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	Podcast:		The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
	Episode:		#427 – An Interview with Maarten Engelen
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		01:07:01
	Publish Date:		2019-01-27 19:18:40
	Description:		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 0h 0m 46s Maarten had no previous experience in satellite tech 0h 0m 55s 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 0h 9m 13s 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
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