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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

In one of the most amazing nerd power moves I've ever seen. The dude on the flight next to me is straight up using an iMac for his in-flight computing needs.

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Todd Master

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1 year

If this isn't your engine configuration, what are you even doing with your life

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@MasterActual

2 years

Photos were taken with permission, but to protect this man from what would clearly be a crazed mob of adoring fans, I've blurred him out.

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6 months

Just looking at this vehicle is stressing me out. Godspeed, Europa Clipper. This is what $5B of space hardware looks like.

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1 year

This is some bullshit

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1 year

"Hey everyone, don't forget where we parked the plane!" Oshkosh is mind-blowing to me.

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1 year

Aerospikes are the future forever

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8 months

@IntelWalrus "it looks like they're making fun of us on social media, sir." "ok, bring 'er back around"

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@MasterActual

3 years

By far the most compelling book I've read in a while. @SciGuySpace sets the bar for outstanding non-fiction writing with a true page turner.

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2 months

ESA EarthCARE payload rolling to the pad (video from local Facebook group)

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@MasterActual

2 months

@dieworkwear beg to differ

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@MasterActual

4 months

umm wut

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

4 months

Dark Space is building a rocket-powered boxing glove to push debris out of orbit

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@MasterActual

4 years

Elections are great and all, but how often does America LAND A SPACECRAFT ON AN ASTEROID?

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1 month

smoke em if you got em

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

9 months

Volcano pictures are cool, but Umbra's licensing is even cooler. You can put this picture on a calendar or a tshirt, or incorporate it into a scientific article and publish it, and make money from it. And pay us nothing. Our standard license is Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0),

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1 year

I have a team of straight-up wizards working for me here at @umbraspace . A peek at something we've been working on - change detection products. In this shot, we're showing the changes at #BurningMan from Wednesday night to Friday morning. Blue = new objects, red = fled / moved.

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

It's a little hard to get the full sense of scale in the original photo, but for comparison, this is my work laptop next to this dude's rig

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

9 months

This is a volcano account now

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2 years

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Todd Master

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2 years

I'm a space guy, not a map guy. But as someone who generates imagery from space, I inevitably end up using map people tools and I have one simple question: WHAT MONSTER DECIDED THAT LONGITUDE GOES FIRST IN THE STANDARD?

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2 years

Can we just go ahead and stop affiliating amateur spaceflight with NFTs, because it's really not helping people think space is for everyone.

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

6 months

It's pretty wild to think that when I was evaluating this site for DARPA Launch Challenge in 2018 that nearly all of these sites were abandoned / not in use and it's now fully leased, including by companies that didn't even exist 6 years ago.

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

3 months

ISS transit + Falcon 9 Starlink launch

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

3 years

Big news! Today is my first day as Chief Operating Officer at @umbraspace - a company focused on providing high-resolution radar imagery as a service to commercial and government customers.

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@MasterActual

3 years

The fact that these government payloads are going on an otherwise commercial rideshare is an oft-overlooked part of how SDA is transformational in its approach. Not lip service about "leveraging commercial," but actually doing it.

Aboard Commercial Rocket, Space Defense Agency Sends Up Satellites for

The Space Development Agency — charged with building the National Defense Space Architecture — will, for the first time, put satellites into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter 2 commercial rocket when

www.defense.gov

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1 year

Prep for the 70th Korean Armistice Agreement parade in Pyongyang, North Korea shown in 35cm #SAR from @umbraspace . Not sure what that 70 is made of yet, but we'll see. There's really nothing quite like a big parade full of weapons of mass destruction, is there?

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1 year

Turning Saturday into SARturday here with another mystery #SAR city image. Same as before - this is oriented shadows ⬇, *not* north⬆️ Best news for nerds: all these mystery images will be included in the @umbraspace open data set released next month (including complex data)!

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1 year

follow that cheddar

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

4 years

At the risk of repeating myself: L-1 (again).Gorgeous day for a wet dress rehearsal. #LaunchChallenge

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

4 months

big announcement: we're bailing on parabolics and going AESA, baby

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

7 months

I sometimes sit back and am in awe of the fact that this company went from zero to eight spacecraft in orbit in less than 3 years, with each better than the last. It's an exciting time to be in the space industry, and even more exciting to be part of the SAR renaissance.

