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@TimoVainionpaa Thanks, Timo! All is well and my work is extremely interesting. I just felt the need to write. Hope things are great with you, too.

Pleasantly surpised to see an Ill Defined Space newsletter in my inbox this AM from @John__Holst Hope all is well with you John !

Reporting from Rocket City for the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, AL🚀 The UK’s role in US missile defense is growing! 🇬🇧 firms are ready to support ambitious US plans, & 🇺🇸 companies are interested in UK expansion to align & support the #UKIndustrialStrategy

2025 Space Industry Observations and an Update A busy start to 2025 points to more records being broken by the year’s end. Will anyone other than SpaceX make a profit? open.substack.com/pub/illdefined…

Cubesat Customers–The Worst of Both Worlds? To be clear, it's not that the cubesat customers are terrible. At least, I don't think they are. illdefinedspace.substack.com/p/cubesat-cust…

Making Life Better? 2024 Communications and Remote Sensing So many satellites... Does more mean better products and services? Or is there tunnel vision going on? open.substack.com/pub/illdefined…

@TMFAssociates @LionnetPierre I wasn't aware of that. But that makes me wonder more about the level of flatellite's maturity.

@LionnetPierre @John__Holst What this doesn't point out is that the suggested mass range is the size of the latest Globalstar satellites, and for those MDA chose to use its own bus rather than continuing to work with RocketLab

@John__Holst discusses, with his usual humour and no-nonsense approach, @RocketLab "flatellite" concept. I think that the flat design has one definitive advantage, which is easy automated integration of components for mass production. But for what market? illdefinedspace.substack.com/p/stacking-the…

Stacking the Deck: Rocket Lab’s Flatellite Here are some guesses and suggestions for Rocket Lab’s newest satellite rendering. open.substack.com/pub/illdefined…

Maginot Line in Space: U.S. Missile Defense U.S. missile defense is a dream. Whether from a fever or other conditions, history can help ground it. open.substack.com/pub/illdefined…

European space sovereignty and those smallsat launch venture investors can’t afford not to... Read the article in full at: illdefined.space/europes-need-f…. 22/22

They used rockets that offered rideshare services. That trend suggests that European companies developing smallsat launch services should knock themselves out of the delusion that they will somehow become competitive with rideshare services. illdefined.space/the-weirdest-d… 21/22

ICYMI: a media thread: 🧵 Post: Europe’s Need for Space Sovereignty: Spacecraft There’s a divergence happening between Europe’s spacecraft/services industry and its launch services. 1/22