T-Minus Space Daily

The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are partnering to accelerate the use of satellite-based technologies within the financial sector. Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 mission to conduct rendezvous, proximity operations (RPO), and ultimately attempt docking with another spacecraft in LEO. Ursa Space Systems and Aireon are partnering to integrate Aireon's real-time aircraft tracking data into Ursa Space's geospatial platform, 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 David Barnhart, CEO and co-founder of Arkisys.  You can connect with David on LinkedIn, and learn more about Arkisys on their website. Selected Reading LSA and EIB Launch “Space for Finance” Initiative - News & Media Starfish Space Unveils Otter Pup 2 Mission Space Hi-Jinkies. (Starfish Space Interview) Ursa Space Systems and Aireon Team Up to Enhance Aircraft Monitoring with Space-Based ADS-B Data ICEYE and Safran Announce Strategic Partnership on Persistent Surveillance Capabilities SARsatX Secures $2.6M in Seed Funding - SpaceTech in Gulf Region Yank Technologies Selected for Prestigious NASA Phase II Contract for Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors NASA names geomagnetic storm for 1st time, honoring a space weather scientist who died suddenly in 2024 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

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) experienced an anomaly during the third stage of the launch. Palantir USG selected to provide US Space Command and Control Data Platform solutions in support of the Department of Defense and Joint Force missions. SpaceX has acquired Akoustis Technologies for approximately $30.2 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities, 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 Parker Wishik, Communications Lead for Commercial and Civil Space at the Aerospace Corporation brings us the Space Nexus Segment with guests Jaydee Dyess from Agile Space Industries and Aimee Hubble. You can connect with Parker on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website. You can read about the Aerospace Corp. EP site here. Agile Dual mode Prop here. Selected Reading Indian rocket launch fails, Earth-observation satellite lost- Space Space Systems Command Advances Space C2 Dominance Decision Making through Data Platform Program- Space Systems Command  Akoustis Successfully Completes Sale of Assets to SpaceX China's commercial ZQ-2E rocket sends six satellites into space - CGTN Sophia Space Closes $3.5M Pre-Seed Round to Transform In-Orbit Computing Security and defence partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - GOV.UK Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract, Sets Schedule For the Next iQPS Mission Starlab Space and Balance Ophthalmics Partner to Address Astronaut Vision Loss Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday - 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

GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) and DevSecOps (Development, Security, and Operations) are complementary frameworks that aim to ensure secure and compliant software development. Our guest today is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, founder of T-Minus Space Daily, and cybersecurity expert. Brandon explains  why integrated GRC and DevSecOps are non-negotiables for space startups.  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 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

Gilmour Space has delayed the inaugural launch of its Eris spacecraft after the nose cone fell off the rocket ahead of liftoff.  NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch the agency’s Aspera mission. Space solar company Solestial has raised $17 Million in a Series A funding round, 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Adam Gilmour LinkedIn Update NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission Solestial Announces $17M Series A Funding Round to Scale Space Solar Manufacturing Reflect Orbital Secures $20 Million in Series A Funding Led by Lux Capital ICEYE strengthens presence in Greece with new office and satellite production line NASA Welcomes Norway as 55th Nation to Sign Artemis Accords Muon Space Awarded Additional NRO Contract for Next Phase of Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities Sidus Space Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update Sidus Space Announces Successful On-Orbit Operation of FeatherEdge™ Gen-2 Aboard LizzieSat®-3 Virgin Galactic - Investor Relations US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle- collectSPACE 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

Paul Thomas, Accenture's Managing Director and Global Lead of Space Innovation Technology, dives into the exciting world of space computing. He discusses China's groundbreaking launch of 12 satellites for a space computing constellation and highlights innovative developments from U.S. companies like Venus Aerospace's hypersonic engine test. Thomas also examines the economic potential of space technology for businesses, emphasizing the need for strategic implementation and exploration's role in national defense and sustainability.

