Andrew Gunther

Ooh. Sorry. Oh, that's a boo. That's a boo for me, dog.

Ooh. Sorry. Oh, that's a boo. That's a boo for me, dog.

I get that though. We all go through that phase.

I get that though. We all go through that phase.

Yeah, for sure. So I'm Andrew Gunther. I work for a company called Orbital Sidekick. So Orbital Sidekick operates a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. And basically what that means is they have these cameras that can see way outside of the visible spectrum of light so they can effectively perform spectroscopy from space.

Yeah, for sure. So I'm Andrew Gunther. I work for a company called Orbital Sidekick. So Orbital Sidekick operates a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. And basically what that means is they have these cameras that can see way outside of the visible spectrum of light so they can effectively perform spectroscopy from space.

So gases that would normally be invisible to the naked eye are things that their cameras can see. And so their primary market right now is customers like oil and gas. We're like, hey, let us know if our pipelines are leaking. So OSK basically processes their own imagery, determines where leak sites are and forwards those on to customers.

So gases that would normally be invisible to the naked eye are things that their cameras can see. And so their primary market right now is customers like oil and gas. We're like, hey, let us know if our pipelines are leaking. So OSK basically processes their own imagery, determines where leak sites are and forwards those on to customers.

They have customers in government who buy raw imagery looking to expand out into other industries. As you can imagine, like with these kinds of cameras, there's all kinds of cool stuff you can do. You can monitor plant health. You can help with mining prospecting. So very, very cool technology still in the early stages. Three satellites in orbit right now. to more launching in March-ish.

They have customers in government who buy raw imagery looking to expand out into other industries. As you can imagine, like with these kinds of cameras, there's all kinds of cool stuff you can do. You can monitor plant health. You can help with mining prospecting. So very, very cool technology still in the early stages. Three satellites in orbit right now. to more launching in March-ish.

I don't have exact dates yet, but a little bit more about me. So I am principal software engineer at Orbital Sidekick. Prior to that, I worked at AWS for seven years. So basically I left AWS, joined OSK as lucky employee number 13, and got to build a lot of their ground segment systems from the ground up. As time went on, I got to be a little bit more involved and help out on payload side as well.

I don't have exact dates yet, but a little bit more about me. So I am principal software engineer at Orbital Sidekick. Prior to that, I worked at AWS for seven years. So basically I left AWS, joined OSK as lucky employee number 13, and got to build a lot of their ground segment systems from the ground up. As time went on, I got to be a little bit more involved and help out on payload side as well.

So kind of the V1 of all of OSK systems, I got to sort of touch and then moved into this role of wherever the fires are, I moved around to put those out.

So kind of the V1 of all of OSK systems, I got to sort of touch and then moved into this role of wherever the fires are, I moved around to put those out.

No, thankfully no, no physical fires.

No, thankfully no, no physical fires.

So it's interesting. OSK is a company of about 30 people.

So it's interesting. OSK is a company of about 30 people.

Because like... Applications are open.

Because like... Applications are open.