T-Minus Space Daily Funding dropped for the Traffic Coordination System for Space.
The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration will be eliminates funding for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) in its Fiscal Year 2026 budget. LeoLabs has been selected for a $4M Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) opportunity by the US Space Force’s SpaceWERX. Thales Alenia Space has been selected by CNES to develop a very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator, and more.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest today is Kirk Konert, Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners and Chairman of the Board at Firefly Aerospace.
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Selected Reading
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2026
Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator
ESA - Watch MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch live
China's Tianwen-2 probe sent back images of Earth and moon - CGTN
NASA+ is Coming to Netflix This Summer - NASA
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