From 10K to 100K Satellites in Orbit: What Will It Take? | Rusty Thomas (ex-SpaceX)

In this episode of The Frame Podcast, host Raycho Raychev (CEO and Founder, EnduroSat) sits down with Paul 'Rusty' Thomas (CEO, EnduroSat USA; former SpaceX and Amazon Leo executive) to discuss the path to 100K+ satellites in orbit and the transformation that the space industry will need to make in order to get there. This episode's highlights – The Identity Crisis: Why 80% of "space companies" are really data companies – The Great Unbundling: How specialization is the only path to true scale – "Manufacturing Theater": The myth of mass production and why it fails – The Unit Economics Trap: The shocking, fully-loaded cost of space data – The "iPhone Model": A new blueprint for a profitable space industry ▾ Jump right in to 00:00 Intro 00:30 The Path to 100,000 Satellites 06:51 The Power of Specialization 13:05 Democratizing Space Data 17:50 The Manufacturing Theater 23:45 The Industry Transformation 31:35 Advice for the Next Generation Explore more: → Join the conversation with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurosat → Subscribe for more insights from the space industry: https://www.youtube.com/@endurosat → Learn more about EnduroSat’s mission: https://www.endurosat.com/ → Discover the Space Challenges Program: https://spaceedu.net/ Quote "Imagine if every app developer for the iPhone developed their own iPhone... It makes no sense. And that's what has happened in the past in the space industry." – Rusty Thomas #SpaceIndustry #NewSpace #TheFramePodcast