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SSPI

Space & Satellite Professionals International

This is the official podcast of the Space & Satellite Professionals International. On this channel, we release podcasts in two series: Making Leaders and Better Satellite World. Find out more about SSPI at www.sspi.org

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01:16:16

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out -...

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2022/08/19

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the final episode of the series, we hear a conversation based on the July edition of the New York Space Business Roundtable, focusing on meditation and the insights it has

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40:51

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/08/12

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the sixth episode of Summer Fun – School’s Out, we hear from Meredith Garofalo, Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and Science/Space Journalist for News 12 New York.

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35:11

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/08/05

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the fifth episode of Summer Fun – School’s Out, we hear from Chris Stott, Founder, Chair and CEO of Lonestar Data Holdings, Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of ManSat, SSPI

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38:56

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/07/29

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the fourth episode of Summer Fun – School’s Out, we hear from Sydney Hamilton, Structures Stress Manager at Boeing and a 2021 Promise Award Recipient.

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46:31

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/07/22

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the third episode of Summer Fun – School’s Out, SSPI’s Lou Zacharilla speaks with Lon Levin, Vice President of New Ventures at Lockheed Martin Space.

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23:46

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/07/14

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite’s most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year’s question is: “What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn’t learn in school?” For the second episode of Summer Fun – School’s Out, we hear from Bob Collom, Integration Lead on the Mars Reconnaissance Team in the Planetary Science Division at NASA HQ.

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30:01

Better Satellite World: Summer Fun - School's Out...

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2022/07/10

In this third year of our Summer Fun podcast series, we again talk with industry leaders and some of space and satellite's most interesting people to find out something about them you may not know. This year's question is: "What did you learn about the commercial space & satellite industry that you didn't learn in school?" For the first episode of Summer Fun - School's Out, SSPI's Lou Zacharilla speaks with Randy Segal, Partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP and the 2018 Mentor of the Year.

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19:46

Making Leaders: A Conversation with the 2021 Mentor...

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2022/07/03

In this Making Leaders podcast, originally released in December 2021, SSPI Executive Director Robert Bell speaks with Donna Potter, Former Senior Executive Director of Research and Development at Maxar Technologies, now retired, and the 2021 Mentor of the Year. Donna shares insights about mentorship, managing a team and the leadership lessons she has learned throughout her career and continues to learn even in retirement. Until her retirement in 2019, Donna Potter served as Senior Executive Director

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01:15:06

Better Satellite World: The State of Space in a New...

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2022/06/25

Billy Joel was in a New York State of mind and he made the world want to be here in it too. Today the commercial space industry would LIKE to be in a New York space of mind. Or would it? States like Florida, Texas and Virginia are all beginning to attract investment and investors to the rich space and satellite ecosystems that they have built by bringing together universities, local governments and innovators of all kinds to pan for the new gold and explore the millions of opportunities of the new

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28:46

Making Leaders: A Conversation with Former Intelsat...

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2022/06/17

In this Making Leaders podcast, we hear from Steve Spengler, Former CEO of Intelsat (now retired). Over a 36-year career in the space and satellite industry, Steve Spengler has dedicated himself to providing critical services to places in the world and people on the move where other telecommunications technologies cannot reach. He joined Intelsat in 2003 and served in a variety of executive roles, including sales, marketing, strategy and business development. Appointed CEO in 2015, he assumed

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22:06

Making Leaders: A Conversation with Emeritus...

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2022/06/10

In this Making Leaders podcast, we hear from Professor Robert Twiggs, Emeritus Professor – Astronautics at Morehead State University. Prof. Twiggs is best known in the space and satellite industry and academia as the “Father of the CubeSat” for his co-development of the CubeSat reference design and P-Pod Deployer for miniaturized satellites at Stanford University, alongside Professor Jordi Puig-Suari of California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo. His design has become the de-facto industry

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01:11:02

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 6: If Taiwan...

