S1E15: From Software to Space: Launching Satellites for the Future of Weather Intelligence - Rei Goffer, Tomorrow.io

TerraWatch Space Podcast

English - August 23, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: #18 - Space Around the World: Space in Africa

Next Episode: #20: The Business of Space and Interplanetary Economics with Sinéad O'Sullivan

In this very special episode, I am speaking with Rei Goffer, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Tomorrow.io (aka my boss). We discuss Rei's journey, how weather forecasting works and the role of satellites in it, Tomorrow's products, why they decided to launch satellites being a software company and more.

P.S: This is going to be my last episode as an independent consultant. From the 30th of August, I going to be working at Tomorrow.io as their Director of Strategy, Space & Federal.

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01:36: Rei's journey

03:59: An overview of Tomorrow.io

05:38: How weather forecasting works

10:13: Who are the customers of Tomorrow.io?

11:47: What sets Tomorrow.io apart from other weather companies

18:01: Why launch satellites in the first place?

25:51: Some details on the satellite constellation

28:19: The reaction from the space industry and the US Government

32:55: Competition within the space industry?

35:50: Tomorrow's plans for the future

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