November 21 2023
(This event was recorded at Topgolf in Ashburn, Virginia at an event called “Swing for the Stars.”
Everyone who has watched everything from Star Wars to Star Trek has never encountered some of the problems we see in space today: collisions and space junk. It just doesn’t make for a good story on the big screen.
However, the reality is that there will be 30,000 satellites launched before 2030 and we are encountering challenges in what is called situational awareness. In this application, situational awareness is the concept that a satellite must know where it is heading, and whether other objects in space may be on a collision course.
This is such a complex problem that companies like Kahan Space have had to take advantage of technology like cloud computing and artificial intelligence to make space exploration safe.
Today, we sat down with Araz Feyzi, one of the co-founders of a company called Kahan Space. The problem that is solved is simple to describe, but incredibly complex to solve space situational awareness.
"1 million estimated pieces of debris in Earth orbit"
Everyone who has watched everything from Star Wars to Star Trek has never encountered some of the problems we see in space today: collisions and space junk. It just doesn’t make for a good story on the big screen.
However, the reality is that there will be 30,000 satellites launched before 2030 and we are encountering challenges in what is called situational awareness. In this application, situational awareness is the concept that a satellite must know where it is heading, and whether other objects in space may be on a collision course.
This is such a complex problem that companies like Kahan Space have had to take advantage of technology like cloud computing and artificial intelligence to make space exploration safe.
Today, we sat down with Araz Feyzi, one of the co-founders of a company called Kahan Space. The problem that is solved is simple to describe, but incredibly complex to solve space situational awareness.
If you enjoyed this article, you may want to listen to Ep. 103 Effective Data Management at the end of lifecycle or after a breach.
John Gilroy
John Gilroy appeared on National Public Radio in Washington DC for 25 years. He wrote 523 technology columns for The Washington Post. Currently, John is an award-winning lecturer at Georgetown University. Forgot to mention — he has recorded over 1,000 podcast interviews.
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