Nick Matthews
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I do networking stuff. Kuiper satellite internet, previously AWS. NAT, tunnels, dusty routers, bad jokes, IPv8.675309 🛰️📡 ☁️
Kuiper, now at 102 satellites. A lot more to go, but in the triple digit club!
August 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Kuiper, now at 102 satellites. A lot more to go, but in the triple digit club!
If you're taking a cert or other type of exam, here's a cheat: the people that create the answers are always more pedantic about the right answer than the wrong answers. If you choose the longest answer to a multiple choice question, you'll be right about 75% of the time.
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If you're taking a cert or other type of exam, here's a cheat: the people that create the answers are always more pedantic about the right answer than the wrong answers. If you choose the longest answer to a multiple choice question, you'll be right about 75% of the time.
Kuiper's second launch today: www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
Atlas V Kuiper 2
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June 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Kuiper's second launch today: www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
Video of the 27 Kuiper satellites dispensing over about 15 minutes. Space is neat. www.linkedin.com/posts/rajeev...
We’re just over 72 hours into our first full-scale Kuiper mission, and the… | Rajeev Badyal | 11 comments
We’re just over 72 hours into our first full-scale Kuiper mission, and the adrenaline is still high. Here are some clips when it was at its peak: the moments our first 27 satellites were released into...
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May 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Video of the 27 Kuiper satellites dispensing over about 15 minutes. Space is neat. www.linkedin.com/posts/rajeev...
Try, Try Again: Kuiper KA-01 launch, hopefully today (4pm PST, 7PM EST): nextspaceflight.com/launches/det...
Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (KA-01)
ULA will launch a Atlas V 551 rocket with Project Kuiper (KA-01) from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA.
nextspaceflight.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Try, Try Again: Kuiper KA-01 launch, hopefully today (4pm PST, 7PM EST): nextspaceflight.com/launches/det...
Stay tuned for the next Kuiper launch window, it won't be tomorrow after all.
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Stay tuned for the next Kuiper launch window, it won't be tomorrow after all.
Scrub. There's another launch window tomorrow, stay tuned.
Live stream just started, weather officer says clouds may clear by 8pm EST but winds look to be the larger risk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Xs...
April 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Scrub. There's another launch window tomorrow, stay tuned.
Live stream just started, weather officer says clouds may clear by 8pm EST but winds look to be the larger risk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Xs...
April 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Live stream just started, weather officer says clouds may clear by 8pm EST but winds look to be the larger risk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Xs...
Watching the Kuiper launch here: www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
Looks like 20% chance of launch. There's another window tomorrow if the weather doesn't play nice.
Looks like 20% chance of launch. There's another window tomorrow if the weather doesn't play nice.
Atlas V Kuiper 1
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April 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Watching the Kuiper launch here: www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
Looks like 20% chance of launch. There's another window tomorrow if the weather doesn't play nice.
Looks like 20% chance of launch. There's another window tomorrow if the weather doesn't play nice.
Here's a new marketing video for Kuiper, it includes some details of the manufacturing and engineering. Space engineering is neat, and the folks in the video are the real people building it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhs.... (It is a little dramatic, I suppose space is dramatic as well.)
Project Kuiper: Journey to Launch
YouTube video by Project Kuiper
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April 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's a new marketing video for Kuiper, it includes some details of the manufacturing and engineering. Space engineering is neat, and the folks in the video are the real people building it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhs.... (It is a little dramatic, I suppose space is dramatic as well.)
Kuiper has a launch date for our first satellites - April 9th (no earlier than) www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
Atlas V Kuiper 1
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April 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kuiper has a launch date for our first satellites - April 9th (no earlier than) www.ulalaunch.com/missions/nex...
This one is cool: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Announcing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server
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April 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This one is cool: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Most days at Amazon: Please read this 6+ page dense document and comprehend it in 30m, 2-3x a day.
Other days at Amazon: Please watch this 2+ hour video, which should be a 2 page document, and click 50+ times.
There's _one_ training exception and it's awesome to read + test instead.
Other days at Amazon: Please watch this 2+ hour video, which should be a 2 page document, and click 50+ times.
There's _one_ training exception and it's awesome to read + test instead.
February 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Most days at Amazon: Please read this 6+ page dense document and comprehend it in 30m, 2-3x a day.
Other days at Amazon: Please watch this 2+ hour video, which should be a 2 page document, and click 50+ times.
There's _one_ training exception and it's awesome to read + test instead.
Other days at Amazon: Please watch this 2+ hour video, which should be a 2 page document, and click 50+ times.
There's _one_ training exception and it's awesome to read + test instead.
So as of this morning all of the vehicles Project Kuiper will use to launch our constellation have gone to orbit:
✅ Ariane 6 (last year)
✅ Vulcan/Centaur (last year)
✅ Atlas V
✅ Falcon 9
✅ New Glenn (this morning)
We were at 2/5 last year this time, it's enormous progress for heavy launch vehicles.
✅ Ariane 6 (last year)
✅ Vulcan/Centaur (last year)
✅ Atlas V
✅ Falcon 9
✅ New Glenn (this morning)
We were at 2/5 last year this time, it's enormous progress for heavy launch vehicles.
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So as of this morning all of the vehicles Project Kuiper will use to launch our constellation have gone to orbit:
✅ Ariane 6 (last year)
✅ Vulcan/Centaur (last year)
✅ Atlas V
✅ Falcon 9
✅ New Glenn (this morning)
We were at 2/5 last year this time, it's enormous progress for heavy launch vehicles.