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@MasterActual

1 year

1 country, 6 nuclear reactor construction projects, 5 minutes, 1 #SAR satellite. At night.

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@MasterActual

8 months

Please stop publishing press releases about arbitrary satellite review milestones

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@MasterActual

4 years

If you build it, they will come.

Space Force: Too early to say if military will need ‘super heavy’ launch vehicles

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@MasterActual

1 year

Farewell to a pretty good rocket

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1 year

Alright you map nerds, you all claimed you could identify cities without labels from space - but can you identify cities in *SAR images* without labels from space? First easy test here - I'll increase the difficulty as we proceed through the week, NYT crossword style.

Todd Master

@MasterActual

1 year

Name a city that you recognize from a satellite image in a few seconds without any labels on it

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@MasterActual

1 year

While I'm pumped about our new logo, I'm more pumped to actually publish a price for an image. After years of watching industry leaders tap dance around this seemingly obvious question when asked, we're just answering it.

Joe Morrison

@mouthofmorrison

1 year

As for the rest of the market…you may notice some things on our new website. A new brand! Sample data coming soon! Pricing! An explainer of our licensing approach! Hang tight - gonna be a fun few months.

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9 months

I can't understate what a critical part of the NewSpace industry Transporter missions are. What began with cubesat rideshare on other launchers has evolved into a low cost, quarterly-ish ride for about a million bucks for 100kg. There are entire businesses that are enabled by

Aravind 🌍 🛰

@aravindEO

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Here’s a breakdown of the (identified) 64 Earth observation satellites launching on the @SpaceX Transporter-9 mission on Saturday, Nov 11 🚀 As always, there are first satellites from some companies, constellation updates for others and technology demonstrations 🛰️

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1 year

I haven't hit you guys with a new mystery image in a few. Make your best guess at what's in this dank @umbraspace image (+where). Great example of how #SAR can keep precise tabs on new construction progress + operational state of infrastructure day & night around the world.

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5 months

In remote sensing, there's a #SAR superpower that many people are unfamiliar with: natural footprint. This lets you unlock important parts of an image that you may have missed (no more "damn, it's just out of the frame"). Let's use yesterday's St Petersburg shot as an example.

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@MasterActual

4 months

delete your account

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

4 months

SpaceX is launching more rockets from a military base. Can the Coastal Commission impose a limit?

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@DrChrisCombs counterpoint: ALL airplanes should be able to move like this

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

If you're on space Twitter and not getting into an argument with / being threatened by the head of a major national space agency, you should probably just delete your account.

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@MasterActual

8 months

When your software is so miserable that not being required to use it becomes a hiring negotiation point

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

3 years

Amazing to see a *second* MEV performing life extension services on orbit. Satellite servicing isn't the future - it's the present.

Michael Sheetz

@thesheetztweetz

3 years

NEWS – Northrop Grumman and Intelsat completed another space industry first today, as spacecraft MEV-2 successfully docked with active satellite IS-1002 to extend its life. CNBC has an exclusive first look at the unique images from the docking: $NOC

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1 year

do you even proliferate bro?

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Space companies who SPACed answering investor questions about when they will reach profitability

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@MasterActual

4 years

L-1. Gorgeous day for wet dress rehearsal. #LaunchChallenge

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@MasterActual

1 year

Say it with me: Robotic. Servicers. In GEO.

Michael Sheetz

@thesheetztweetz

1 year

Viasat $VSAT stock plummets 20% after disclosing a malfunction with the reflector of its recently-launched ViaSat-3 Americas communications satellite. The satellite's reflector and its boom arm appear to be made by Northrop Grumman $NOC:

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4 years

(1/9) The true value of small launchers to national security is in their flexibility. Rideshare will likely always provide a better value, and is adequate to meet most *current* military needs - but those needs are rapidly evolving.

