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Neel Kunjur

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Co-Founder and CTO @k2spaceco . Former electron shepherd and mission director @spacex . Space dreamer since birth, spacecraft designer by choice.

Los Angeles, CA

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Joined December 2023

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

Over the past five years I’ve noticed many in the industry misinterpret “The Moore’s Law of Space”. The interpretation has been too literal: with electronics/chips becoming more capable we should strive to do what we were doing before with less - less mass and smaller satellites

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Michael Sheetz

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Exclusive: @K2SpaceCo raised $50 million in an equity round led by @altcap , as the developer of monster satellites prepares for its first demonstration mission later this year.

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

Thanks @SpaceX for hosting us out at Starbase, had a great time sizing up just how many @K2SpaceCo satellites we’re going to launch in these!

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First hot-fire of the @K2SpaceCo thruster which will be the highest power hall thruster ever flown (by a factor of 4). This thruster was designed, built, and fired in under a year by one of the most talented teams I’ve ever worked with. If you want to build things no one else

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Neel Kunjur

2 months

How many companies do you know of that measure impact on a civilization scale? These are the companies worth working for.

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SpaceX

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At Starbase, @ElonMusk provided an update on the company’s plans to send humanity to Mars, the best destination to begin making life multiplanetary

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We’ve been pretty secretive about our progress to date but it was great sitting down with @jeff_foust to share just a few of @K2SpaceCo ’s latest updates!

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Jeff Foust

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Talked with the founders of K2 Space about their upcoming tech demo mission, work with the DOD and an unnamed commercial customer, and testing of a new, powerful Hall effect thruster.

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Neel Kunjur

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What a time to be alive.

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

Weeks like these are what childhood me dreamed of. First @VardaSpace with a perfect reentry and now @Int_Machines with a perfect moon landing. We are living in a golden age of space exploration and we’re just getting started.

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NASA

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Your order was delivered… to the Moon! 📦 @Int_Machines ' uncrewed lunar lander landed at 6:23pm ET (2323 UTC), bringing NASA science to the Moon's surface. These instruments will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under #Artemis .

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@SciGuySpace @LauraForczyk @SpaceAbhi @llcrabbie And the best part is most of us continue to help each other out as we’re building these companies up. I was just using @endeffector ’s TVAC chamber a few weeks ago to test some critical hardware

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Neel Kunjur

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Pictures like these are what make the incredibly hard work of building spacecraft worth it. We re-designed video systems on Dragon and Falcon several times just to make sure we could share moments like these with the world. Godspeed IM-1! @K2SpaceCo is cheering you on.

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Intuitive Machines

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Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were captured shortly after separation from @SpaceX 's second stage on Intuitive Machines’ first journey to the Moon under @NASA 's CLPS initiative.

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

Wake up to a beautiful Starship launch, spend the morning chatting about @K2SpaceCo ’s high power satellites with @acolangelo . Day off to a great start!

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Main Engine Cut Off

3 months

🎙️ Starship had an epic launch today, so what better time to have Neel from @K2SpaceCo on the show to talk about what they’re working on for the post-Starship future (and the nearer-term, too)! Have a listen:

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

On the (potential) eve of what will likely be the most exciting rocket launch in recent history, some things to keep in mind: 1. This is a test. 2 . The purpose of a test is to gather data. 3. The most valuable data comes from failure. Despite the above, you can bet I’m

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3 months

Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT →

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3 months

Today the world wakes up to a new era in spaceflight, we’re now entering the age of Starship. Can’t wait to send 40+ of @K2SpaceCo 20kW satellites to space on this incredible rocket.

