#15: Avoiding Space Debris at Thousands of Miles Per Hour (feat. Kristina Nikolaus, Co-Founder & CEO of OKAPI:Orbits)

NewSpaceVision

Technology

4 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Space junk presents a significant threat to satellites in orbit. How does one tackle this issue? Who has what jurisdiction in space?

In its long-awaited return, the NewSpaceVision podcast arrives with an incredible guest: Kristina Nikolaus, Co-Founder and CEO of space debris company OKAPI:Orbits. This disruptive startup, founded in 2018, is changing the game. As more and more satellites are launched into space in today's areospace boom, the newspace industry needs it more than ever.

Discover how software meets hardware in space, the challenges of creating such a revolutionary startup, and how systems need to change to help promote sustainability in space.

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0:00.0	Was it very challenging?
0:01.0	And to how many investors did you talk to close around?
0:03.8	To be honest, I did not talk to that many investors because everything went pretty fast at one point.
0:12.0	It's great to hear.
0:13.0	Nice.
0:14.0	Because once we showed this commercial traction, it became an interesting case to the investors. and especially also the software approach is pretty interesting.
0:23.6	The second sequence.
0:25.6	All right, a list off, the clock is starting.
0:32.6	We choose to go to move in this big.
0:33.6	Lift-off. We have a laptop.
0:35.6	Hello and welcome to the New Space Vision podcast where we discuss rising technologies,
0:40.3	economic opportunities and social dreams centered around to topics of innovation
0:44.3	and new space with executives, founders and other exciting people from the startup and new space
0:49.3	ecosystem. I'm Sven Chivara. And I'm Danny Seidel and we are the founders of the Berlin-based startup live view.
0:56.0	Today we are very excited to welcome Christina Nikolaos, co-founder and CEO of Okapi Orbit,
1:02.0	which specialize in helping satellites avoid collisions and minimizing space debris.
1:06.0	There is a weird connection between us.
1:08.0	So I think the first time we met was at an office opening of the startup Blick, which
1:12.7	just raised 12 million.
1:15.3	And basically, Sven and I introduced one of our investors to Blick, who invested into
1:19.5	Blik.
1:20.5	And later, the same investor, Andreas Kubke, also invested into you.
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