British ISAM company Space Forge has raised $29.8 million in a Series A Funding Round led by the NATO Innovation Fund. ICEYE has signed a €200 million agreement to produce three SAR satellites for the Polish Armed Forces. Ramon Space has been selected by Eutelsat to provide onboard digital communication channelizers for the expansion of its OneWeb constellation, 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 Space Forge secures record-breaking Series A funding to revolutionise industrial materials using space ICEYE to provide SAR satellites for the Armed Forces of Poland Ramon.Space Awarded Eutelsat OneWeb Contract to Provide Cutting-Edge Satellite Onboard Digital Channelizers BlackSky Signs Multiple Early Access Agreements with International Defense Sector Customers for Gen-3 Services Two Earth Return Missions in Two Months: Rocket Lab Demonstrates Rapid Re-entry Capability with Third Pioneer Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries Mission: Eris Testflight 1 Intelsat, Cubic³ Complete Vehicle Satellite Connectivity Test, Advancing Ubiquitous Connectivity Vision Space Nuclear Power Corporation Partners with USSF Space Strategic Technology Institute at the University of Michigan to Develop Nuclear Electric Propulsion 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

The US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has selected new companies to join its effort to build a secure network of military and commercial communication satellites. The US Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has selected Auria Space and Sphinx Defense to each develop and deploy a secure, cloud-based Joint Antenna Marketplace (JAM) prototype. X-Bow Systems has raised $105 million in a Series B Funding Round, 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 Susanne Hake, Maxar US Government General Manager. You can connect with Susanne on LinkedIn, and learn more about Maxar on their website. Selected Reading Hybrid Space Communications Network Leverages Commercial Technology Space Systems Command Advances Dynamic Satellite Operations Through Joint Antenna Marketplace- Space Systems Command X-Bow Systems Announces Final Closing of Over $105 Million Series B Funding to Deliver State-of-the-Art Defense Technologies at Speed and Scale AST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and First Quarter 2025 Results Q-KON and Rivada Partner to Bring Outernet Connectivity to Africa Space Development Agency, University of North Dakota Announce Educational Partnership Agreement Hungary’s Return to Space as A Nation’s Ambition is Reignited After 45 Years - Hungarian Conservative 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

The failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashed into sea after 53 years in orbit. Redwire Corporation reports financial results from the first quarter. Viasat’s GX10A and GX10B satellite payloads are now available to deliver services for government customers, 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 Patrick O'Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory. You can connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, and learn more about the ISS National Lab on their website. Selected Reading Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit- Space Redwire Corporation Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results Viasat's Arctic Broadband Dedicated Coverage Advances as Payloads Enter Service Onboard Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Spacecraft ispace and Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. Agree to Explore Thermal Mining Technology for Water Extraction on the Moon Trump administration to revive National Space Council - POLITICO 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

Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor known as the godfather of modern rocketry. He is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926.  By 1915, his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket and innovation. Our guest is Charles Statkin from the Wonder Mission about the centennial celebrations of Robert Goddard's pioneering work. 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 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

Rocket Lab has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to launch the Neutron for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation. Rocket Lab, MDA Space and BlackSky release financial updates. mPower Technology secures $21 million in a Series B funding round, 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Rocket Lab Partners With U.S. Air Force for Neutron Launch for Re-Entry Mission Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results, Posting Quarterly Revenue of $123m Representing 32% Year-on-Year Growth BlackSky Reports First Quarter 2025 Results MDA Space Reports First Quarter 2025 Results mPower Technology Closes Over $21M Series B Funding Round Led by Razor's Edge and Joined by Shield Capital European Space Agency announces new cooperation with Indian Space Research Organisation ATMOS and ARX Robotics Form Space Defence Alliance to create European Platform for Orbital Readiness Exclusive: Axelspace eyes June IPO, sources say, latest Japan space startup to seek a listing- Reuters Oracle-M Hot Fire Test: A Major Milestone in Cislunar Space Situational Awareness and National Security- Space Systems Command  Reentry prediction Soviet-era Venera Venus lander (Cosmos-482 descent craft) – Rocket 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