01:07:19 · Philip Johnston
[01:07:19] S1: Yeah. So it's a great point and one we think a lot about. It's actually a lot harder to shoot down a satellite than it is to, for example, blow up a data center in Virginia, which is surprising because the reason is satellites are traveling at about 17,000 miles an hour, and so to target and have some kind of kinetic impact on a satellite at that speed is very difficult. And we know this one of the reasons we have a pretty good case study actually from the Starlink satellites. So Starlink is being used in Ukraine and also Starshield and it's not like the Russians are particularly happy about that. And so both in terms of cyber and in terms of the physical security of satellites, can kind see the tactics people are using already on Starship... I'm sorry, on Starlink. And so, yeah, we're using the same kind of cryptography for making sure that the satellites are secure from that perspective. Then it's... Yeah. Anything that approaches a satellite would be very visible, so anything bigger than one inch cube you could track in space. And so we would, yeah, we would see if somebody was tampering with our satellites, and it would be considered an act of war. You know, there's this outer space treaty which governs what you can and can't do, and that would be considered an act of war on The US. And that's the purpose... The primary purpose of Space Force. One of the one of the key purposes is to... You know, they're developing interceptors and things to dissuade offensive action.
01:08:43 · Molly O'Shea, Philip Johnston
[01:08:43] S0: So as we just finished walking through the HQ, seeing the tracking of Starcloud one, the development of Starcloud two, and some of the early innings of Starcloud three, what are you most looking forward to in the next twelve months? [01:08:56] S1: Definitely, the thing I'm most looking forward to is the launch of Starcloud two. So that's gonna happen in January, and it's gonna be a huge proof point with the radiators and everything else we've designed in there. [01:09:06] S0: Exciting. Well, thank you so much, Philip. [01:09:08] S1: Thanks so much for coming. Cool. [01:09:09] S0: Hey, it's Molly. If you enjoy our interviews, check out our newsletter, sorcery.vc, where we deliver a once a week top deals and tech headlines email, and also go deeper on our podcast interviews. Subscribe to Sourcery today. And don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. Link in description to sign up.