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Maritime Launch Services has selected Voyager Space as the first Owner Authorized Representative for the next phase of development for Spaceport Nova Scotia’s launch support infrastructure. Chinese engineers have reportedly recovered two experimental satellites five months after they were left in limbo. Scout Space has announced a new flight partnership with Dawn Aerospace to demonstrate a novel very low Earth orbit (vLEO) Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability, 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 Jason Aspiotis, Global Director, In-Space Data & Security at Axiom Space.You can hear Jason’s full episode with Maria Varmazis on AWS in Orbit from August 24 at space.n2k.com/aws.Selected ReadingVoyager Space Selected as First Technical Support Team Member for Spaceport Nova Scotia- Maritime LaunchChina space engineers kick ‘doomed’ satellite pair into life in lunar orbitScout Space to Fly Novel vLEO SDA Sensors on Taskable SpaceplaneESA - Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South PacificESA delivers again: ESM-3 departs for US to power Artemis III£2.5 million for satellite data pilots to benefit citizens and businesses - GOV.UKTrustPoint Wins 2 SpaceWERX Contracts in AltPNT Challenge - Defense DailyShield AI Achieves Groundbreaking Collaborative Multi-Jet Aircraft Autonomy in Kratos MQM-178 Firejet Flight Test EventBluestone Investment Partners Announces Investment in Missile Defense and Space Technology Business Qualis CorporationNASA astronaut, MA native Suni Williams runs Falmouth Road Race 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

AstroForge has raised $40 million in a Series A round. Mynaric has slashed its 2024 revenue guidance nearly 70% at the midpoint, citing production delays in its laser communications product. Axiom Space has announced a partnership with Nokia to collaborate on next-generation spacesuits, 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 Allyson Reneau.You can connect with Allyson on LinkedIn and learn more about her work on her website.Selected ReadingFiring on all cylinders: Announcing $40M and Mission 3‍Mynaric stock tanks after space lasers company slashes revenue guidance, announces CFO departureAxiom Space and Nokia Partner to Enable High-Speed Cellular Network Capabilities in Next-Gen Lunar SpacesuitsSpace Tech Startup Metakosmos Closes Pre-Seed Round to Propel Next Milestone DevelopmentJapan, India agree to boost cooperation on space, cybersecuritySpace Intelligence Receives Investment from AzurX Space Ventures and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) to Build Global, Audit-Grade Nature Mapping Dataset- Business WireNASA Awards 15 Grants to Support Open-Source ScienceSpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, lands brand-new rocket (video)- SpaceSpace missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft https://www.instagram.com/p/C-3fKSGOLMs/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

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft returned near Earth overnight executing the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, and the first-ever double gravity assist maneuver. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) experienced an anomaly during an engine hot fire at SaxaVord Spaceport resulting in an explosion. Planet Labs signed a new contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), 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 Dan Murray, Executive Director of the Office of Operational Safety at the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.You can connect with Dan on LinkedIn, and learn more about the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation on their website.Selected ReadingESA - Juice snaps Moon en route to EarthRocket engine explodes during test launch from new spaceport in Scotland - AP NewsUK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite - GOV.UKTerran Orbital’s Tyvak International Announces Successful Launch of IPERDRONE.0 Developed for the Italian Space Agency- Business WirePlanet Signs Contract with NATO Agency to Advance the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) Program- Business WireSierra Space Brings Artificial Intelligence to U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness TAP Lab Accelerator- Business WireSidus Space Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business UpdateNASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food FinaleSecuring Space Networks Amidst Growing Cyber ThreatsPolaris Dawn, a Groundbreaking Commercial Spaceflight Mission, to Launch on August 26, 2024DORITOS® Propels Chip Innovation to New Heights by Sending minis COOL RANCH® Zero Gravity Flavored Tortilla Chips to 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

