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John Gedmark
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CEO @Astranis. Founder, aerospace engineer. Building real things to solve some of the world’s hardest problems https://t.co/M6Cl3pot0q
Apr 10, 2024 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Today @Astranis is introducing a revolutionary new satellite for high orbits.

We call it Omega.

It is pound-for-pound higher performance than any satellite on orbit today. First flight unit will be completed next year, with launches starting in 2026.Image At Astranis, we specialize in next-generation high orbit satellites.

Omega is a massive upgrade:
‣ 50 Gbps in a small form factor
‣ unprecedented flexibility on-orbit
‣ heavily vertically integrated
‣ designed to be produced at scale Image
Feb 23, 2024 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
The US Space Force just canceled a multibillion-dollar program for a GEO communications satellite. And it was the right call.

The future is coming too fast to keep sending infinite, responsibility-free dollars to the old defense primes. Image First, some context:

During World War 2, the military mobilized nearly the entire industrial capacity of the United States.

‣ Ford built B-24 Liberator bombers.
‣ Chrysler built M4 Sherman tanks.
‣ GM produced ammunition and artillery shells. Image
Nov 4, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
China is leading the world in space launches and no one is talking about it. 1/n Since 2018 China's military space programs have ramped up exponentially- and they're now at a launch a week. That is a crazy number of things being launched into space.
Apr 20, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
This Friday I’ll sit on a Miami Tech Week panel with @zebulgar @2112Power @kevinweil @itsmoislam, and we’ll be talking about the future of American leadership in space.

The United States is dangerously close to falling behind.
🧵 By its nature, advanced space technology almost always has national security implications. And tensions with our adversaries are ratcheting up, with space on the front lines.