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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
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- Maarten had no previous experience in satellite tech
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- Space industry in the Netherlands
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- Not just Amsterdam
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- Delft University
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- ESTEC – ESA research center in Noordwijk
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- Iridium satellite
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- Windows update over satellite
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- Lifetime of orbit is limited
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- Drag on the satellites
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- Why not do a further out orbit?
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- Benefits only add up over large distances
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- Doesn’t have a huge effect on the antenna
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- Is the antenna on the satellite directional?
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- Helical antenna
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- Reaction wheels
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- ADCS – Attitude Determination and Control System
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- Sun sensors
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- Magnetic sensors
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- Star tracker
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- Talking about the module
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- Running at 400MHz
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- Lower bitrate
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- Currently once per day, maybe once per hour in the next year
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- Licensed band
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- MSS band (mobile satellite services)
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- ITU is part of the UN
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- Coordination process is the same
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- There’s no iSM band for space
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- Each RF map was developed separately
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- What the module looks like
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- Downlink is used scheduling right now
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- They’re SDRs, so can get new firmware and open up new bands
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- Sleep vs transmit currents
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- 100 nA deep sleep
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- 3W peak power
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- Conservify
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- Use cases
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- IT and M2M is very broad
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- Logistics
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- Smart Ag
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- This small country feeds the world
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- Targeting industries that save money
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- Costs for the service – $1 / month
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- or $6 / year
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- Modem is 40 euro right now
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- Currently has GPS capabilities
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- Certification is done for you
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- FCC exception for whitelabel goods (ovens, dishwashers)
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- Found via @talldarknweirdo and @brouhaha on Twitter
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- To learn more, go to Hiber.global or follow @HiberGlobal on twitter or Facebook
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