Spacecraft
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Sourcery 
the a16z Podcast
4 statements about Spacecraft, every show
Mendler: Government customers treat ground systems as an afterthought
“For, you know, a government customer segment they tend to procure their spacecraft and their ground systems separately. So space systems were the major focus for a long time. And ground segment was kind of just the afterthought.”
Mendler: Operators cannot reliably control dynamically maneuvering spacecraft
“All of those use cases where spacecraft are moving dynamically around in new ways in the space environment. They basically just don't have a solution for how to connect and control that spacecraft.”
Mendler: Satellite ROI depends directly on ground connectivity capacity
“The economic value of the spacecraft is the data that can produce, and the data that can produce is, It's directly proportional to the amount of ground connectivity that you have. So ground is quite literally how you increase the ROI of your spacecraft.”
Zurbuchen: NASA repositions spacecraft monthly to dodge orbital debris
“So on an average month, we have One, sometimes multiple almost hits. So sometimes we have to fly a spacecraft away. You know, I have tens of spacecraft that are there operating. We have to move it away to make sure the debris can pass.”