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  • Spooktacular NRO treats.

    Spooktacular NRO treats.
    Oct 31 2024
    The National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded three Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement contracts (BALISTA), to Cognitive Space, Impulse Space, and Starfish Space. Matter Intelligence has secured $12 million in seed funding. Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI complete ground testing for the European Space Agency’s InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Pierre Bertrand, Co-Founder and CEO of Skynopy. You can find out more about AWS for Aerospace and Satellite by visiting space.n2k.com/AWS. Selected Reading NRO Awards BAA for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) Contracts Matter Intelligence Emerges from Stealth with $12 Million Seed Funding to Revolutionize Remote Sensing and Global Perception- Business Wire Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI partner to develop a commercial space-based launch vehicle telemetry solution Alén Space to Participate in ESA’s CyberCUBE Mission, Led by GMV Sceye Partners with NASA and USGS to Address Climate Change from the Stratosphere USA Raft Awarded Space Rapid Capabilities Office Contract Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981 Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space Voyager Space Appoints Matt Magaña as Executive Vice President, National Security Halloween on the International Space Station - NASA T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Taikonauts arrive at China’s heavenly palace.

    Taikonauts arrive at China’s heavenly palace.
    Oct 30 2024
    China has declared a complete success after launching the Shenzhou-19 crew to the Tiangong Space Station. The US Department of Defense is reportedly raising its Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Services program from an initial $900 million ceiling to a projected $13 billion according to Space News. Lockheed Martin has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital, and its subsidiary, Tyvak International, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Brian Weeden, Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation. You can connect with Brian on LinkedIn, and read the Space Agenda 2025 online. Selected Reading China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration : NPR Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion - SpaceNews Lockheed Martin Advances Space Capabilities through Strategic Terran Orbital Acquisition - Oct 30, 2024 Space Forge Inc. and Voyager Space Unite to Revolutionize Commercial In-Space Manufacturing Anuvu Partners with D-Orbit USA for Design of Innovative Non-Geostationary Satellite Network Eutelsat Communications: First Quarter 2024-25 Revenues- Business Wire PRESS RELEASE: Space Port Australia and Titans Space Development Corporation sign MoU – Get The Word Out Two National Airlines Choose a Seamless Multi-orbit IFC Future with SES Open Orbits™- Business Wire NASA awards UNH $24M contract to build sensors to monitor space weather NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation Maxar Intelligence Announces New Leadership Appointments to Fuel Continued Growth and Innovation | Business Wire Crosscut Ventures Evolves Its Focus to Tackle Humanity's Biggest Problems in Frontier Tech - Space, Defense, and Energy Transition T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Eulogy to a comet.

    Eulogy to a comet.
    Oct 29 2024
    China plans to launch the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship at 4:27 am on Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Spire Global has been awarded a concept study contract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop space-based capabilities for a wildfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. NASA has awarded Advanced Space a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project to develop mission architectures and requirements for customizing a low-cost rocket transfer stage, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests today are Brianna Bace and Rian Davis. You can read their research paper here- Space as a critical infrastructure: An in-depth analysis of U.S. and EU approaches. Selected Reading China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better China to launch Shenzhou-19 crew to space station Wednesday - CGTN China unveils Shenzhou-19 crew for space station mission - CGTN China's Shenzhou-18 crew to return to Earth on November 4 - CGTN Spire Global and OroraTech Awarded NASA Contract for Wildfire Monitoring | Business Wire Advanced Space Awarded SBIR Phase I Project to Develop Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and Communications Relay Capabilities for NASA ExoAnalytic observes 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e breakup - SpaceNews iSEE Global Launches US Subsidiary to Expand Space Domain Awareness Capabilities GomSpace North America Selected by Proteus Space’s AI Design Platform for Groundbreaking Satellite Mission Godspeed Capital-Backed Special Aerospace Services (SAS) Announces Acquisition of Concordia Technologies Leidos Reports Strong Third Quarter 2024 Results and Raises Full-Year Guidance Friends of NASA: Sun Melts Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) | ESA SOHO Spacecraft T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • AstroForge’s spectrum license approved.

    AstroForge’s spectrum license approved.
    Oct 28 2024
    AstroForge received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a commercial mission in deep space. NASA says the unnamed Crew-8 member that was held overnight in hospital last week, is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the US Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-167 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Bryce Kennedy, Executive Director of the SpaceValley Foundation. You can connect with Bryce on LinkedIn, and learn more about the SpaceValley Foundation on their website. Selected Reading AstroForge Makes History: First-Ever Commercial Deep Space Spectrum License Approved by the FCC Space Station – Off The Earth, For The Earth Launch-nrol-167 NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing AST SpaceMobile Successfully Completes Unfolding of First Five Commercial Satellites in Low Earth Orbit | Business Wire Oman explores ties with Nasa, Elon Musk’s SpaceX for future economic growth Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business - WSJ A Boeing Space Exit Would Be a Win-Win-Win Situation - Bloomberg https://youtu.be/IMoomWmIkww Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers - NASA Science T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Gas stations in space.

