Andrew Gunther

The Federal Communications Commission, the champions of litter in space. Yeah.

The Federal Communications Commission, the champions of litter in space. Yeah.

It was just, like, let it all burn up. A lot of these satellites, like, our satellites don't have propulsion. So, after X number of years, the orbit decays and they burn up and that's game. Yeah.

It was just, like, let it all burn up. A lot of these satellites, like, our satellites don't have propulsion. So, after X number of years, the orbit decays and they burn up and that's game. Yeah.

Mostly so.

Mostly so.

So there's a difference between orbit decay and mission life because the components on board, in theory, will go out long before the actual orbit will decay. So I believe the satellites are slated to be a five-year mission from the onboard component perspective. But this is like that's still kind of like NASA grade ratings, right? Ideally, you get way longer than five years.

So there's a difference between orbit decay and mission life because the components on board, in theory, will go out long before the actual orbit will decay. So I believe the satellites are slated to be a five-year mission from the onboard component perspective. But this is like that's still kind of like NASA grade ratings, right? Ideally, you get way longer than five years.

And then I think the orbital decay is like 15 years, closer to 10, 15 years. It'll take before.

And then I think the orbital decay is like 15 years, closer to 10, 15 years. It'll take before.

You build up feelings around these things. It's funny because each of our satellites we name after a sidekick. So the official designations are like Ghost 1, Ghost 2, Ghost 3, but we call them Robin, Goose, and Chewy.

You build up feelings around these things. It's funny because each of our satellites we name after a sidekick. So the official designations are like Ghost 1, Ghost 2, Ghost 3, but we call them Robin, Goose, and Chewy.

Poor Goose.

Poor Goose.

Like, if you had to name it Goose, like... That's definitely not the objective. This is just a plug for that we have a Slack bot that announces, like, telemetry and new imagery, and it uses a picture of the appropriate sidekick and, like, speaks as if, like, Goose checking in, got new imagery.

Like, if you had to name it Goose, like... That's definitely not the objective. This is just a plug for that we have a Slack bot that announces, like, telemetry and new imagery, and it uses a picture of the appropriate sidekick and, like, speaks as if, like, Goose checking in, got new imagery.

Yeah, so we have a radio for satellite-to-satellite communication. They're not enabled yet, but feasibly, yes. The more satellites you have, the better network you have, and you can communicate in between. There's also proposals going through for a larger network. So we could, over encrypted communication, talk to satellites that aren't ours and everybody working together to get data down faster.

Yeah, so we have a radio for satellite-to-satellite communication. They're not enabled yet, but feasibly, yes. The more satellites you have, the better network you have, and you can communicate in between. There's also proposals going through for a larger network. So we could, over encrypted communication, talk to satellites that aren't ours and everybody working together to get data down faster.

Inter-satellite communication networks are definitely something that's up and coming and trying to get off the ground. It's a bad joke.

Inter-satellite communication networks are definitely something that's up and coming and trying to get off the ground. It's a bad joke.