Government’s role in the small launch market not quite black and white

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1 year

It's been a few days since I've melted your faces off with a new #SAR image from @umbraspace , so here's another wild bridge image. I'll leave the location as a guessing game, as MapTwitter seems to be able to figure these out within a few minutes. (and TOMORROW you can download

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

10 months

A lot of people hear SAR and think "blobs" or "it's hard to understand." You’re clearly not looking at blobs here. Umbra is here to show you why your preconceived notions of SAR may be wrong, and why our system is uniquely capable of providing data that helps you see pictures

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

3 years

@ArmsControlWonk This is the content I'm here for - technical defense analysis combined with Home Alone references.

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@MasterActual

1 year

3 years ago, I was on the other side of the planet for @DARPA Launch Challenge, trying to show that you could launch to orbit on short notice from anywhere. We didn't succeed, but things have progressed in terms of capability and recognition of the importance of this mission...🧵

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3 years

60 years on. #YurisNight

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@MasterActual

1 year

Urgent call to all my remote sensing friends to push out timely imagery / fire analysis for Kihei, HI. Friends on the ground have indicated that they're not getting good info for evacuation decision making. Any help is appreciated.

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@MasterActual

1 year

LORDS OF ITAR, I SUMMON THEE

Lukas C. H.

@GewoonLukas_

1 year

Now that SpaceX has published the full manifest, here's the final version with the final satellites now also identified:

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@MasterActual

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@dieworkwear

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@MasterActual

8 months

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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@MasterActual

1 year

babe wake up that guy from @umbraspace just dropped another mystery city #SAR image (shadows down)

Todd Master

@MasterActual

1 year

Alright you map nerds, you all claimed you could identify cities without labels from space - but can you identify cities in *SAR images* without labels from space? First easy test here - I'll increase the difficulty as we proceed through the week, NYT crossword style.

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@MasterActual

6 months

bruh

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@MasterActual

1 year

As a (former) District resident, I was always annoyed that satellite imagery of DC was just the National Mall and I could never say "hey I can see my house from here!" So I tasked 4 spotlight images in a row to get the full N-S extent of NW DC in glorious #SAR from @umbraspace

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

9 months

how many volcano images would you say is *too many* volcano images?

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

So. Many. Engines.

Chris Bergin - NSF

@NASASpaceflight

2 years

Full Chopstick lift of Booster 7. The first time a Super Heavy has been lifted by Mechazilla. 33 Raptor 2s:

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5 months

What a morning on X

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@MasterActual

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Prototype change detection product showing Soyuz launch pad support arms opened/closed prior to Progress 88 cargo launch. 26 May 1655 UTC -> 29 May 0545 UTC

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@MasterActual

4 years

Ain't no selfie like a rocket selfie #LaunchChallenge

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@MasterActual

3 years

Pretty sure that tonight's @NASA DART mission is the first launch I drove to a range to go watch (and didn't just catch while I was working on my own mission). Also, it was my first try doing a launch streak photo, and it's no @johnkrausphotos but I think it came out pretty OK.

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@MasterActual

11 months

Okay, so you're a tropical storm? That don't impress #SAR much (NYC this morning).

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@MasterActual

1 year

It's Sunday. You already nailed today's Wordle, you've finished your first coffee, and now it's time to move on to today's mystery #SAR city game. Buckle up for the unique characteristic of SAR called layover - a first taste of more to come from @umbraspace . Guess away!

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@MasterActual

3 years

Shout-out

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@MasterActual

7 months

X is full of armchair experts across a variety of interests (high altitude balloons, submarines, epidemiology...), and even #SAR . So all you SAR stans, impress the community with your knowledge of the power of SAR by explaining the artifact in the middle of this image.

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@MasterActual

5 months

Umbra has the highest bandwidth commercial #SAR system in operation, using the full 1200 MHz allocated for X-band. Couple that with our patented, high performance antenna, and what do customers get? Insanely detailed images like these, uniquely available from @Umbra , providing

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

1 year

@ArmsControlWonk everyone's stressed out by this missile but i'm busy here with my noodles

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my new company, EmoteSpace! We're bringing the world Emote Sensing - offering monitoring of emotional wellbeing at scale, from space!

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@MasterActual

3 years

SEPARATION CONFIRMED!!!!!

