Space Business Podcast

My guest this week is Alex Haro, co-founder and CEO of Hubble Network, which is building a low Earth orbit satellite constellation that any Bluetooth chip can talk to directly, with nothing more than a software update. We get into how a Bluetooth "whisper" can be heard from orbit, Hubble's B2B model, early traction and the path to 60 satellites, use cases from asset and package tracking to livestock, wildfire detection and even butterflies, how Hubble compares with AirTags, privacy and unauthorized tracking, and the company's next milestones after its $200 million Series C. Enjoy! 0:00 — Cold Open 0:23 — Intro 1:19 — Welcome & the Elevator Pitch: Bluetooth to Space 2:46 — Origin Story 7:28 — Why the Name "Hubble"? 8:14 — The Technology: How a Bluetooth Whisper Reaches Orbit 15:30 — Just a Software Update: No New Hardware 17:09 — A B2B Business Model 18:32 — Early Traction & the Path to 60 Satellites 21:43 — Early Use Cases: Asset & Package Tracking 25:44 — Hubble vs. AirTags 27:45 — Remote Areas, Indoors & Battery Life 32:38 — The Use Cases Alex Is Most Excited About 35:50 — Opportunities for Entrepreneurs 39:31 — Livestock & Agriculture 42:16 — Privacy & Unauthorized Tracking 44:15 — Next Milestones, Series C & Launch 48:08 — Science Fiction Favorites 50:20 — Outro 🔗 Hubble Network https://hubble.com/ 🔗 Alex Haro https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderharo 🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast 🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen 🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/ 🔗 Follow E2MC (Raphael's space VC): 🤝🏻LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/e2mc-space/ To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy: 1. "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities. 📚 https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO 2. edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments. 🎓 https://www.edx.org/learn/economics/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne-new-space-economy 3. Space Founder Newsletter A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 4. Space Business Newsletter 📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/

Something a little different this week: a science fiction special! My guest is Mary Robinette Kowal, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Lady Astronaut series and The Spare Man. We talk about getting the space science right in hard sci-fi, how AI, politics and spirituality show up (or don't) in science fiction, and how talking with her cat Elsie through word buttons has changed the way she thinks about first contact with aliens. Enjoy!   0:00 — Cold Open 0:25 — Intro 2:25 — Elevator Pitch 3:00 — The Spare Man: A Murder Mystery in Space 5:39 — Borrowing Story Structures from Other Genres 9:21 — World-Building in Sci-Fi and Fantasy 11:52 — Hard Science Fiction and Working with Experts 16:51 — Hardest Technical Topic: Rocket Crashes 18:59 — Real-World Space Tech vs. Fiction 21:02 — Why Are There Still Hotshot Pilots? 22:28 — AI in Science Fiction 27:42 — Politics and Writing the Future 32:18 — Utopias vs. Dystopias 35:06 — Spirituality in Space 37:14 — Advice for Aspiring Writers 38:57 — First Contact and Talking to Aliens 39:47 — Talking with Elsie the Cat 48:26 — Favorite Science Fiction 49:59 — Mary Robinette's Next Book 🔗 Mary Robinette Kowal https://maryrobinettekowal.com/   🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast 🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen 🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/ 🔗 Follow E2MC (Raphael's space VC): 🤝🏻LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/e2mc-space/ To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy: "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities. 📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments. 🎓https://www.edx.org/learn/economics/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne-new-space-economy Space Founder Newsletter A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 Space Business Newsletter 📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/

Momentus is one of still relatively few space companies listed on a stock exchange.  Their offerings include satellites, hosted payload services, and last mile transportation for other people's satellites. CEO John Rood is our guest this week to tell us all about that, and also what it is like to be a publicly-listed space company. Enjoy! 1:29 — Elevator Pitch 2:11 — Momentus Satellites and Orbital Service Vehicles 3:02 — Spacecraft Market Positioning 5:40 — Market Differentiation 9:58 — Technology Roadmap 11:49 — Proximity Operations 14:10 — Government vs Commercial Customers 19:45 — Common Mistakes with Government Customers 24:27 — Space Truck Deep Dive 39:03 — Launch Market 42:52 — Product Roadmap 54:48 — Favorite Science Fiction 🔗 Momentus https://momentus.space/   🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast   🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇  Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen 🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/ To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy: "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities. 📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO  edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments. 🎓https://www.edx.org/learn/economics/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne-new-space-economy Space Founder Newsletter A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 Space Business Newsletter 📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/

We have another episode on remote sensing, and my guest is Mark Keremedjiev from a startup called Orbital Sentry. Mark tell us why persistent monitoring from geosynchronous orbit makes sense for use cases including wildfires.   0:00 — Introduction 1:11 — Welcome & Elevator Pitch 2:13 — The LEO Data Access Problem 4:29 — Wildfires & a Dynamic World 6:05 — XPRIZE for Wildfire Detection 8:29 — LEO Limitations 11:23 — The GEO Solution 13:40 — Costs & Improvements 16:00 — Declining Costs 17:20 — The Spatial Challenge 21:09 — Temporal Resolution 22:34 — Defense Applications 27:09 — Data Strategy 31:48 — Go-to-Market 37:27 — Sensor Technology & In-Space Compute 41:45 — 10-Year Vision & Favorite Science-Fiction   🔗 Orbital Sentry https://www.orbitalsentry.ai/   🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast   🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇  Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen 🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/ To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy: "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities. 📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO  edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments. 🎓https://www.edx.org/learn/economics/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne-new-space-economy Space Founder Newsletter A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 Space Business Newsletter 📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/

 Space lasers - we are talking about space lasers again -- for optical communications rather than more sinister purposes, at least for the moment. Our guest this week is Rohit Jha from Singapore-based startup Transcelestial. Optical communications are becoming an even bigger topic than they have been before, in part thanks to orbital data centers. We talk all about that, and much more, in the episode. Enjoy.    1:38 — Elevator Pitch 4:47 — Laser History & Why Now 8:05 — Tech Stack 9:36 — Terrestrial Product for Telcos 11:58 — Go-to-Market 18:22 — Defense Product 23:26 — Space Product 27:52 — Commercial Space Strategy 36:09 — Supply Chain 42:35 — Orbital Data Centers 49:29 — Singapore 50:57 — Future Plans 55:05 — Science-Fiction 🔗 Transcelestial https://transcelestial.com/   🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast   🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇  Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen 🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/ To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy: "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities. 📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO  edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments. 🎓https://www.edx.org/learn/economics/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne-new-space-economy Space Founder Newsletter A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 Space Business Newsletter 📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/