    Gas stations in space.
    Oct 26 2024
    Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling. Spacecraft are still limited to the amount of fuel they are launched with, which limits flexibility and poses long-term risks to the space environment. The company proved their concept during their mission to resupply water to the ISS, and they later launched the first commercial fuel depot into LEO. Find out more from our guest Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab. You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn and learn more about Orbit Fab on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Deep Blue wants you to go to space.

    Deep Blue wants you to go to space.
    Oct 25 2024
    China’sDeep Blue Aerospace, held a livestream to open up ticket sales for their suborbital flights to space which they say sold out in 20 minutes. India’s cabinet has announced a new venture capital fund for the space sector. NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully returns to Earth, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Chinese space tourism set for 2027 take-off with aerospace firm offering US$210,000 seats- South China Morning Post’ China's first reusable, returnable satellite delivers payloads - CGTN Space industry welcomes Cabinet approval of Rs 1,000 crore venture fund - India Today Back on Earth: NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Splashes Down Off Florida NASA Releases Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023 L3Harris Technologies Reports Strong Third Quarter 2024 Results, Increases 2024 Guidance | Business Wire NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation SERA Opens Up Space Exploration and Scientific Research to the World T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • USSF spends billions on contract extensions.

    USSF spends billions on contract extensions.
    Oct 24 2024
    The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension and Millennium Space Systems has been awarded a $386 million Other Transaction Agreement. Blue Origin launched an uncrewed New Shepard mission verification flight to test the company’s new human-rated vehicle. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected 19 space companies to join the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit pool (HALO), and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Steve Wolfe, President and Co-Founder of the Beyond Earth Institute. Find out more about the Beyond Earth Symposium at space.n2k.com/beyondearth. Selected Reading Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $1.8 billion contract extension for missile warning satellites - SpaceNews Northrop Grumman Releases Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Exclusive: Europe agency says it is in talks with SpaceX on tackling space junk | Reuters Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet Demand Millennium Space Systems awarded additional Missile Track Custody plane SDA Selects Initial HALO Pool to Rapidly Compete Future Prototype Demonstrations Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies to offer Iridium Certus and STL® Services to the U.S. Government Dragon Undocks from Station, Crew-8 Heads Toward Earth NASA Welcomes Republic of Cyprus as 46th Artemis Accords Signatory GITAI's Inchworm-Type Robotic Arm Achieves TRL6 in a Thermal Vacuum Chamber Test Simulating the Lunar South Pole Environment L3Harris and Palantir Announce Strategic Partnership- Business Wire Honeywell Reports Third Quarter Results; Updates 2024 Guidance SpaceX Flights In 2024 Will Emit More CO2 In The U.S. Than Tesla Will Save Exclusive: Europe agency says it is in talks with SpaceX on tackling space junk- Reuters Space Agenda 2025 T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • DIU lifeline for Astra.

    DIU lifeline for Astra.
    Oct 23 2024
    Astra has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with a ceiling of up to $44 Million. Redwire has announced three new partnerships on biopharmaceuticals experiments that will launch to the ISS aboard the SpaceX-31 cargo resupply mission. Umbra has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating its commercial remote sensing capabilities into SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Kevin Hell, CEO of mPower Technology. You can connect with Kevin on LinkedIn, and learn more about mPower on their website. Selected Reading Department Of Defense Awards Astra Contract Valued Up To $44 Million Redwire Announces Spaceflight Mission with Bristol Myers Squibb to Study Small Molecule Drug Compounds, Launching Additional Biopharma Investigations to Study Bone Disease Treatments in Space- Business Wire Umbra Selected by Space Development Agency to Integrate Remote Sensing Capabilities into Future Space Architecture X-Bow Systems' Successful Bolt™ Rocket Launch Unleashes its 34" Advanced Manufactured Solid Rocket Motor, Proving both Scalability and Manufacturability Boeing Reports Third Quarter Results General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2024 Financial Results KBR Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results Teledyne Technologies Reports Third Quarter Results- Business Wire SatixFy Signs $9 Million Software Development and License Agreement with MDA Space for Satellite Payloads- Business Wire UK satellites to boost maritime security on track for 2025 launch - GOV.UK NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Exclusive: Moon sample talks show space engagement by rivals US and China- Reuters The Space Report 2024 Q3 Shows Significant Private Workforce Growth in Europe, a Push for Commercial Space Stations, and Space Force Surpassing Guardian Recruiting Goals Lots of 'buzz' but no 'compelling' military value for cislunar space: CSIS - Breaking Defense Star Trek Auction "Bid Long and Prosper" Presented by Julien's Auctions at Infinity Festival T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins