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SUMMARY:eSpace Seminar – From a student project to the creation of a suc
 cessful start-up: Astrocast\, by Fabien Jordan
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DESCRIPTION:Fabien Jordan\, Astrocast\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2005\, a group
  of motivated students received the mission to do something that nobody ha
 d done before in Switzerland: build from scratch a real satellite that sho
 uld weight no more than 1 kg\, launch it into low-earth orbit and operate 
 it from their lab at EPFL. They succeeded and this tiny satellite called S
 wissCube is still operational more than 12 years later\, much to the surpr
 ise of everyone. This project was just the beginning of a fascinating adve
 nture that led to the creation of a start-up that has now become a listed 
 company with more than 80 employees building the most advanced global nano
 satellite IoT network.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFabien Jordan is Founder
  and CEO of Astrocast\, a leading Satellite IoT service that enables asset
  tracking and two-way communications in remote areas of the world.\nJordan
  is widely recognized for his work on SwissCube\, the longest operating na
 nosatellite. He also worked as Technical Manager at the Space Exploration 
 Institute in Neuchâtel\, where he contributed to the design of two scient
 ific instruments of the ESA ExoMars Rover Mission. Previously\, he was Ele
 ctrical System Engineer at the Swiss Space Center EPFL.\nThanks to his 15-
 year experience in space systems engineering and his early involvement in 
 the CubeSat community\, he became convinced that nanosatellite constellati
 ons would disrupt specific segments of the satellite industry and saw the 
 NewSpace revolution coming. In 2014\, together with an international team 
 of experts from both the space and telecom industries\, he developed a str
 ong business model to provide global\, direct-tosatellite Internet-of-Thin
 gs (IoT) communications. Leveraging the industry-leading performance of As
 trocast’s L-band IoT network\, Fabien successfully positioned the first 
 Swiss satellite operator as a front runner.\nSupporting innovation\, Fabie
 n serves as an Early Investor and Advisor to ClearSpace and PICC Solution 
 and is a Karman Fellow and a Platinum Sponsor of EPFL Xplore.\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62708643017
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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