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Starship is coasting in space

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2 months

Huge congrats to @endeffector and the whole Astrolab team, can’t wait to drive one of these around on the 🌖

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Astrolab

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3 months

NASA has awarded Astrolab and its partners a contract worth up to $1.9 billion to advance the development of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle which will help Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon’s surface. Read the full announcement:

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2 months

@SpaceAbhi Especially if that PRA is derived heavily from MIL-HDBK-217F

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Neel Kunjur

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@zebulgar Want to split one with us? Plenty of room for two in that fairing

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

It is imperative we maintain the ability to observe astronomical events across the EM spectrum. Losing Chandra would introduce a huge gap in our ability to do so. We need to: 1. Maintain operation of our great observatories to continue gathering critical data until they can be

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3 months

Article by @jeff_foust

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@thesheetztweetz I move to modify our docking language based on size: *the Orion capsule or Gateway station will dock with Starship Time to put some respect on Starship’s name!

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Neel Kunjur

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@SpaceAbhi As someone who had to send manual commands to Dragon after T-10mins due to an autosequence failure I wholeheartedly agree. Tightening up the verification of the launch autos for Crew was one of the best things we did after learning a few lessons from CRS.

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@risknc @K2SpaceCo Appreciate it! To be fair it was impossible to follow me as of a few months ago (still figuring out this whole X thing)

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

As if this launch couldn’t get any cooler, perhaps reentry blackout will soon be a thing of the past

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Cameron Ramos

3 months

Photons slipping through a hole in the plasma plume to hold a Starlink connection through re-entry

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

@lougrims @risknc @K2SpaceCo You’re right, chamber is being built now and will likely be the highest pumping rate test facility in the world

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@acopiaventures In a sense, yes, through the flywheel effect. As the mass barrier weakens, completely new industries/applications become possible which in turn generate demand for more mass to orbit. After some supply lag this further drives down launch costs. @Starlink and @VardaSpace are

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

Up there and back again, congrats @WillBruey and the rest of the Varda team!

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Varda Space Industries

4 months

Update #6 on Varda's W-1 Mission:

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@KaranKunjur Whoa! You can post pictures here too? 🤯

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@ekriessmann @K2SpaceCo @altcap @KaranKunjur Couldn't ask for a better team to go make this happen, excited to build this with you!

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Neel Kunjur

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@wendyonthego @zebulgar Wendy I’ll give this one to you but only because we go way back

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

Read SMAD (3rd edition) Chapter 8 if you want to understand just how scary this situation could be. Designing a satellite to survive the LEO environment has become a fairly trivial exercise. Designing satellites with new methods of hardening to survive this and the multi-orbit

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@ekriessmann @K2SpaceCo @KaranKunjur Couldn't ask for a better team to go make this happen, excited to build this with you!

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Neel Kunjur

3 months

That’s a whooooole lotta spacecraft we can put in there 🙌

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Nathan Commissariat

3 months

According to the stream, with Raptor3 improvements, Starship payload is now BASELINED at 150 tons and could range to 250 tons. THIS IS INSANE

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@altcap @K2SpaceCo Gravitas!!! Excited to build this company with you and @ekriessmann (and of course @KaranKunjur too)

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Neel Kunjur

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@AndyLapsa Incredible, glad to see more full flow engines on the horizon! Well done

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Neel Kunjur

2 months

@KaranKunjur @SpaceX 200t to LEO means roughly 100 Mega Class satellites = 2MW of power deployed per launch, may need to squish sat height a tiny bit to fit but very doable

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Neel Kunjur

2 months

@nunzi46 Really excited I made it to the first interview stage!

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@JLopas @KaranKunjur @altcap Thanks man, excited for what you got brewing as well!

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@wendyonthego @VardaSpace Reentry was always my favorite shift, except for the part where blackout always lasts 15secs longer than predicted! Well done bringing the mission home

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Neel Kunjur

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@SpaceAbhi Running a triplex launch sequencer on the ground is an…interesting choice

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Neel Kunjur

4 months

@nunzi46 @K2SpaceCo Hey, it gets cold out there on the moon. Also if a space components biz gave me 50% off for a shot like this I would totally take them up on it.

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Neel Kunjur

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@SpaceAbhi “mishap”

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