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2022/06/03

The bombs falling in Ukraine have raised major geopolitical issues in Asia. One in particular will seriously impact the future of the commercial space industry. Taiwan’s significance to the world’s supply chain, high-value technology base, microprocessors and the civil life and laws upon which democracy depends are not always considered when we casually ask, “If Taiwan Goes, What Else Goes With It?” Could the industry be a casualty of a Chinese invasion? In this podcast, based on the May 2022

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32:24

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 5: Humanitarian...

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2022/05/28

How do satellites support supply chains for humanitarian efforts? Satellites can help to facilitate the communication that enables humanitarian agencies and regions to establish corridors and logistics chains, while monitoring the effort, managing data, chronicling refugee flight and resettlement. In this fifth episode of the Untangling the Supply Chain podcast, David Myers, President and CEO of UltiSat, and David Meltzer, Secretary General of Global VSAT Forum, join SSPI’s Lou Zacharilla to

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27:01

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 4: Humanitarian...

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2022/05/22

How do satellites support supply chains for humanitarian efforts? Satellites can help to facilitate the communication that enables humanitarian agencies and regions to establish corridors and logistics chains, while monitoring the effort, managing data, chronicling refugee flight and resettlement. In this fourth episode of the Untangling the Supply Chain podcast, David Myers, President and CEO of UltiSat, and David Meltzer, Secretary General of Global VSAT Forum, join SSPI’s Lou Zacharilla to

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54:11

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 3: Satellite...

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2022/05/15

Communication and earth observation satellites play an essential but too-little-known role in managing the world’s supply chains. The solutions call on spacecraft in every orbit, carrying every payload and operating in every commercial frequency band. They also call on the ingenuity and determination of experts in engineering, manufacturing, operations and analytics to provide the crucial data and communications that help their customers keep the world supplied. In this podcast, based on the May

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27:01

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 2: Who Are the...

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2022/05/06

As the manufacturing of rockets and spacecraft moves from one-at-a-time craft work to rapid iteration and assembly-line production, it is changing the talent needs of employers. What changes are taking place? What new career paths must be laid out to attract the best-qualified workers? And how does the company itself need to be re-imagined for a new world? In this second episode of Untangling the Supply Chain, Brad Laird, VP of Engineering at NXTCOMM and Damon Tolley, Director of Human Resources at

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22:36

Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 1: How to Create...

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2022/04/30

When Airbus OneWeb Satellites began mass production of the OneWeb satellite constellation, it had to develop and manage a global supply chain that could operate at unprecedented speed to make possible the manufacturing of two satellites per day. In this podcast, Airbus OneWeb Satellites Chief Supply Chain Officer John Meikle joins SSPI's Robert Bell to explore how that chain was linked together and kept running – and how it copes with the major disruptions of 2020.

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42:26

Satellites & Ukraine, Episode 4: Space as the New...

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2022/04/22

The fourth episode of the Satellites & Ukraine podcast series features a conversation with Nick Reese, Deputy Director for Emerging Technology Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a conversation with SSPI Director of Development Louis Zacharilla, Nick shares his view of where we are in the current climate of war, cyber-threats and the future of government’s relationship to the space & satellite community. Nick Reese is the Deputy Director for Emerging Technology Policy at the U.S

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40:01

Satellites & Ukraine, Episode 3: Ensuring...

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2022/04/16

The third episode of the Satellites & Ukraine podcast series features a conversation with Nick Burrett, Senior Sales Manager at Speedcast. In a conversation with SSPI Director of Development Louis Zacharilla, Nick discusses the role satellites have played in maintaining vital communications during wartime in Ukraine. Nick Burrett is Senior Sales Manager at Speedcast, a position he has held for 4 years. Before joining Speedcast, he spent 5 years as a Sales Manager at SES. Nick has held senior sales

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26:31

Satellites & Ukraine, Episode 2: Strategy Informed by...

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2022/04/09

The second episode of the Satellites & Ukraine podcast series features a conversation with Warren Ferster, Strategic Communications Consultant and Former Editor-in-Chief for SpaceNews magazine. In a conversation with SSPI Director of Development Louis Zacharilla, Warren discusses the role satellites have played in coverage and informing policy during the war. Warren Ferster is a Strategic Communications Consultant, Writer and Analyst with 25 years of experience reporting on and analyzing global

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