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@MasterActual

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The median price of a house in today's mystery #SAR city is $1,700,000, though this crispy 35cm resolution image would only cost you $1750 to task yourself. Yeah, we publish our pricing because nobody likes the "click here to contact sales" button.

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

Call me an orbit snob, but anyone who says that they're launching something *into* space that doesn't stay in orbit is really just launching something *through* space. Me jumping really high doesn't mean I'm now capable of flying.

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@MasterActual

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I once went to see a volcano and waited 2 days and saw nothing but clouds. So now I just look at them in #SAR instead. Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania.

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@MasterActual

2 years

@SadBillAckman Exit row with an empty middle seat. It would be interesting to see someone try to pull this off otherwise.

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@MasterActual

10 months

can't stop won't stop

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@MasterActual

1 year

"we've completed subsystem delta pdr"

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@MasterActual

3 years

Flashback to just over a year ago in Kodiak when ⁦ @johnkrausphotos ⁩ saw me taking rocket selfies and offered to commandeer my iPhone for a better shot.

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

2 years

The only two words I want to hear on a launch webcast: "separation confirmed" (twice)

Umbra

@umbraspace

2 years

“Umbra, separation confirmed. Umbra, separation confirmed.”

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Todd Master

@MasterActual

4 years

It was my honor to run this effort. Prize-based challenges are a unique beast and demand managing a lot of risk and uncertainty, directly in public view. My team at @DARPA was second to none. We will take all we learned in #LaunchChallenge and apply it to our future endeavors.

DARPA

@DARPA

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Less than 2 yrs from its start, DARPA’s effort to stress space launch processes ended March 2 with @Astra scrubbing at T-53 seconds left in the countdown. For more read: , or to review the campaign in its entirety, visit: .

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@MasterActual

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I’ve spent a good portion of my career explaining technical systems to non-expert audiences. Explaining SAR to the layperson at anything beyond the most cursory level is a huge challenge.

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@MasterActual

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The percentage of the general public that knows the term "max q" is a barometer for the viability of the space economy.

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@joebarnard

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@MasterActual

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tfw when you drop a screw onto this floor and it disappears from existence

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@MasterActual

1 year

Revisiting a favorite construction project in the South China Sea . This island is getting built faster than some companies build one satellite (oh snap!)

Todd Master

@MasterActual

1 year

Busy little bees in Spratly Islands over the last few months, observed through clouds, day and night with #SAR from @umbraspace

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@MasterActual

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My space people, I have the jobs you're looking for. We're cranking out hardware every day, optimizing on-orbit constellation operations, improving our current systems, wowing customers, and building our next generation of face melting satellites. We're growing. Read on ⬇️

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@MasterActual

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Ask yourself: are you contributing to the NewSpace credibility gap or helping to fix it?

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@MasterActual

1 year

It's so great to get direct access to the world's leading experts on so many topics

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@MasterActual

2 years

After doing this 3 times in less than a year, it's starting to feel routine - but still nothing short of thrilling!

Umbra

@umbraspace

2 years

And just like that, our newest SAR spacecraft is deployed in orbit! Thanks for the ride, @SpaceX #Transporter5

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@SciGuySpace "other than we’re not paying more," he said. That's exactly the point. FFP doesn't guarantee that things come on time, it promises that the USG doesn't pay extra if (when) they do. And it sure incentivizes the contractor to deliver faster, because time is money

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@echetus

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High graze SAR or art?

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@MasterActual

3 years

@umbraspace If you didn't like red light cameras, wait until you get a littering ticket from space for leaving your soda can behind after your picnic.

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Aravind 🌍 🛰

@aravindEO

1 year

New competition from @xprize focused on wildfire monitoring including $5M for a space-based wildfire detection challenge: a) to accurately detect all fires across a landscape larger than entire states or countries within 1 minute and b) to precisely characterize and report

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1 year

Hope you guys are pumped for some great launch viewing tonight!

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@MasterActual

1 year

I have no regrets about messing up your nice little Sunday by slamming your eyeballs with another mystery #SAR city. This is oriented in the direction that the satellite zapped it with X-band energy & turned the tiniest faint echos into precise measurements to make this picture.

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