Reuters reports that Sierra Space is currently in negotiations to purchase the United Launch Alliance (ULA). The Space Development Agency awarded $424 million in contracts to York Space Systems and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems to build 20 T2TL-Gamma prototype satellites. Astroscale announces a $81 million contract with Japan's space agency (JAXA), to remove debris from orbit, 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 Dr. Joni Sytsma, Chief Technology Officer at The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications, and Hypersonics Hub (iLAuNCH) program.You can connect with Joni on LinkedIn, and learn more about iLAuNCH on their website.Selected ReadingExclusive: Boeing, Lockheed Martin in talks to sell rocket-launch firm ULA to Sierra SpaceSDA Makes Awards to Build 20 Gamma Variant Satellites for Tranche 2 Transport LayerNotice Regarding a Significant Contract for Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) Phase II (Mission name: ADRAS-J2) China launches new group of Yaogan remote sensing satellites - CGTN’The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz Continues Investigation of Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR) on Behalf of Investors- Business WireSpire Global Launches Seven LEMUR Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-11 Mission- Business WireSA’s first state satellite launched into orbit | WE ARE.SAHawkEye 360's Cluster 10 Satellites Launched Successfully and Established ContactICEYE launches four new satellites into orbit, expanding its own constellation and serving customer missionsNASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument LaunchesKBR Secures Naval Research Lab Contract for Advancement of Space Science InstrumentsDover Acquires Criteria Labs, a Leading Provider of RF Device and Microelectronic Engineering SolutionsNASA Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Cool’ Quantum Sensor for First Time in SpaceNASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per HourT-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

Dr. Anna Fisher, a former NASA astronaut and pioneer of the first space debris clean-up mission on the STS-51A, shares her inspiring journey in aerospace. She discusses the urgent problem of space junk accumulating in Earth's orbit and the innovative approaches needed to tackle it. Fisher emphasizes the importance of collaboration and regulatory efforts in addressing space debris. Her work with Kall Morris Inc. showcases the growing focus on sustainability in space, aiming to secure a cleaner environment for future explorations.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 116 payloads for the Transporter 11 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Maxar confirms that its third and fourth WorldView Legion satellites are performing well after deployment. The ISS National Lab and NASA are collaborating on a solicitation for space-based research, 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingSpaceX Terran Orbital’s Pathfinder-R and Pathfinder-4 Scheduled for Launch- Business WirePlanet to Launch Its First Hyperspectral Satellite, Tanager-1, and 36 SuperDoves with SpaceX- Business Wire Maxar’s Third and Fourth WorldView Legion Satellites Performing Well After LaunchScience in Space to Cure Disease on Earth--the International Space Station National Lab and NASA Announce New Funding OpportunityAZ Opportunity Fund announces a 320K SF Aerospace Industrial Park in Colorado Springs, CORocket Lab Ships Twin Satellites to Launch Site for NASA Mars MissionLunar Outpost Announces New Space Collaboration with Castrol on Lunar Mission- Business WireSpace for Infrastructure: HealthThe invisible problem with sending people to Mars - The VergeIs asteroid Psyche actually a planetary core? James Webb Space Telescope results cast doubtT-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

