do that:- Comment right here on YouTube. We'll comment back or even feature it in the show- Create a new post on our community forum at https://community.tmro.tv - Head over to our real-time Discord channel here: https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD

Congestion is becoming a reality in today’s new space world. With hundreds of HTS and thousands of LEO and MEO constellations in place or planned - the potential for increased interference continues to grow.  How will the satellite industry adapt to meet the challenge?  What role will regulation play in this new environment? What new technology and approaches will be used or need to be developed to address the potential increase in interference? Listen to a conversation with industry experts and Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) members to find out what new challenges lie ahead and how to address interference in a new space world.

Information from space has historically been the province of the rich and powerful. Big Earth-observing satellites can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and launch, and the price of their data scales accordingly. Scrappy scientific upstarts have, for a while, been building smallsats to get orbital data on the cheap.

If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: OSCAR-1 PDF (http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/Bilsing.pdf) What are SmallSats and CubeSats? (https://www.nasa.gov/content/what-are-smallsats-and-cubesats) New Space Policy Directive Calls for Human Expansion Across Solar System- NASA.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/new-space-policy-directive-calls-for-human-expansion-across-solar-system) White House Press Release on Space Policy Directive- 1 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/12/11/president-donald-j-trump-will-make-america-leader-space-exploration) Trump formally establishes lunar landing goal, but without details- Jeff Foust with SpaceNews.com (http://spacenews.com/trump-formally-establishes-lunar-landing-goal-but-without-details/) Check out this article for a picture of the Falcon 9 that I talked about in today's episode. NASA sees “equivalent risk” of flying reused SpaceX booster (http://spacenews.com/nasa-sees-equivalent-risk-of-flying-reused-spacex-booster/) President Trump says we're going back to the Moon- Eric Berger with ArsTechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/president-trump-says-were-going-back-to-the-moon/)

How is a cellphone like a satellite? Says Tom Friend, Agile consultant at Duke Energy who is blowing our minds with his work at NASA, "If you think about it, a cellphone is a micro satellite [without] stabilization [or] propulsion." Tom walked us through using Scrum and other Agile practices in a satellite mission simulation to create a roadmap and a backlog and to produce a paper prototype of a to-scale small satellite (smallsat), which Friend calls a cubesat. Of the experience, he says, "It creates a shared mental model that everyone can see. It's not what you get out of the paper, it's individuals and interactions." Howard Sublett hosts at Southern Fried Agile 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. To receive real-time updates: Podcast library: www.agileamped.com Subscribe to our newsletter: www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Connect on Twitter: twitter.com/AgileAmpedFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/agileamped

Rob Rainhart, Senior Vice President of Engineering at HawkEye 360, shares his thoughts on the technology, applications and future potential of space based RF mapping and analytics. 

In this episode I welcome back Wayne Ellis, a space and defence consultant with AppSpace Solutions of Winnipeg, and a past president of the Canadian Space Society. In today's show, Wayne and I discussed some of the notable current events and touched on the ongoing debate of Moon vs Mars, and what the government provides in the way of of infrastructure and imagination leadership. Here are the topics for today's show: - Moon vs Mars (0:41 - 11:44) - SmallSats and Big Data (11:45 - 21:33) - More water on Moon? (21:34 - 27:05) - The latest Canadian Space Agency call for ideas (27:06 - 35:18) - Canadian trade agreements and the space industry (35:19 - 40:27) - The SEDS Canada Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (40:28 - 45:45)

Every year, upwards of 2,000 planetary scientists descend upon a suburb of Houston to discuss the latest findings, share the work, and learn something new. A lot of Mars happens at these conferences, so WeMartians decided to attend it in person! Jake catches up with old friends, makes some new ones, and explores Mars like never before. Links History The original Lunar Science Conference poster from 1970 Pre-Conference Microsymposium 58 Website Oral Session Highlights What the heck is a yardang? Isaac Smith's abstract using dessert to model Mars Polar Layer Deposits (yes, you read that right) Polar Layer Deposits NASA Night Livestream of the event Smallsats for Planetary Science Press Release CAPS Meeting Agenda Poster Sessions Justin Cowart's Abstract Lauren Mc Keown's Abstract Human Exploration Lockheed Martin's Mars Base Camp Concept Harrison "Jack" Schmitt's Abstract WeMartians music is "RetroFuture" and "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Prof. Harlan Spence from University of New Hampshire and Dr. Renny Fields from the Aerospace Corporation discussed the optical communication for SmallSats and CubeSats at the recent short course Satellite Communication with Laser Beams – The Next Wave"

JPL's Julie Castillo-Rogez discusses SmallSats mission concepts for planetary exploration (July 16, 2012).

JPL's Julie Castillo-Rogez discusses SmallSats mission concepts for planetary exploration (July 16, 2012).