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You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.Our guests today are Araz Feyzi, Co-founder and CTO at Kayhan Space and Tim Sills, Lead Security Solutions Architect at AWS for Aerospace and Satellite.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 ReadingAWS Aerospace and SatelliteAudience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our short 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA has released the Mars Future Plan: “Expanding the Horizons of Mars Science, a plan for a sustainable science program at Mars”. The US Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared the House this week and is heading to the Senate. Brazil has passed a bill to establish a state-owned company to provide services for rocket launches, 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingThe Mars Future Plan - NASA ScienceNASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater RimHouse Passes Final FY2025 NDAA – SpacePolicyOnline.comBrazilian Space Industry Gets Boost in Win for Embattled Lula - BloombergIndia practices pulling its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule out of the sea (photos)- SpaceVirgin Galactic Partners with Italy’s Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile to Conduct Spaceport Feasibility Study- Business WireStoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a 'very big deal' for Washington startup – GeekWireColorado Aerospace Industry Continues to Grow: Polis Administration Announces Astro Digital Expansion in ColoradoNASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic RageNASA Successfully Integrates Roman Mission’s Telescope, InstrumentsThe Geminids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's what to expectT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Fleet Space of Australia has closed a $150 million Australian dollar Series D funding round to advance its ExoSphere exploration platform. Lumen Orbit has raised $11 million in their latest seed round. Panama and Austria have become the 49th and 50th nations to commit to the Artemis Accords, 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 GuestOur guest today is Araz Feyzi, Co-founder and CTO at Kayhan Space. You can connect with Araz on LinkedIn, and learn more about Kayhan Space on their website.Selected ReadingFleet Space Closes A$150M Series D with A$800M+ Valuation 200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbit's $11M seed round- TechCrunchArtemis Accords Reach 50 Signatories as NASA Welcomes Panama, AustriaAstroscale’s ADRAS-J Achieves Historic 15-Meter Approach to Space DebrisAgenzia Spaziale ItalianaNASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Investigation on Another WorldBlue Origin Licenses Nimbus Power Systems’ Fuel Cell Technology for Development of Space Power Systems- Business WireMDA Space And Indspire Launch New Indigenous Student Scholarship ProgramHuman Activities Might Create Temporary Atmospheres on the Moon - EosJared Isaacman on U.S. space competitiveness: ‘We can't be second’ - SpaceNewsInnovative AstroRad Vest Poised to Safeguard Astronauts from Space RadiationAmateur Radio Operators Detect Signals From Voyager 1- HackadayT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Bloomberg shares an exclusive look at an insider share transaction over at SpaceX, with the company and its investors buying 1.25 billion of insider shares, making the company worth roughly $350 billion. Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic are teaming up to support US National Security missions. South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung has invested $10 million in Intuitive Machines, 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 GuestOur guest today is AJ Gemer, Co-founder and CTO at Lunar Outpost.You can connect with AJ on LinkedIn, and learn more about Lunar Outpost on their website.Selected ReadingElon Musk's SpaceX Share Sale Values Company at About $350 Billion - BloombergShip 33 prepares for engine testing, Booster 14 Completes Static Fire - NASASpaceFlight.comMaxar Intelligence and Satellogic Announce Tasking Partnership to Support National Security Missions- Business WireBoryung Invests USD 10 Million in Intuitive Machines to Collaborate on Lunar Healthcare InfrastructureESA - Sentinel-1C captures first radar imagesMessage Received: Viasat Continues Direct-to-Device Showcase with First Demonstration in United Arab EmiratesGuerrilla RF Sees 125% Year-Over-Year Growth Driven by Direct-to-Cellular Satellite Applications- Business WireChina conducts static firing test of XZY-1 verification rocket - CGTNChina set to launch its new Long March-8A rocket in January 2025 - CGTNAstranis Targets December Launch for Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission - Via SatelliteEXOpod IndexT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Viasat has been awarded a five-year, sole-source Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract through the US General Services Administration (GSA) with a $568 million ceiling. Redwire has been awarded a $45 million plus five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and testing of prototype software and hardware for mission critical technologies. Aalyria has been selected by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to enhance connectivity for defense applications, 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 GuestOur guest today is Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.You can connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn and read the paper he co-authored on launch and reentry air pollutants on Nature.com.Selected ReadingViasat Awarded up to $568 Million IDIQ Contract from General Services Administration to Support C5ISR Capabilities for U.S. Defense ForcesRedwire Awarded $45 Million Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Enhanced Space-Based Capabilities for the Warfighter- Business WireAalyria selected by Defense Innovation Unit to enhance swarm connectivity for defense applications- Business WireNASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather ProgramLockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for LaunchMission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Suborbital Hypersonic LaunchPlanet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025- Business WireSierra Space Advances Space Domain Awareness with NVIDIAispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s SurfaceION-X raises €13 million to scale up to industrial productionNASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords SigningsNASA Researchers Discover More Dark CometsT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 Pentagon has awarded SpaceX a contract to enhance Ukraine’s secure communications by expanding access to their Starshield satellite network. The US Department of Defense has selected SES Space & Defense to deliver satellite capabilities in support of the United States European Command. Nova Space Solutions has received a NASA contract worth approximately $822.7 million to provide operations, services, maintenance and infrastructure support services for the agency’s Stennis Space Center and the Michoud Assembly Facility 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 GuestOur guest today is Arial DeHerrera, Vice President of Programs at NewSpace Nexus.You can connect with Arial on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Newspace Nexus Showspace Summit on their website.Selected ReadingElon Musk's SpaceX Gets US Contract to Expand Ukraine’s Access to Starshield - Bloomberg U.S. DoD Awards USEUCOM BPA to SES Space & Defense- Business WireNova Space Solutions Lands $823M NASA Contract for Operations, Maintenance Support - GovCon WireAST SpaceMobile Announces Definitive Commercial Agreement with Vodafone Through 2034- Business WireSpace42 and ICEYE Announce Joint Venture to Bring Satellite Manufacturing to the UAEPixxel raises $24M in additional funding, taking its total Series B raise to $60MSatixFy Announces Nine-Month 2024 Results- Business WireSatellogic Announces $10 Million Private Placement Made By a Single Institutional Investor- Business WireNI SPACE Initiative Launched to Tackle Blue Green AlgaeNASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024T-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Nicolina Elrick’s journey is a tale of relentless ambition and resilience. From her humble beginnings in Scotland, she has forged her way to becoming one of the first 100 women to travel to space. Nicolina was part of Blue Origin’s NS-26 crew which flew to the Kármán line in August 2024. You can connect with Nicolina on LinkedIn and read more about her work on her 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.T-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

NASA announces delays to the Artemis Program with Artemis II targeting April 2026 for the launch and Artemis III expecting to lift off in mid-2027. Europe’s Vega C lifted off from French Guiana last night carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite into orbit for the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation program. The US National Science and Technology Council has released the 2024 National Plan for Civil Earth Observation, 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingNASA Shares Orion Heat Shield Findings, Updates Artemis Moon MissionsEurope's Vega-C rocket returns to space after two-year gap- Reuters2024 National Plan For Civil Earth ObservationsBoeing announces layoffs across Florida including Kennedy Space CenterRocket Lab Sets Launch Window to Deploy Synspective Satellite- Business WireIran says it conducted a successful space launch in a program long criticized by the WestMatt Dominick's X Account: A Visual Journey From SpaceT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Airbus announced that it is cutting over 2,000 job cuts in Defense and Space. The European Space Agency launched their Proba-3 Sun-observing mission aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLV-XL rocket. Arianespace is targeting its VV25 launch attempt today, Thursday 5 December 6:20 p.m. local time in French Guiana, 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 GuestOur guest today is Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society.You can connect with Robert on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Mars Society on their website.Selected ReadingAirbus cuts 2,000 Defence and Space jobs, taming earlier plans- ReutersSpace firms plot new European satellite venture to take on Starlink as job cuts loom- ReutersESA - Eclipse-making double satellite Proba-3 enters orbitArianespace 2 Flight Postponement of the Launch Northrop Grumman Completes Activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Capabilities, Including EPS-R PayloadsSpace Force activates component field command in JapanChina launches new satellite group for Spacesail ConstellationMuon Space Awarded Space Force Contract to Advance Space-Based Environmental Monitoring CapabilitiesSpaceX launches 350th mission using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink mission from California – Spaceflight NowOrbite Closes Series A and Launches Luxury Space Programs and Strategic Partnership- Business WireT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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

Incoming US President Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman to lead NASA under the new administration. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €30 million loan with Sateliot to co-finance the rollout of its constellation of over 100 LEO satellites, providing internet of things connectivity across the world.  Orbex is moving its launch operations from Sutherland to SaxaVord, 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 GuestOur guest today is Nicolina Elrick, the first Scottish woman in space.You can connect with Nicolina on LinkedIn and read more about her work on her website.Selected ReadingTrump picks Jared Isaacman to head NASA- ReutersEIB finances with €30 million Sateliot’s satellite networkOrbex moves launch operations to Shetland – SaxaVordESA - Watch eclipse-making Proba-3 launchSierra Space Signs Agreements to Advance Manufacturing in Microgravity- Business WireRivada Tapped for Virtual Network Operator Contract with U.S. NavyUmbra Selected for NRO's Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III, Strengthening U.S. SAR CapabilitiesParsons and Globalstar Announce Partnership, Demonstrate First Software Defined Satellite Communication Solutions in Low Earth Orbit- Business WireAltair and Auburn University to Collaborate on $1.25 Million AFWERX Contract to Advance Vortex Rocket EnginesVarda Space Wins $48M Contract For Reentry Payload Testing- Aviation Week NetworkU.S. Navy Selects X-Bow Systems to Modernize and Automate Energetics Industrial BaseRedwire Partners with YouTuber Mark Rober and CrunchLabs to Enable a Unique Selfie-Taking Satellite for STEAM OutreachT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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