Fielding: Privateer launches satellites because operators refuse open data sharing
Alex Fielding · Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah on the Data Highway Above · Nov 9, 2022 · at 56:06
Alex Fielding, co-founder and CEO of Privateer Space, explains why Privateer must deploy proprietary hardware to build an open space situational awareness dataset.
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“If everyone wanted to share in space and wanted to do what we were doing, we wouldn't have to launch any of our own satellites. We could just ask them, why don't you just give us access to your stuff and we'll give access to the entire community. But it doesn't totally work that way.”
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