January 28, 2019

An Interview with Maarten Engelen

1 hour 7 minutes

Welcome Maarten Engelen, founder and CTO/MD of Hiber!

(Not discussed, but relevant: an article about the launch late last year)

Chris met Joris last year while in Amsterdam, who now works at Hiber and introduced him to Maarten

0h 0m 46s

Maarten had no previous experience in satellite tech

0h 0m 55s

Space industry in the Netherlands

0h 1m 8s

Not just Amsterdam

0h 8m 34s

Delft University

0h 8m 55s

ESTEC - ESA research center in Noordwijk

0h 9m 13s

Iridium satellite

0h 14m 2s

Windows update over satellite

0h 14m 8s

Lifetime of orbit is limited

0h 16m 27s

Drag on the satellites

0h 17m 24s

Why not do a further out orbit?

0h 18m 24s

Benefits only add up over large distances

0h 21m 26s

Doesn't have a huge effect on the antenna

0h 21m 52s

Is the antenna on the satellite directional?

0h 23m 27s

Helical antenna

0h 23m 41s

Reaction wheels

0h 24m 44s

ADCS - Attitude Determination and Control System

0h 24m 47s

Sun sensors

0h 26m 57s

Magnetic sensors

0h 27m 11s

Star tracker

0h 27m 16s

Talking about the module

0h 33m 29s

Running at 400MHz

0h 33m 42s

Lower bitrate

0h 34m 10s

Currently once per day, maybe once per hour in the next year

0h 34m 55s

Licensed band

0h 35m 43s

MSS band (mobile satellite services)

0h 35m 48s

ITU is part of the UN

0h 35m 56s

Coordination process is the same

0h 36m 39s

There's no iSM band for space

0h 36m 58s

Each RF map was developed separately

0h 39m 14s

What the module looks like

0h 41m 16s

Downlink is used scheduling right now

0h 43m 17s

They're SDRs, so can get new firmware and open up new bands

0h 43m 48s

Sleep vs transmit currents

0h 45m 26s

100 nA deep sleep

0h 45m 32s

3W peak power

0h 45m 54s

Conservify

0h 47m 25s

Use cases

0h 48m 4s

IT and M2M is very broad

0h 48m 14s

Logistics

0h 48m 26s

Smart Ag

0h 48m 33s

This small country feeds the world

0h 49m 46s

Targeting industries that save money

0h 50m 58s

Costs for the service - $1 / month

0h 52m 22s

or $6 / year

0h 52m 40s

Modem is 40 euro right now

0h 53m 8s

Currently has GPS capabilities

0h 58m 23s

Certification is done for you

1h 0m 44s

FCC exception for whitelabel goods (ovens, dishwashers)

1h 4m 7s

Found via @talldarknweirdo and @brouhaha on Twitter

1h 5m 22s

To learn more, go to Hiber.global or follow @HiberGlobal on twitter or Facebook

1h 5m 46s

Image Credit: @awscloud_jp

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January 28, 2019

An Interview with Maarten Engelen

1 hour 7 minutes

Welcome Maarten Engelen, founder and CTO/MD of Hiber!

(Not discussed, but relevant: an article about the launch late last year)

Chris met Joris last year while in Amsterdam, who now works at Hiber and introduced him to Maarten

0h 0m 46s

Maarten had no previous experience in satellite tech

0h 0m 55s

Space industry in the Netherlands

0h 1m 8s

Not just Amsterdam

0h 8m 34s

Delft University

0h 8m 55s

ESTEC - ESA research center in Noordwijk

0h 9m 13s

Iridium satellite

0h 14m 2s

Windows update over satellite

0h 14m 8s

Lifetime of orbit is limited

0h 16m 27s

Drag on the satellites

0h 17m 24s

Why not do a further out orbit?

0h 18m 24s

Benefits only add up over large distances

0h 21m 26s

Doesn't have a huge effect on the antenna

0h 21m 52s

Is the antenna on the satellite directional?

0h 23m 27s

Helical antenna

0h 23m 41s

Reaction wheels

0h 24m 44s

ADCS - Attitude Determination and Control System

0h 24m 47s

Sun sensors

0h 26m 57s

Magnetic sensors

0h 27m 11s

Star tracker

0h 27m 16s

Talking about the module

0h 33m 29s

Running at 400MHz

0h 33m 42s

Lower bitrate

0h 34m 10s

Currently once per day, maybe once per hour in the next year

0h 34m 55s

Licensed band

0h 35m 43s

MSS band (mobile satellite services)

0h 35m 48s

ITU is part of the UN

0h 35m 56s

Coordination process is the same

0h 36m 39s

There's no iSM band for space

0h 36m 58s

Each RF map was developed separately

0h 39m 14s

What the module looks like

0h 41m 16s

Downlink is used scheduling right now

0h 43m 17s

They're SDRs, so can get new firmware and open up new bands

0h 43m 48s

Sleep vs transmit currents

0h 45m 26s

100 nA deep sleep

0h 45m 32s

3W peak power

0h 45m 54s

Conservify

0h 47m 25s

Use cases

0h 48m 4s

IT and M2M is very broad

0h 48m 14s

Logistics

0h 48m 26s

Smart Ag

0h 48m 33s

This small country feeds the world

0h 49m 46s

Targeting industries that save money

0h 50m 58s

Costs for the service - $1 / month

0h 52m 22s

or $6 / year

0h 52m 40s

Modem is 40 euro right now

0h 53m 8s

Currently has GPS capabilities

0h 58m 23s

Certification is done for you

1h 0m 44s

FCC exception for whitelabel goods (ovens, dishwashers)

1h 4m 7s

Found via @talldarknweirdo and @brouhaha on Twitter

1h 5m 22s

To learn more, go to Hiber.global or follow @HiberGlobal on twitter or Facebook

1h 5m 46s

Image Credit: @awscloud_jp

...more

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