#58 Eric Ingram, Scout: space domain awareness

This week we talk about space domain awareness – knowing what is going on around you in space, including things like space debris. This is similar to the episode we had with Kayhan Space just a couple of weeks ago, so you may want to check that one out, too. My guest this week is Eric Ingram, CEO and founder of SCOUT, a startup that wants to deploy sensors in space that produce the data you need for space domain awareness.

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0:00 Intro

1:43 Scout and Space Domain Awareness

3:21 Space debris

8:01 What Scout is detecting

10:57 Scout coverage focus

13:00 Scout sensor tech

17:03 People who don't want to be observed

18:52 Dealing with image data

22:05 Satellite orbits

26:53 Types of customers

31:05 SDA's future

34:14 Where the company is currently

34:44 Scout is Hiring: https://scout.space/careers

37:32 What else would you do in space as an entrepreneur?

38:53 Sci-Fi