Webinar 1 - Jorge Monteiro

Space Mission Fundamentals

The lecture shall be focused on the fundamentals of a space mission, with a focus on smallsat constellations and their applications.

It is expected that participants will understand the basics of engineering space missions and learn what existing smallsat constellations are already available for commercial purposes.

• Introduction to Missions and Space Systems
• The new space age
• Small Satellites and CubeSat
• Elements of a space mission
• Payloads vs Platform
• SmallSat Constellations fundamentals and benefits
• Existing SmallSat Constellations
• SmallSat Applications to Earth businesses

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Webinar 2 - Marco Morales

Business Value & Design Thinking

This webinar is a walk-through of a Design Thinking approach in which participants quickly identify business opportunities for themselves and their customers, leveraging smallsat constellations.

"To identify business opportunities for your business by leveraging the benefits that smallsat constellations can provide."

The lecture shall be focused on the IPN companies ecosystem and shall be a dynamic workshop where participants will do a design thinking activity.

The participants shall be able to understand how to derive value from existing smallsat constellations and how they can expect their sectors to be impacted by these applications.

• Understanding the power of design thinking applied to business challenges.
• Learning the basic steps and philosophy of design thinking, to use this framework.
• Experiencing a workshop dynamic where collaboration, rapid decision-making, and time-boxing are applied.
• Learning how to derive value from smallsat constellations for your business.
• Understanding how smallsat constellations are shaping change across industries.
  

• What are the benefits of small satellites and constellations for organizations
• Current Applications with practical cases and business models (mostly maritime and agriculture)
• How to transpose technology to  their current business and add value
• What impact will smallsat constellations have in the future of the sectors and markets

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