Episodes 100
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Since Jul 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Space is rapidly growing into an exciting ecosystem for business. In this podcast we hear from entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others about the many opportunities that exist. This podcast is produced by the Space Business Institute in partnership with the International Space University.

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S1E173 #169 | Next-Gen Satellite Navigation| Brian Manning, Xona Space Systems

Jun 06, 2026 55m

This week we’re talking about satellite navigation. All of us are using it every day mostly in its best-known form, GPS. Now there is a startup company trying to make satellite navigation much…

S1E172 #168 | Space-based Solar Power | Marc Berte, Overview Energy

May 16, 2026 1h 1m

Space-based solar power – it’s a hot and electrifying topic again (sorry for the pun!) What is the state of the art? What are the commercial use cases? How do the economics look? We’ll dive into this…

S1E171 #167 | Japan Space Ecosystem | Francois Poncin, SPACETIDE

Apr 20, 2026 43m

Japan: This week we are getting an introduction to the Japanese space ecosystem. My guest is Francois Poncin. He is the Chief Operating Officer of the SPACETIDE Foundation, which does many things,…

S1E169 #166 | Satellites 2.0 | Patrick Haddox, Samara Aerospace

Apr 08, 2026 35m

Samara Aerospace is a San Francisco-based space startup that has come up with a very interesting new tech solution for pointing satellites accurately and quickly. Now they are developing a satellite…

S1E168 #165 | Launch Services | Robert Sproles, Exolaunch

Mar 27, 2026 46m

Exolaunch is a company that is an integral part of the space ecoystem. They sit in the middle between people wanting to launch satellites and the launch/rocket companies. They have already helped get…

#164 | Earth Return | Ryohei Kobayashi, Elevation Space

Feb 14, 2026 42m

Elevation Space is a Japanese startup working on downmass – bringing things back from space to Earth – leveraging Japan’s strong heritage in reentry and recovery technologies. CEO and co-founder…

#163 | Spaceports | Ketil Olsen, Andøya Space

Feb 04, 2026 42m

The most beautiful launchsite in the world – that is my description for this week’s episode. Andøya Space is a space launch center in Northern Norway. It is kind of what you would imagine if Disney’s…

S1E165 #162 | A New LEO Broadband Constellation | Rafel Jordá Siquier, Open Cosmos

Jan 15, 2026 45m

Open Cosmos, a European space scale-up, has cemented a reputation as a reliable provider and operator of satellites for various mission types. Now they have secured priority spectrum to build a new…

S1E164 #161 | The Dell of Satellites | Ian Cinnamon, Apex Space

Jan 12, 2026 42m

Apex Space is a Los Angeles based satellite bus manufacturer. They want to productize satellite buses and build them at scale for government and commercial customers. Our guest is co-founder and CEO…

S1E163 #160 | 2026 in Space Preview | Raphael Roettgen, E2MC

Jan 06, 2026 21m

This is my preview of what the year 2026 may hold for the Space sector - including in launch, lunar, space applications, science, government, finance, events, etc. 🕰️ Timestamps:  00:00 Podcast…

S1E162 #159 | SpaceX IPO | Aaron Burnett, Mach33

Dec 22, 2025 1h 6m

There has been a lot of recent talk about a potential SpaceX IPO. I sit down with Aaron Burnett, co-founder and CEO of Mach33, to discuss. Mach33 and Ark Invest collaborate on an open-sourced SpaceX…

S1E161 #158 | Optical Comms As-a-Service | Jordan Vannitsen, Odysseus Space

Dec 16, 2025 48m

Space lasers again! Odysseus Space from Luxembourg focuses on providing optical communications solutions between Space and Earth as a service. If you seem to notice that is not the first episode on…

S1E160 #157 | Keeping Satellites Stable | Alessandro Stabile, Magma Space

Dec 08, 2025 41m

Magma Space is a U.S. startup with advanced technology to help keep satellites stable / jitter-free, which is more important to satellite communications and remote sensing than you may realize. We…

S1E159 #156 | Hyperspectral Earth Intelligence | Awais Ahmed, Pixxel

Nov 28, 2025 54m

Pixxel is a prominent earth observation startup originally from India and now present in the U.S., too. They are focused on so-called hyperspectral imaging. CEO & Co-Founder Awais Ahmed is our…

#155 | Real-time Geospatial Intelligence | Michael Bartholomeusz, Novi Space

Nov 18, 2025 38m

How can you get real-time intelligence from space rapidly and cheaply? Novi Space is a startup from Virginia that uses its own hardware and on-orbit edge processing to do just that. Their CEO Michael…

#154 | Optical Communications | JF Morizur, Cailabs

Nov 10, 2025 51m

Cailabs is a French laser company and one thing they are doing are optical communications between Earth to Space. This has a number of advantages over radio frequency communications, which is why it…

S1E156 #153 | Earth Intelligence| Prateep Basu, SatSure

Nov 03, 2025 47m

SatSure is an Earth intelligence company from India, processing satellite imagery to generate insights for various industry verticals. Co-founder and CEO Prateep Basu is our guest. Enjoy!  🕰️…

S1E155 #152 | Space Robots | Ethan Barajas & Jamie Palmer, Icarus Robotics

Oct 27, 2025 46m

SPACE ROBOTS! We are are talking about this exciting topic again in this episode. Icarus Robotics is a NY-based space robotics start up that just raised its $6M seed financing round. Co-founders…

S1E154 #151 | Advanced Composites | Trevor Smith, Atomic-6

Oct 20, 2025 40m

Atomic-6 is an advanced composites solutions manufacturer providing products such as satellite solar arrays and Space Armor(TM), based in Atlanta. Founder & CEO Trevor Smith is our guest this…

S1E153 #150 | Methane Monitoring | Daria Stepanova, Airmo

Aug 27, 2025 41m

Monitoring greenhouse gases, including from Space. That’s our topic this week. We therefore have another earth observation startup on the show as our guests: Airmo from Germany. They’re developing an…

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