Space Business Podcast #86 Dan Katz, Orbital Sidekick, Hyperspectral Earth Observation

Dan Katz is the co-founder and CEO of Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based company deploying a constellation of hyperspectral remote sensing satellites. Among other things, I talk to Dan about the capabilities and use cases of this exciting technology. Enjoy! Follow us:  https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram: @raphael_space Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven:  https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics.   Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:14 Elevator Pitch 3:55 What is Hyperspectral Earth Observation? 10:16 Multispectral vs. Hyperspectral vs. ... Ultraspectral(?)  14:40 The upper bounds of spectral resolution 18:55 Operating at night time and under cloud cover 22:43 Data and onboard processing 27:15 Business Model 30:50 Coverage 31:52 Resolution 36:28 Pipeline leaks as a use case 40:14 Orbital Sidekick's satellites 45:43 Selling to non-space customers 48:37 Vision for the company 52:42 Origin story 56:05 Space trends 58:00 Sci-Fi