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March 2020. Covid lockdown. Instead of continuing my world travel planned for my sabbatical, I was stuck on a Greek island, teaching diving courses ๐คฟ . A forced adaptation, that would not be the first, neither the last... ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ After 15 years of technical and human adventures, Iโve learned to master the black magic of radio communications at all orbits: โข ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ with Thales Alenia Space and Eutelsat Group, developing geostationary systems to provide internet connectivity even in the most remote places. โข ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ with Loft Orbital, making space more accessible for todayโs and tomorrowโs applications. ๐๐๐๐: ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ถ๐จ๐ This year brought two new adventures: Fatherhood and Entrepreneurship (yes, it is possible!) Ten months ago, with Pierre BERTRAND, we decided to create Skynopy, with a mission to simplify space communications by bringing the simplicity of mobile telephony to Low Earth Orbit satellite operators. Skynopy Today: ๐ A talented team of about ten people, combining the best of tech and space. ๐ฐ A first fundraising round of โฌ3.1M in just 3 weeks. ๐ A global network of antennas providing multiple contacts per orbit. ๐ค Key partnerships to build the connectivity infrastructure of tomorrow. ๐ A commitment to addressing the crucial issues of data sovereignty and security. A big thank you to everyone who made this possible: Our investors: Yohan, Jimmy, Jeanne Cluset and entire team of Kima Ventures, Nicolas from Better Angle, Thibaud Elziere, Yohann, Benoit, Paul, Pauline, Maxime, Nicolas, Julien Fissette, partners, our first contracts: HEMERIA, CNES and WILCO, Agoranov for their support and trust. ๐โจ To learn more about our adventure, read the press article on Skynopy in SpaceNews (๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ) ๐ Want to join the adventure and communicate with space (a bit more than "Charly, do you hear us?" ๐) and join a stratospheric team combining the best of tech and space. ๐ ๐ Discover our opportunities on the careers page on our website. Stay tuned for our next steps! #Skynopy #StartupJourney #NewSpace #SatelliteTechnology #ConnectivityService