Techcomunity No.1spacewalk ( Engineering)
I saw it. podcaster Sbera Techunity No.1It’s made by engineers for engineers. Veda Kirill Menshov (SVP Sbera, Technology Block), and visiting - Alexey Shelobkov, CEO of IKS Holding ("Kore" - Russian ICT/iron, and "Bureau" 1440Private Space History). In the first issue, the conversation was about “new space”, which is more like IT: the guys discussed: distributed systems, communication, reliability, upgrades. Below are the key points
1Why the Bureau 1440And where does the commercial boom come from? 1440 - symbolic number: so many revolutions around the Earth made the first satellite Korolev (launch 4 October 1957). Space is moving away from purely government/scientific programs to commercial low-orbit. Drivers understandable: AI and eternal hunger according to the data "Always Online" for People and Business Digital government/bank/logistics that need the Internet “everywhere” Autonomous transport/logistics, where communication outside cities is not “nice to have”, but must.
2“Old” vs. “New” Space – Like a Mainframe vs. a Cloud Data Center The old approach (geostationary):
- One super-reliable machine. 10–15 years;
- Special. radiation-resistant circuitry; Long cycles and the price of the mainframe level.
New approach (low-orbit):
- Satellite = node in cluster (He died unpleasantly, but not the end of the world.); Reliability gives redundancy of grouping + fast replacements; Serial production and regular updates (almost rolling upgrade).
3Satellite today is a base station + router + autonomous robot A low-orbit device is a “flying base station” and a smart switch at the same time: Uplink/downlink to the subscriber + intersatellite channels (laser);
- On board the position/orientation shall be considered continuously (Star sensors + data from Earth)control circuits, orbit correction, laser lines guidance
- Test runs. 2023–2024 - to test live communication models and standards, including 5G-NTN.
4Pain: energy/heat, latency, safety Edge computing is still doubtful: power is expensive, and heat in a vacuum is a separate sport. "Orbital data centers" sound beautiful, but rest on the efficiency of solar panels and the degradation of batteries.
- Latency: LEO gives tens of milliseconds - that's OK for realtime. Here we go.>300 MS - and live communication becomes torture.
- Cybersecurity: 100% protection is not possible, so it is more important architecture for redundancy and quick recovery from failures / attacks (resilience > "invulnerability.").
5Practices and plans About Russia: to cover the country, sounded the assessment250 spacecraft, target horizon - 2027. The idea is to close the “white spots” even in the developed regions and on long highways. About the global market to 2029: Near-Earth Economy Could Grow From About $600B to $18T for 7–8 years; Networks will merge: 5G-NTN → 6G-NTN, where communication will become truly seamless. Terminals will become smaller, and devices will have more integration: communication + precise positioning.
6About engineers: without a hybrid "classic + IT" will not go Need a Mix: Fundamental Engineering (Systematicity, high cost of error) + IT culture (speed, iterations, normal attitude to error n). From the numbers: X/Nuclear - ~25 master's programs with universities
Advice for young engineers: Find a track that really drives. Try different areas and collect T-Shape Soft skills on a par with hard skills
- Metascience No.1 Learn quickly and adapt
"Dark Horse" in technology - hybrid things like neural interfaces (possibly) New discoveries in physics that will suddenly make sci-fi a working reality.
7Partnerships At the end, it was discussed that it is time for strategic partners to move from the customer-supplier model to joint R&D: shared teams, hypotheses, experiments and “dreams of the future”, where each side brings its own superpowers.
If you like distributed systems, communications, and hardware that actually flies, I recommend watching the release – it’s really worth an hour of viewing.
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