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Podcast: SpaceBase Podcast
Episode: Scrapy Entrepreneurship Can Get Your Tech on an Electron Rocket: An Interview with Astrix CEO, Fia Jones
Description: An interview with Fia Jones. Fia is CEO of Astrix Astronautics. Astrix is a satellite startup that aims at inventing an alternate power generation system, which produces more power without compromising functionality of a satellite. In 2019, her team won the New Venture Category Prize at the Velocity’s $100K Challenge. Fia is pursuing a Physics degree at the University of Auckland when she founded Astrix. Today, Astrix has received funding from companies like Rocket Lab, K1W1 Ventures and Icehouse to further its development and is closely advised by Peter Beck. Astrix is getting ready to launch their first space sys...