Space Business Podcast #89 - Morpheus Space

Space Business Podcast

Daniel Bock and Istvan Lőrincz are the co-founders of Morpheus Space, an innovative electric propulsion company based in Germany and the U.S. I met them for the first time at IAC in 2019 when they won the pitch competition and since then they have done really well, including announcing a US$28 million Series A last September. Please enjoy listening to them talk about their technology and their entrepreneurial journey!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:31 Elevator pitch

4:12 The origin of "Morpheus Space"

7:40 Perceived market gap

9:54 Is propulsion for collision avoidance all just a PR stunt?

11:36 Satellite collision data

13:25 Propulsion modeling

17:05 Business model

20:51 Talking to customers

21:48 Propulsion

28:29 Scaleability

30:36 Product constraints and challenges

33:25 Morpheus Space other line of products

36:21 How to prioritize

39:05 Partnership with Kayhan Space

41:11 Vision for the company

42:35 Other interesting things in the Space sector

45:45 Sci-Fi