Terran Orbital has signed an acquisition agreement worth $450 million dollars with Lockheed Martin. Redwire Space is acquiring spacecraft developer Hera Systems. The US Space Development Agency (SDA) and commercial partners York Space successfully demonstrated a Link 16 network entry from Tranche 0 satellites in LEO to a U.S. Navy ship in international waters, 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 former NASA Astronaut Dr Anna Fisher.You can learn more about Kall Morris Inc. (KMI) on their website.Selected ReadingLockheed Martin to Acquire Terran OrbitalRedwire to Acquire Spacecraft Developer Hera SystemsAST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and Second Quarter 2024 ResultsYork Space Systems and SDA Successfully Demonstrate Link 16 Network Entry to Navy Ship from Tranche 0https://x.com/NASASpaceOps/status/1821974345742479748Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California - SpaceNewsUSPACE Technology Group and EgSA Ink Strategic Partnership Intend to Set Up Aerospace Joint Venture in Cairo, Egypt to Tap the Booming African Space EconomyApex Announces the Release of its GEO Satellite Bus, GEO AriesBAE Systems wins 2023 Group Achievement Award for work on TEMPO instrumentSpectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc (an Ocutrx Company) Announces Retirement of CEO and Appointment of Incoming CEO of Manufacturing Subsidiaryhttps://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1822765874828202313T-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 says they still have time to decide on the fate of Starliner, and continue to float the idea of extending the crew's stay on the International Space Station. Roscosmos’ Progress 89 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this evening on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Florida Tech joins a consortium with University of Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida A&M University to advance research in the space manufacturing sector, 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 guests today are students Felix and Simi from ETH Zurich.You can find out more about ARIS on their website.Selected ReadingNASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update Sunita Williams undergoes hearing test in space after eye scans as Starliner saga continues- MintNASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station DockingFlorida Tech joins C-STARS to advance bioprinting, space biology studiesNASA’s permanent presence on the moon could begin with USF-invented mapping technologyX-Bow Passes Critical Milestone on Hypersonic Booster ContractNews- Marble ImagingArchangel Lightworks Selected for InnovateUK's 2023 EUREKA Globalstars Japan Program in collaboration with InfostellarAdvanced Manufacturing Startup Hadrian Acquires Datum SourceChinese company CAS Space takes steps toward 1st launch of reusable rocketExolaunch Appoints Robert Sproles as New Chief Executive OfficerViasat Announces the Next Evolution of its Award-Winning L-Band Tactical Satellite Service (L-TAC)This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space | WIREDKazakh Plan To Join Chinese-Led Moon Base Would Strengthen Space PartnershipNASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space ExplorationT-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

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 plans to launch Dragon’s sixth commercial astronaut mission, Fram2, later this year. NASA has signed an agreement with bp America to work on common goals in space exploration and energy production. Airbus and Astroscale UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaborative opportunities in the field of on-orbit servicing and space debris removal, 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 Roosevelt Mercer, Jr. Retired Maj Gen USAF, CEO and Executive Director of Virginia Spaceport Authority. You can connect with Roosevelt Mercer on LinkedIn, and find out more about the Virginia Spaceport Authority on their website.Selected ReadingFirst Human Spaceflight to Fly Over Earth’s Polar RegionsSpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas this year, regulators foundbp-NASA agreement to advance US energy production and space explorationSidus Space Secures Contract with Xiomas Technologies to Supply FeatherEdge Computing System for Fire Detection via High-Altitude Infrared Imaging- Business WireAirbus and Astroscale UK Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Collaboration in On-Orbit Servicing ProgramsESA - Gaia spots possible moons around hundreds of asteroidsispace Signs Consulting Agreement with Komatsu Ltd. to Design Equipment for the Lunar SurfaceThis Rocks! NASA is Sending Student Science to SpaceNASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope's 'Visor'Space Weather Prediction CenterT-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's Office of the Inspector General released a report with major concerns about the Space Launch System Block 1B's development and management by Boeing. SpaceX launched two satellites as part of the Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband mission (ASBM). Brazil and Chile have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on space cooperation, 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 Ariel Ekblaw, CEO Aurelia Institute.You can connect with Ariel on LinkedIn, and find out more about Aurelia Institute on their website.Selected ReadingNASA’s Management of Space Launch System Block 1B DevelopmentSpaceX launches Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband mission on a foggy California evening – SatNewsSpaceX on X: "Falcon 9 ascends with the dawn and 23 @Starlink satellites https://t.co/u8yuJjIqlw" / XRocket Lab Successfully Completes Latest Launch with Capella Space- Business WireBrazil and Chile sign an agreement on space cooperation - AgAzercosmos to launch satellite services in Botswana - SatellitePro MEA ‘FURST’ of its Kind: Sounding Rocket Mission to Study Sun as a Star - NASANASA Explores Industry, Partner Interest in Using VIPER Moon RoverWhat space policy could look like after the 2024 electionCybertrucks on Mars? Space advocates and NASA consider ideas for sample returnT-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