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May, 2024

• 6 May

  GEOINT 2024 – Interview with Ronda Schrenk, USGIF

  

  At the end of day one of the USGIF GEOINT Symposium 2024, Torsten Kriening had the opportunity to speak with Ronda Schrenk, CEO of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) about the first day take away, the observations at the show and Women as Leaders initiative of the foundation. Ronda Schrenk leads the Foundation in its mission to promote the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and develop a stronger GEOINT community among government, industry, academia, professional organizations

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• 6 May

  GEOINT 2024 – Interview with Jasmin Inbar, ASTERRA

  

  At the first day of the GEOINT 2024, Torsten Kriening had the opportunity to talk with Jasmin Inbar, VP of Earth Observation and Head of Corporate Development at Asterra to talk about the unique capabilities the company has to offer. ASTERRA provides a number of industries with intelligence and insights from beneath the surface of their largest installations.

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• 6 May

  GEOINT 2024 – Interview with Christy Monaco, USGIF

  

  The annual GEOINT Symposium starts with the GEOINT FOREWORD Day. Torsten Kriening had the chance to summarise the day with the Vice President of Programs at USGIF, Christy Monaco. They spoke about the content areas covered, Quantum, AI - GeoGPT, PNT next gen, but also about the inspiring Foreword keynote by Peter Highnam, Ph.D.,

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• 6 May

  Redwire Wins NASA’s Mars Commercial Service Study

  

  Redwire has won a study contract for Design Reference Mission (DRM) 3 of NASA’s Mars Commercial Services program, which outlines a commercial imagery mission to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. While currently in a study phase, the program will eventually expand into service contracts for products from operational assets.

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• 6 May

  Virgin Galactic Announce Launch Window for ‘Galactic 07’

  

  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. has announced the 'Galactic 07' flight window will open on Saturday, June 8, 2024. This will be the Company’s second spaceflight this year and twelfth to date. The Company will once again convert its spaceship into a suborbital science lab, with VSS Unity carrying an Axiom Space affiliated researcher astronaut who will conduct multiple human-tended experiments.

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