#43: Building Turnkey Earth Observation Missions - Jonny Dyer, Muon Space

Today, I am speaking with Jonny Dyer, co-founder and CEO of Muon Space. Muon Space is a recently-founded startup based in California that is developing an Earth observation satellite platform that would bring remote sensing capability to organisations that lack the expertise needed to develop it themselves.

Jonny Dyer is well-known in the Earth observation world - he was the Chief Engineer of Skybox, the first venture-funded EO company that was bought by Google and then sold to Planet. He then worked for Google and Lyft, before starting Muon with his co-founders.

In this episode, Jonny and I discuss his background, how he decided to not built another "EO dataset company", Muon's differentiated approach, the climate narrative, Muon's plans and more.

FYI - Muon Space will be first company I will be writing about as part of monthly "EO Company of the Month" series. So, if you want to learn more about Muon, stay tuned for the piece that should come out late September. Subscribe to my newsletter.

- Muon Space's website + they are hiring.

- Jonny's LinkedIn

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01:27: Intro & Jonny's story

08:14: Elevator pitch for Muon

11:42: Not deciding to start yet another "EO dataset company"

15:16: The differentiated model for EO from Muon Space

19:33: The climate narrative and why it fits with Muon's approach

26:22: The difference with the space as-a-service model

31:28: Muon's roadmap and potential customers 

38:00: Muon's market positioning 

43:21 Thoughts on the state of EO today

46:42: Wrap-up

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