Space Business Podcast

By spacebusiness

Space is rapidly growing into an exciting ecosystem for business. In this podcast we hear from entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others about the many opportunities that exist. This podcast is ... more

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The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.

Space Business Podcast episodes:

January 12, 2026#161 | The Dell of Satellites | Ian Cinnamon, Apex Space
Apex Space is a Los Angeles based satellite bus manufacturer. They want to productize satellite buses and build them at scale for government and commercial customers. Our guest is co-founder and CEO Ian Cinnamon. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
01:00 Welcome & Elevator Pitch
03:06 Origin Story
10:33 Challenges in Satellite Manufacturing
14:18 Vertical Integration and Supply Chain
19:23 Global Competition
22:03 Apex Space's Product Line
23:06 Introduction to Robust Satellite Platforms
27:53 Business Model
30:38 Markets
34:15 More on Manufacturing
36:25 Current Status & Future Plans
40:39 Favorite Sci-Fi

🔗 Apex Space
🏠Website : https://www.apexspace.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/course/new-space-
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/
...more
43min
January 06, 2026#160 | 2026 in Space Preview | Raphael Roettgen, E2MC
This is my preview of what the year 2026 may hold for the Space sector - including in launch, lunar, space applications, science, government, finance, events, etc.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Intro
00:57 Intro: Preview of 2026 in the Space Sector
02:45 Launches & Rockets
07:27 Lunar Missions
09:12 Space Stations & Downmass
11:05 Human Spaceflight
12:01 Space Applications
14:51 Space Science Missions
15:39 Government Space
17:35 Finance, Funding & Investments
19:13 Selected Space Events
20:01 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

🔗 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/course/new-space-
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/
...more
22min
December 22, 2025#159 | SpaceX IPO | Aaron Burnett, Mach33
There has been a lot of recent talk about a potential SpaceX IPO. I sit down with Aaron Burnett, co-founder and CEO of Mach33, to discuss. Mach33 and Ark Invest collaborate on an open-sourced SpaceX financial model. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
01:25 Episode Overview: SpaceX IPO and Business Model
03:07 Aaron Burnett
04:54 Understanding SpaceX's Businesses
09:31 Launch Business
17:51 Starlink
36:30 Margins, Cashflows and Valuation
43:54 Potential Future Business Lines
51:42 Mars and Long-Term Value
56:25 Potential Tail Risks
1:01:30 When to Sell?

🔗 SpaceX model by Ark Invest & Mach33: https://github.com/ARKInvest/ARK-Invest-Mach-33-SpaceX-Valuation-Model
🔗 Mach33 website: https://www.33fg.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/course/new-space-
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/
...more
1h 7min
December 16, 2025#158 | Optical Comms As-a-Service | Jordan Vannitsen, Odysseus Space
Space lasers again! Odysseus Space from Luxembourg focuses on providing optical communications solutions between Space and Earth as a service. If you seem to notice that is not the first episode on optical communications, you’re right – I think this will be a potentially very big theme going forward. Our guest this week is Odysseus’ CEO & Co-Founder Jordan Vannitsen. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
01:14 Elevator Pitch
02:44 Optical Communications
07:02 Business Model
13:09 Interoperability and Integration
15:17 Space-to-Ground Communication Architectures
18:41 Security and Geopolitical Considerations
22:18 Future of Optical and RF Coexistence
24:10 Challenges in Optical and Radio Communication
26:44 Satellite Requirements
32:05 Marketing and Business Development
34:05 Commercial Operations and Ground Stations
38:57 Future Plans
40:20 Luxembourg's Space Ecosystem
42:35 Origin Story
44:59 Closing: What else in Space? & Favorite Science-Fiction

🔗 Odysseus Space
🏠Website : https://www.odysseus.space/home

🔗 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/course/new-space-
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/
...more
49min
December 08, 2025#157 | Keeping Satellites Stable | Alessandro Stabile, Magma Space
Magma Space is a U.S. startup with advanced technology to help keep satellites stable / jitter-free, which is more important to satellite communications and remote sensing than you may realize. We have Magma's CEO & Co-Founder Alessandro Stabile as our guest to help explain.
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
02:02 Elevator Pitch
04:31 Markets & Customers
10:11 Origin Story
15:50 Technology
21:46 Superconducting Materials in Space
22:35 Magnetic Levitation and Shielding
23:55 Testing and TRL Levels
24:35 Future Applications and Challenges
27:27 Scaling Production
28:22 Magnets
30:08 Vision for the Future of Space Technology
35:39 Orbital Edge Accelerator experience
37:42 DC Space Ecosystem
39:31 Science Fiction

🔗 Magma Space
🏠Website : https://www.magma-space.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/course/new-space-
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/
...more
42min
November 28, 2025#156 | Hyperspectral Earth Intelligence | Awais Ahmed, Pixxel
Pixxel is a prominent earth observation startup originally from India and now present in the U.S., too. They are focused on so-called hyperspectral imaging. CEO & Co-Founder Awais Ahmed is our guest.

🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
01:23 Elevator Pitch
03:32 Origin Story
07:51 Hyperspectral Imaging
09:54 Market Demand and Use Cases
18:25 Hyperspectral vs. Multispectral
22:07 Pixxel's Satellites
31:28 Data Cube and Onboard Processing
34:38 Machine Learning in Orbit
36:06 Current and Future Satellite Deployments
38:40 Beyond Hyperspectral
39:34 Future of Earth Observation
46:43 Entrepreneurial Lessons and Industry Insights
50:32 The Indian Space Ecosystem
52:19 Science Fiction Favorites

🔗 Pixxel
🏠Website : https://www.pixxel.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/course/new-space-
Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
...more
55min
November 18, 2025#155 | Real-time Geospatial Intelligence | Michael Bartholomeusz, Novi Space
How can you get real-time intelligence from space rapidly and cheaply? Novi Space is a startup from Virginia that uses its own hardware and on-orbit edge processing to do just that. Their CEO Michael Bartholomeusz is our guest this week.

🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro
01:33 Elevator Pitch
02:50 Real-Time Intelligence and Use Cases
06:02 Technical Details
12:02 Commercial and Defense Applications
18:33 Low Latency
19:09 Cost Reduction and Democratization of Geospatial Intelligence
20:00 Innovative Use Cases and Market Disruption
23:33 Space Data Centers
25:47 Novi's Satellite Constellation
31:37 Developing a Space-Based App Ecosystem
36:35 Future Vision & Closing Thoughts

🔗 Novi Space
🏠Website : https://www.novispace.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/course/new-space-
Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
...more
39min
November 10, 2025#154 | Optical Communications | JF Morizur, Cailabs
Cailabs is a French laser company and one thing they are doing are optical communications between Earth to Space. This has a number of advantages over radio frequency communications, which is why it is being adopted by customers, for example in defense. The company also just raised EUR57M. Founder & CEO JF Morizur is our guest.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Introduction
01:08 Intro & Elevator Pitch
02:32 Advantages of Optical Communication
10:31 Solving Atmospheric Interference
24:13 Market Demand
26:38 Future of Optical Architecture
26:51 Spectrum Scarcity
28:31 Optical vs. Radio: A Hybrid Future
29:50 In-Flight Connectivity
31:12 Optical Comms and Constellations
37:37 Risk and Industrialization of Optical Comms
41:04 Supply Chain and Scalability
44:03 Future Plans and Expansion
46:56 Safety of Lasers
48:36 Extraterrestrials & Science Fiction

🔗 Cailabs
🏠Website : https://www.cailabs.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/course/new-space-
Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
...more
52min
November 03, 2025#153 | Earth Intelligence| Prateep Basu, SatSure
SatSure is an Earth intelligence company from India, processing satellite imagery to generate insights for various industry verticals. Co-founder and CEO Prateep Basu is our guest. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Introduction
01:10 Elevator Pitch
02:51 Non-Defense Markets
05:22 Market Education
08:27 Market Verticals
16:47 SatSure's Product
19:46 Satellite Data
23:43 Future Proprietary Data
24:15 Investments and Gaps in Earth Observation Capabilities
25:11 Sensor Diversity and Data Harmonization
26:50 Government Influence and Market Dynamics
28:49 Hyperspectral Data and Market Challenges
30:54 Space Data Explosion and Onboard Computing
32:28 Downlinking Challenges
33:35 Business Model and Market Strategy
37:09 Future of Earth Observation
41:54 SatSure's Vision and Indian Space Ecosystem
44:35 Closing: Other Opportunities in Space & Science Fiction

🔗 SatSure
🏠Website : https://www.satsure.co/

🔗 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/course/new-space-
Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
...more
48min
October 27, 2025#152 | Space Robots | Ethan Barajas & Jamie Palmer, Icarus Robotics
SPACE ROBOTS! We are are talking about this exciting topic again in this episode. Icarus Robotics is a NY-based space robotics start up that just raised its $6M seed financing round. Co-founders Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer are our guests.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast introduction
01:33 Elevator Pitch
02:56 Role of Robots in Space Stations
05:42 Challenges and Innovations in Space Robotics
12:22 Future of Space Robotics and Competition
24:16 Training for Space Missions
24:42 Robots in Space Exploration
25:38 Business Opportunities in Space
26:43 Low Earth Orbit Innovations
32:10 Prototyping and Testing Robots
36:05 Future of Robotic Labor in Space
38:41 Founders' Backgrounds and Inspirations
42:56 Favorite Robots in Science Fiction

🔗 Icarus Robotics
🏠Website : https://www.icarusrobotics.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/course/new-space-
Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
...more
47min

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How many episodes does Space Business Podcast have?

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