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Two Takes On LEO Sustainability

Expansive projected growth in LEO constellations was a common theme among key military and commercial satcom players during sessions at the 36th Space Symposium. In this article, Constellations focuses on LEOs and the benefits and challenges that come with this low latency, high-power signal, super secure booming force in satcom market growth.

The introduction of software-defined technologies is considered a major technological trend to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of operations. How will software-defined technologies leverage new opportunities for Telecom, Earth Observation, and Defense applications but also challenge the current value chain.

Read our conversation with Geoffrey Carrigan, Program Manager at Bluestaq, on the Unified Data Library (UDL) that will be used by the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The library has been built to handle multiple types of data and data sources with the end goal to have data available to all applicable users across domains.

In this follow-on interview, Constellations spoke to Jeff Freedman, CEO of Kythera Space Solutions to dive into the complex topic of software-defined satellites, and how these will interact with ground systems.

As Constellations Podcast celebrates the release of its 100th episode, here are 5 lessons for space entrepreneurs from both venture capitalists and angel investors.