T-Minus Space Daily

Lunar Outpost was founded on the belief that resources from the moon can be used for the betterment of humankind. The space mobility company has recently unveiled its new Eagle Space Truck and has plans for new vehicles to traverse the lunar surface. Find out more from  Lunar Outpost Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer, Forrest Meyen. You can connect with Forrest on LinkedIn, and learn more about Lunar Outpost on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. 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

Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests are Dr. Meganne Christian and Karsen Kitchen. T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

AST SpaceMobile has closed a $100 million equipment financing facility led by Trinity Capital Inc. Atomic-6 has won a $2 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) from US Space Force Space Systems Command to mature and flight qualify their solar array for commercial and defense sectors. Alén Space has been selected to manufacture the next five satellites for Sateliot, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Abigail Glover, Astronaut Scholar 2024 - 2025. You can connect with Abigail on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation on their website. Selected Reading AST SpaceMobile Secures Additional $100.0 Million of Liquidity from Non-Dilutive Equipment Financing Atomic-6 Wins $2M Space Force Contract for Revolutionary Solar Array Technology Sateliot advances its constellation with 5 new satellites manufactured by Alén Space NASA Awards Simulation and Advanced Software Services II Contract Watch Russia's Progress 92 cargo ship launch toward the ISS today- Space Is Oman’s proximity to equator the secret to its growing space launch potential?- Times of India Boeing taps veteran insider Parker to lead its defense and space unit- Reuters Rockies, York Space Systems announce jersey patch partnership   Juventus Lunar Outpost Prematch Jersey T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

Planet Labs Germany GmbH has been awarded a multi-year €240 million contract, funded by the German government, in support of European peace and security. Europe’s MTG-S1 satellite with the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission launched to GEO. Redwire completes the first deployment test for one of its Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) for the Lunar Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading Planet Awarded €240 Million Satellite Services Deal MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmosphere Redwire Successfully Deploys the Most Powerful Roll-Out Solar Arrays Ever Built, Prepares for Major Delivery in Fourth Quarter CU Boulder establishes Colorado Space Policy Center MDA Space Completes Acquisition Of Satixfy Communications Launch of Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, delayed again US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says | Space ISS National Lab Partners with AIAA to Expand ASCEND with Low Earth Orbit-Focused Sessions in 2025 and 2026 MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite  BREAKING: New interstellar object candidate heading toward the sun T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

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. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Kirk Konert, Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners and Chairman of the Board at Firefly Aerospace.  You can connect with Kirk on LinkedIn, and learn more about AE Industrial Partners on their website. Selected Reading National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2026  LeoLabs Selected by USSF to Further Develop Next-Gen, Scout-Class Radar Capabilities to Detect and Track Launches Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator Sidus Space Partners with VORAGO Technologies to Advance Radiation-Hardened Compute Capabilities for Scalable Space and Defense Infrastructure Momentus and Orbit Fab Partner to Advance Space Servicing with Podracer and RAFTI Demonstration Flight Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Critical Design Review for Space Development Agency’s T2TL-Beta Constellation ESA - Watch MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch live Teledyne Space Imaging CIS120 sensors launch on Japanese GOSAT-GW climate change observation mission - Game Developers Conference News Today China's Tianwen-2 probe sent back images of Earth and moon - CGTN NASA+ is Coming to Netflix This Summer - NASA T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

Momentus has been selected by NASA for an in-space power demonstration. The Finnish Ministry of Defense plans to acquire ICEYE Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites. SatSure has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dhruva Space to develop sovereign Earth Observation capabilities, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Ken Ruffin, Space Communicator and Board Member at National Space Society (NSS). You can connect with Ken on LinkedIn, and learn more about the National Space Society on their website. Selected Reading Momentus Awarded NASA Contract for In-Space Power System Demonstration Momentus Wins Contract in Highly Competitive U.S. Space Force SpaceWERX Sustained Space Maneuver Challenge Finland Ministry of Defense selects ICEYE for Space-Based Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities SatSure and Dhruva Space forge strategic alliance to deliver end-to-end Earth Observation-as-a-Service (EOaaS) Solutions Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Choose Luxembourg as Joint Venture Headquarters to Drive European-Wide Space-Based Mobile Broadband Coverage Space Systems Command Set to Strengthen Operational Environment with Enhanced Global Weather Sensing- Space Systems Command  MDA Space Reopens Operations At David Florida Laboratory NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off Blue Origin’s New Shepard Completes 33rd Mission to Space Satellites keep breaking up in space, insurance won't cover them. T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

Parker Wishik from The Aerospace Corporation explores how experts are turning data into decisions in the space industry on the latest Nexus segment. Parker is joined by Jackie Barbieri, Founder and CEO of Whitespace, and Dr. Steve Lewis, Leader of The Aerospace Corporations’s SPEAR team. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading Aerospace Advances Massless Payloads for Space Missions  Aerospace Experts Are Turning Data into Decisions Aerospace recently assembled a team of highly skilled scientists and engineers who play a critical role in addressing national and global disruptions in GPS and other radio frequency spectrums. 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

Rocket Lab successfully launches 67th Electron Mission, schedules next launch in less than 48 hours. US NSF and Amazon’s Project Kuiper establish coordination agreement to prevent satellite interference. Sidus Space picks Atomic-6 for solar arrays in $120M cislunar data mission with Lonestar. And, more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest We are joined by NASASpaceflight.com with the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 67th Electron Mission, Schedules Next Launch in Less Than 48 Hours (Rocket Lab) Project Kuiper and U.S. National Science Foundation sign satellite coordination agreement (Amazon) Sidus Space Advances $120M Agreement with Lonestar, Selects Atomic-6 as Solar Array Partner for Cislunar Data Satellite Mission (Sidus Space) SpaceX says debris recovery attempts hindered after Starship explosion (Reuters) SpaceX Polluted Border Area, Mexican President Sheinbaum Says (Bloomberg) China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second EVA (CGTN)  Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space (WIRED) T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

Firefly Aerospace gets approval for orbital launches from Sweden. Xona Space Systems has announced $92 million in new funding. Space VC funding on track to hit record highs this year. And, more.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Andy Crocker, Aerospace executive, author of “The Unconditionals”. You can connect with Andy on LinkedIn, and find more about his book here. Selected Reading SSC and Firefly Progress Towards Orbital Launch from Esrange Following TSA Signing Between Sweden and the U.S. (Firefly Space) Funding for a New Era of Navigational Intelligence (Xona)  Why We Invested in Xona Space Systems | by Taylor Durand | Craft Ventures (Medium) VCs shoot for the stars, send space-tech funding on course for new record (PitchBook) Axiom Space Partners with India-based Skyroot Aerospace to Advance Space Exploration (Axiom Space)  International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary (AP News)  Europe sees chance in space industry with streamlined rules (Gasworld)  Yet Another Report On How Broken NASA IT Security Is (NASA Watch) Likely Saturn-Mass Planet Imaged by NASA Webb Is Lightest Ever Seen (NASA)  T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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

Axiom-4 mission heads to the ISS. Reusable satellite startup Lux Aeterna comes out of stealth. Plans for European sovereignty continue. And, more.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station (NASA)  SpaceX launches astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary to space station (AP News) New space startup Lux Aeterna wants to make satellites reusable (TechCrunch) T-Mobile’s satellite service officially launches in July (The Verge) German space startup Isar Aerospace secures 150 million euro fund (Reuters) Astroscale France Opens Toulouse Office Towards French and European Space Sovereignty (SpaceWatch.Global) Blue Origin eyes Cruz’s space tax (Politico) EU Space Act (European Commission) NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander (AP News) T-Minus Crew Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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