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#47: Democratising Earth Observation with James Slifierz, SkyWatch

TerraWatch Space Podcast - October 12, 2022 11:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with James Slifierz, from SkyWatch. For those who don't know, SkyWatch is a Canadian startup that aims to remove the barriers to accessing commercial satellite imagery, through two offerings - one called EarthCache that is a one-stop shop to acquire commercial satellite data...

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#45: Making Earth Observation FAIR with Nadine Alameh, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

TerraWatch Space Podcast - September 28, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Nadine Alameh, the CEO of Open Geospatial Consortium, an international organisation dedicated to making geospatial data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) through consensus-based standards, collaborative innovation projects, and industry partnership...

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#46: GEO: A Global, Authoritative Voice on Earth Observation with Yana Gevorgyan, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

TerraWatch Space Podcast - September 28, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Yana Gevorgyan, the Secretariat Director of the Group on Earth Observations (or GEO). GEO is a unique global network connecting government institutions, academic and research institutions, data providers, businesses, engineers, scientists and experts to create innovativ...

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#44: Filling Socioeconomic Data Gaps with Satellite Data - Abe Tarapani, Atlas AI

TerraWatch Space Podcast - September 07, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Abe Tarapani, CEO of Atlas AI. I wanted to feature Atlas AI as “Startup of the Month” on the podcast as I believe they are doing something very important and impactful with satellite data. I will let you listen to Abe explaining what Atlas AI does, but to give you an i...

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[Startup of the Month] #44: Filling Socioeconomic Data Gaps with Satellite Data - Abe Tarapani, Atlas AI

TerraWatch Space Podcast - September 07, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Abe Tarapani, CEO of Atlas AI. I wanted to feature Atlas AI as “Startup of the Month” on the podcast as I believe they are doing something very important and impactful with satellite data. I will let you listen to Abe explaining what Atlas AI does, but to give you an i...

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[EO Company Of The Month] #43: Building Turnkey Earth Observation Missions - Jonny Dyer, Muon Space

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 31, 2022 10:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Jonny Dyer, co-founder and CEO of Muon Space. Muon Space is a recently-founded startup based in California that is developing an Earth observation satellite platform that would bring remote sensing capability to organisations that lack the expertise needed to develop it...

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[Company Of The Month] #43: Building Turnkey Earth Observation Missions - Jonny Dyer, Muon Space

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 31, 2022 10:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Jonny Dyer, co-founder and CEO of Muon Space. Muon Space is a recently-founded startup based in California that is developing an Earth observation satellite platform that would bring remote sensing capability to organisations that lack the expertise needed to develop it...

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#43: Building Turnkey Earth Observation Missions - Jonny Dyer, Muon Space

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 31, 2022 10:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Jonny Dyer, co-founder and CEO of Muon Space. Muon Space is a recently-founded startup based in California that is developing an Earth observation satellite platform that would bring remote sensing capability to organisations that lack the expertise needed to develop it...

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#42: Communicating Earth Observation and Climate with Prof Chris Rapley, University College London

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 24, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Prof. Chris Rapley from University College London.  From working on Earth observations missions to study the polar regions with radar altimetry instruments to actually researching there as the director of British Antarctic Survey, Prof Chris Rapley is an accomplished s...

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#41: Improving the Adoption of Earth Observation Data with Daniel Wicks, Satellite Applications Catapult

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 17, 2022 13:03 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Daniel Wicks, head of geospatial intelligence at Satellite Applications Catapult in the UK. Satellite Applications Catapult is an entity set up by the UK, and is one of nine Catapults, aimed at building innovation and driving economic growth.  I was interested to speak...

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#40: Blue Sky Analytics: Bloomberg Terminal for Environmental Data

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Housekeeping: This is the first episode after the break, after officially launching my business TerraWatch Space. As I mentioned in the blog post, I am going to be changing the format of the podcast a little. The "Startup of the Month" is where I will have an interesting startup in Earth observ...

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#40: [Startup of the Month] Blue Sky Analytics: Bloomberg Terminal for Environmental Data

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Housekeeping: This is the first episode after the break, after officially launching my business TerraWatch Space. As I mentioned in the blog post, I am going to be changing the format of the podcast a little. The "Startup of the Month" is where I will have an interesting startup in Earth observ...

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Looking Back & Looking Forward: The Future of the TerraWatch Space Podcast

TerraWatch Space Podcast - August 07, 2022 11:22 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Looking back at the journey of TerraWatch Space podcast and its future - some gratitude, some learnings & some thoughts on how I want to see the podcast grow, as I go full-time on TerraWatch Space with the goal of making satellite data mainstream. Usual episodes should start on Wednesday. Thank...

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#39: Demystifying Spacecraft Operations for Exploration and Earth Observation Missions - Thomas Ormston, ESA

TerraWatch Space Podcast - June 26, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Thomas Ormston, Deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager for the Sentinel-1 mission at the European Space Agency. Thomas has over 15 years of experience in spacecraft operations from being part of the operations team for the Mars Express mission to then becoming the spacecr...

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#38: Interoperability, Standards & Trainings: Solving "Boring Problems" in Earth Observation with Julia Wagemann

TerraWatch Space Podcast - June 17, 2022 12:57 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Julia Wagemann, an independent consultant and project manager in the Earth observation sector. Julia works in the intersection of data providers and users aiming to make large volumes of EO data better accessible and used. She has several years of experience in EO and s...

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#37: Demystifying Weather with Dr. Marshall Shepherd

TerraWatch Space Podcast - June 03, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today I am speaking with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, an American meteorologist, professor at the University of Georgia and the director of the university's atmospheric sciences program. Dr.Shepherd was the 2013 president of the American Meteorological Society and a past chair of the NASA Earth Scienc...

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#37: Demystifying Weather from Space with Dr. Marshall Shepherd

TerraWatch Space Podcast - June 03, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today I am speaking with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, an American meteorologist, professor at the University of Georgia and the director of the university's atmospheric sciences program. Dr.Shepherd was the 2013 president of the American Meteorological Society and a past chair of the NASA Earth Scienc...

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#36: Market Leading Strategies in Earth Observation - John Murtagh, Airbus Intelligence

TerraWatch Space Podcast - May 20, 2022 01:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with John Murtagh from Airbus Intelligence. I don't think the company requires an introduction - Airbus Intelligence has been delivering value from satellite imagery for over 30 years. John Murtagh is the Head of Strategy for the Intelligence program unit of Airbus Defence ...

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#35: From a Software Entrepreneur to a Space Tech Investor - Jonathan Lacoste, SpaceVC

TerraWatch Space Podcast - May 15, 2022 09:35 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today I am speaking with Jonathan Lacoste, General Partner at SpaceVC, a venture capital firm investing in space companies. I was keen on getting Jonathan on the podcast because he has quite an interesting story. In 2011, he co-founded Jebbit, an enterprise software company, built it and scaled...

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#34: End-to-End Space Mobility - David Henri, Exotrail

TerraWatch Space Podcast - May 08, 2022 16:05 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with David Henri, co-founder and chief product officer of Exotrail. Exotrail is a French NewSpace startup that is focusing on space mobility meaning, enabling small satellites to move in space, optimising their deployment, and increasing their performance. In this episode,...

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#33: Thermal Infrared Imagery (+Hyperspectral) for Agriculture - ConstellR (+ScanWorld)

TerraWatch Space Podcast - April 30, 2022 21:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Max Gulde, co-founder and CEO of ConstellR, Cassi Welling, COO of ConstellR and Guerric de Crombrugghe, Chief Product Officer of ConstellR and former CEO of ScanWorld. ConstellR is an Earth observation startup, focusing on collecting thermal infrared data from space fo...

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#32: Building an Earth Observation Company in India - Prateep Basu, SatSure

TerraWatch Space Podcast - April 22, 2022 16:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Prateep Basu, co-founder and CEO of SatSure, an Earth observation company from India, that just closed a $5M pre-series A round earlier this year. In this episode, Prateep and I discuss the state of Indian space ecosystem, being a space tech entrepreneur in India, SatS...

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#32: Building an Earth Observation Company in India - Prateep Basu, SatSure

TerraWatch Space Podcast - April 22, 2022 16:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today, I am speaking with Prateep Basu, co-founder and CEO of SatSure, an Earth observation company from India, that just closed a $5M pre-series A round earlier this year. In this episode, Prateep and I discuss the state of Indian space ecosystem, being a space tech entrepreneur in India, SatS...

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#31: Earth Observation in China - Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan

TerraWatch Space Podcast - April 08, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This episode has been in the making for a while, as I was really interested in understanding the Earth observation market in China. So, it was great to have Blaine and Tianyi, two experts on the space industry in China, on the podcast to discuss this subject. Blaine Curcio is the founder of Orb...

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#31 - Earth Observation in China, Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan

TerraWatch Space Podcast - April 08, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This episode has been in the making for a while, as I was really interested in understanding the Earth observation market in China. So, it was great to have Blaine and Tianyi, two experts on the space industry in China, on the podcast to discuss this subject. Blaine Curcio is the founder of Orb...

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#30: Can Space Infrastructure Be Outsourced? - Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital

TerraWatch Space Podcast - March 29, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today I am speaking with Alex Greenberg, Co-founder & COO of Loft Orbital. Loft is actually one of my favourite companies in the space industry. I will let you listen to Alex explaining about what they do, but what got me interested in Loft is - they are actually trying to solve something that ...

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#30 - Can Space Infrastructure Be Outsourced? Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital

TerraWatch Space Podcast - March 29, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Today I am speaking with Alex Greenberg, Co-founder & COO of Loft Orbital.  Loft is actually one of my favourite companies in the space industry. I will let you listen to Alex explaining about what they do, but what got me interested in Loft is - they are actually trying to solve something that...

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#29 - Building an Earth Observation Company with Emiliano Kargieman, Satellogic

TerraWatch Space Podcast - March 04, 2022 03:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode, I am speaking with Emiliano Kargieman aka EK. EK is the founder and CEO of Satellogic, an Earth observation company founded in 2010 that just trading in the public market, about a month ago. EK and I discuss the founding story of Satellogic, the early challenges and learnings, ...

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#29: Building an Earth Observation Company and Taking it Public - Emiliano Kargieman, Satellogic

TerraWatch Space Podcast - March 04, 2022 03:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode, I am speaking with Emiliano Kargieman aka EK. EK is the founder and CEO of Satellogic, an Earth observation company founded in 2010 that just trading in the public market, about a month ago. EK and I discuss the founding story of Satellogic, the early challenges and learnings, ...

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#28: Space Cybersecurity - Mathieu Bailly, CYSEC

TerraWatch Space Podcast - February 13, 2022 12:26 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
We are going to discuss something that is usually not discussed as much in the space industry. And that's the topic of cybersecurity. As we continue to launch more and more commercial satellites, I guess it is not a question of if we will see the first big satellite hack, but when. To explore t...