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Dr. George Sebestyen is a satellite engineer and he’s designed satellites for decades. We discussed his latest co-authored book on Low Earth Orbit Satellite Design. Check out the book here.
0:37 – George talks about how he got into writing on space industry.
2:17 – George talks about the book and the design of low earth orbit satellites.
3:30 – The book aims at the hardware design for satellites.
4:01 – George talks about what challenges he sees in space industry. He says there are too many companies trying to succeed in the industry.
7:16 – George talks about significant technological advances in satellite design in the last ten years.
9:15 – George talks about cubestats and how they are more affordable for certain institutions.
13:11 – George talks about 3D printing and satellite parts. He also talks about propulsion
16:46 – George talks about how frequency allocation can affect satellite design.
18:26 – George says that cleaning satellite debris is far off.
20:35 – George talks about constellation designs and exciting new developments in the space industry.
22:01 – George talks about consolidation in the satellite construction business.
24:15 – George talks about technology transfer between government and the private industry.
25:50 – George talks about Chinese launch and satellite building capabilities.
Links of interest
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319683140
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Guests: George Sebestyen
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, satellites, surveillance, ground stations, NASA, air force, navy, communications, cubesats, de-orbiting, solar panels, attitude control, imaging satellites, ground communications, radiation, hydrozine, radio frequency interference, china, chinese space program
Check out the book here. https://amzn.to/34LXnHn
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