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#427 – An Interview with Maarten Engelen
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
- 0h 1m 8s
- Not just Amsterdam
- 0h 8m 34s
- Delft University
- 0h 8m 55s
- ESTEC – ESA research center in Noordwijk
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- 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