✅ Ariane 6 (last year)
✅ Vulcan/Centaur (last year)
✅ Atlas V
✅ Falcon 9
✅ New Glenn (this morning)
We were at 2/5 last year this time, it's enormous progress for heavy launch vehicles.
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You know Sheryl Sandberg’s famous line: “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat, just get on”?
Do you know who originally said that?
It was CHRISTA MCAULIFFE.
Who died in the Challenger explosion.
In case you’re wondering whether to trust rhetoric that comes out of Meta.
Do you know who originally said that?
It was CHRISTA MCAULIFFE.
Who died in the Challenger explosion.
In case you’re wondering whether to trust rhetoric that comes out of Meta.
January 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You know Sheryl Sandberg’s famous line: “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat, just get on”?
Do you know who originally said that?
It was CHRISTA MCAULIFFE.
Who died in the Challenger explosion.
In case you’re wondering whether to trust rhetoric that comes out of Meta.
Do you know who originally said that?
It was CHRISTA MCAULIFFE.
Who died in the Challenger explosion.
In case you’re wondering whether to trust rhetoric that comes out of Meta.
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Ok, here is an updated version of my space policy starter pack.
Let's make #BlueSpace the best platform for space news, space econ and space law discussions.
@sharestuff.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/PRWt1qf
Let's make #BlueSpace the best platform for space news, space econ and space law discussions.
@sharestuff.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/PRWt1qf
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Ok, here is an updated version of my space policy starter pack.
Let's make #BlueSpace the best platform for space news, space econ and space law discussions.
@sharestuff.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/PRWt1qf
Let's make #BlueSpace the best platform for space news, space econ and space law discussions.
@sharestuff.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/PRWt1qf
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With the 6th Circuit's network neutrality decision today, the courts have now cycled through every combination of "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 [can|must] be read to treat broadband Internet as [an information service|a telecommunications service]."
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-01-02-a...
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-01-02-a...
A Quarter Century of Statutory Interpretation
Let me see if I have this right.
3d.laboratorium.net
January 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
With the 6th Circuit's network neutrality decision today, the courts have now cycled through every combination of "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 [can|must] be read to treat broadband Internet as [an information service|a telecommunications service]."
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-01-02-a...
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-01-02-a...
Love me some chaos racks. Honestly the most surprising part is they didn't use the previous gen servers instead of coke cans. Something, something, gray market.
I bought a new dryer for $600 and they wanted another $300 for the stand. I spent $40 on wood and paint instead, similar energy.
I bought a new dryer for $600 and they wanted another $300 for the stand. I spent $40 on wood and paint instead, similar energy.
todays my birthday.
it’s also the day 16 years ago I discovered that a customer for the data center I worked at had racked 3 full cabinets with over $200k of brand new server hardware on top of $80 of canned soda from our customer lounge vending machine to avoid spending $600 on mounting rails
it’s also the day 16 years ago I discovered that a customer for the data center I worked at had racked 3 full cabinets with over $200k of brand new server hardware on top of $80 of canned soda from our customer lounge vending machine to avoid spending $600 on mounting rails
December 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Love me some chaos racks. Honestly the most surprising part is they didn't use the previous gen servers instead of coke cans. Something, something, gray market.
I bought a new dryer for $600 and they wanted another $300 for the stand. I spent $40 on wood and paint instead, similar energy.
I bought a new dryer for $600 and they wanted another $300 for the stand. I spent $40 on wood and paint instead, similar energy.
I host a BDSM party every year.
BBQ
Drinks
Salsa
Music
I usually have to invite people two years in a row because the no-show rate for first time BDSM invites is surprisingly high.
BBQ
Drinks
Salsa
Music
I usually have to invite people two years in a row because the no-show rate for first time BDSM invites is surprisingly high.
hello, good morning
i just witnessed someone use the acronym “bdsm” to mean “business development, sales, and marketing” and i have never been so glad to have my camera off
i just witnessed someone use the acronym “bdsm” to mean “business development, sales, and marketing” and i have never been so glad to have my camera off
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 AM
I host a BDSM party every year.
BBQ
Drinks
Salsa
Music
I usually have to invite people two years in a row because the no-show rate for first time BDSM invites is surprisingly high.
BBQ
Drinks
Salsa
Music
I usually have to invite people two years in a row because the no-show rate for first time BDSM invites is surprisingly high.
I packed gym clothes on a work trip and used them.
You too, can achieve this feat by attempting it 40 times followed by collecting an untold amount of personal shame in Vegas the week prior.
You too, can achieve this feat by attempting it 40 times followed by collecting an untold amount of personal shame in Vegas the week prior.
December 11, 2024 at 3:26 AM
I packed gym clothes on a work trip and used them.
You too, can achieve this feat by attempting it 40 times followed by collecting an untold amount of personal shame in Vegas the week prior.
You too, can achieve this feat by attempting it 40 times followed by collecting an untold amount of personal shame in Vegas the week prior.
Shout out to any Blue Origin folks racing through the holidays trying to make this happen: spacenews.com/blue-origin-...
Blue Origin says first New Glenn launch still scheduled for 2024
Blue Origin says it still plans to attempt a first launch of its New Glenn rocket before the end of the year as it makes final vehicle and regulatory preparations.
spacenews.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Shout out to any Blue Origin folks racing through the holidays trying to make this happen: spacenews.com/blue-origin-...
Reposted by Nick Matthews
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM