#38: Extending the Vision Beyond Earth & the Collaborative Culture in Space (feat. Aakash Parekh, CCO at Pixxel Space)

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4 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sven and Daniel interview Aakash from Pixxel, a company that is launching a constellation of the world’s highest resolution hyperspectral satellites. Aakash shares his journey into the space industry and explains the importance of hyperspectral data in monitoring and analyzing various vital indicators on Earth. He discusses the challenges of selling a product that is still in development and the need for customer education. Aakash also highlights the unique culture and collaborative nature of the space industry. The conversation covers topics such as the differentiation of hyperspectral data from multispectral data and the future impact of hyperspectral data on Earth.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Podcast

05:34 Selling a Product in the Space Industry

10:01 The Culture and Collaboration in the Space Industry

16:05 Advancements in Hyperspectral Technology

24:43 Specialization and Differentiation in the Earth Observation Industry

32:23 Market Development in India

36:20 Data Downlink and Distribution Challenges

39:47 The Future Impact of Hyperspectral Data on Earth

Aakash is the Chief Commercial Officer at Pixxel, a space data company building the world's first and highest resolution commercial hyperspectral constellation. He heads the growth and revenue functions, including global sales, marketing and customer success. Aakash has set up programs to provide government and commercial customers with access to Pixxel’s hyperspectral datasets as well as Aurora - Pixxel's Earth observation studio.

Aakash has spent the past decade in frontier technology sales and is passionate about bringing breakthrough innovations to new markets. Before joining Pixxel, Aakash led business development in international markets for various startups in the AgTech and PropTech domains. Aakash has completed several courses in data science and remote sensing to supplement his business background.

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0:00.0	that it automatically just builds out the crowd that's driven by just money.
0:04.2	You have to care about the subject for a long time if you want to make it here.
0:07.3	And almost everybody that I meet in the sector, they do have a slightly greater purpose,
0:11.6	whether they know it or not.
0:12.8	And they identify themselves as part of the community first and then the companies that they work for seconds.
0:34.7	All right now, lift up. The clock is. and the companies that they work for seconds. Hello and welcome to the newspevision podcast, sponsored by LiveEO, where we discuss
0:39.1	New Space Technology, Finance and Innovation with the executives, founders and more exciting
0:44.0	people from the startup and new space ecosystem.
0:46.4	I'm Dania Zayde.
0:47.5	And I'm Slam Shriver, and together we are the founders of the Earth Observation Company,
0:51.6	LiveEO and New Space Vision.
0:52.9	We are here with Akash, chief commercial officer of Pixel Space on the podcast.
0:58.1	Pixel is launching a constellation of hyperspectro satellites and is building its own
1:02.2	data analytics platform.
1:03.5	Welcome to the show.
1:04.7	Thank you so much for having me, you know, a big fan of your work.
1:07.9	And it's always nice to talk to actual practitioners that are from the
1:12.1	industry itself. So really good to be here. Yeah, directly diving into the industry. So you have a
1:17.3	background in business administration and marketing. How have you ended up in the space or
1:22.5	earth observation space? Yeah, I mean, I asked myself that question all the time, and it's especially surprising
1:28.4	because most people in the industry that have had a chance to interact with over the last three years,
1:33.4	they have a science or engineering background coupled with a very pure child fascination
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