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Rocket Lab updates investors on Q3 results and sets a return to launch window for its Electron vehicle. Astra founders offer to take the company private at a value of about $30 million. The European Space Agency signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus and Voyager outlining their collaboration for the Starlab space station in the post-International Space Station era, 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 Guest Our guest today is Aravind Ravichandran for our monthly "the overview" segment on the Earth Observation market.You can connect with Aravind on LinkedIn and sign up for his EO newsletter here.Selected ReadingRocket Lab Sets Next Electron Launch Window, Provides Update on Anomaly Review- Business WireAstra founders offer to take company private at value of about $30 million- CNBCVirgin Galactic Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results And Provides Business UpdateBlackSky Reports Third Quarter 2023 ResultsDepartment of the Air Force Scheduled to Launch Seventh X-37B Mission- United States Space ForceSierra Space Successfully Tests New 5,500 lbf Hypergolic Rocket Engine Capable of Continuous ThrottlingESA prepares the ground for a European commercial presence in LEO post-ISSD-Orbit welcomes Marubeni Corporation as lead investor in current Series C fundingPutin calls for closer Russia-China cooperation on military satellitesSpace Force plans FY24 update for space monitoring data 'library'- Breaking DefenseUS says it won’t tell space-imagery companies to stop showing Gaza photos - Defense OneNASA+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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc.beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virgin Galactic makes cuts to its workforce. Firefly Aerospace has announced a new agreement with Australia's Fleet Space Technologies to deliver and operate Fleet’s Seismic Payload for Interplanetary Discovery, Exploration, and Research on the far side of the Moon. The UK Space Agency has provided £3.5 million to Rocket Factory Augsburg’s UK subsidiary, RFA UK, as part of the European Space Agency Boost! Program, 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 GuestRonald Birk, AAS president and Aerospace Corporation's lead on space enterprise evolution.You can connect with Ron on LinkedIn and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website.Selected ReadingVirgin Galactic Provides Business UpdateSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on 80th orbital launch of the year- Spaceflight NowFirefly Aerospace Announces Agreement with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to Far Side of the MoonJoint Statement on the ROK-U.S. Space Industry SymposiumSpaceRake is awarded approximately $1.8 million by the Space Development Agency to prototype miniaturized satellite optical communication systemU.S. Department of Defense Awards Medium Earth Orbit BPA to SES Space & Defense- SESUK Space Agency supports RFA UK through BOOST!In-Space Manufacturing Leader Space Forge Appoints New Director of Strategy and InnovationTürkiye's 1st spacecraft to travel to moon in 2026Saturn’s awe-inspiring rings will ‘disappear’ in 2025: Here’s why- The HillLetter: City looks to the chan­cel­lor to real­ise space ambi­tionThe European Space Agency may have a bullying problem- Ars TechnicaT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ministers representing ESA Member States, Associate States and Cooperating States adopted the world’s first zero debris charter. ESA shares first images from Euclid. Space Forge awarded £499,000 as part of a collaborative project with Northrop Grumman under the Ministry Of Defense’s Defence Technology Exploitation Programme, 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 GuestDr. Annika Rollock, Director of Engineering, Aurelia Institute, on Space Architecture Trade StudyYou can connect with Annika on LinkedIn and learn more about Aurelia on their website.Selected ReadingLifting Europe’s Ambitions for a Green and Sustainable Future, Access to Space and Space ExplorationESA - Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darknessFrance says Ariane 6 accord calls for public aid, 11% cost cuts- ReutersESA - Ireland’s first satellite on its way to launchSpace age manufacturing to boost frontline support - GOV.UKUnited Launch Alliance’s New Vulcan Rocket Begins Final Road to First LaunchHow Israel shot down a ballistic missile in space for the first timeChina launches mystery satellite on Long March 7A rocket (photo)- SpaceSpaceX Eyes $15 Billion in Sales Next Year on Starlink Strength - BloombergT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astra has defaulted on its recent debt agreement. SpaceX breaks their own re-flight record with the 18th flight for a Falcon 9 booster. Italy, France and Germany reach a deal over future launches of the delayed Ariane 6 and Avio's smaller Vega-C rockets at the ESA Space Summit, 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 Ché Bolden, President and CEO of the Charles F. Bolden Group.You can connect with Ché on LinkedIn and learn more about the Bolden Group on their website.Selected Readinghttps://investor.astra.com/node/9716/html SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight– Spaceflight NowFlight test of new commercial carrier rocket succeeds in NW China- CGTNItaly, France and Germany agree on launches of Ariane 6 and Vega-C- ReutersNorway's Andøya Spaceport: A New Era for European Space AmbitionsNew funding secured for the Cornwall Space Cluster- South West Tech DailySurprise! Asteroid 'Dinky' is actually a double space rock, NASA's Lucy probe reveals (photo)Can Australia defend its place in space?Net zero by 2050? The answer is up in space - New StatesmanNASA Astronauts Accidentally Lose Tool Bag During Space WalkT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SaxaVord Spaceport is weeks away from hosting its first launch. T-Minus spoke to CEO Frank Strang to find out what it takes to build a spaceport, where the idea came from and what we can expect in the future. You can connect with Frank on LinkedIn and learn more about SaxaVord on their website.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.Audience 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ORBITS act unanimously passes in the US Senate and moves on to the House. US Congress has introduced a bipartisan amendment to title 51, US States code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities and other purposes. Sidus Space has been awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity or IDIQ, contract to provide services to a US owned company in support of their commercial lunar program, 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 SaxaVord Spaceport CEO Frank Strang. You can connect with Frank on LinkedIn and learn more about SaxaVord on their website.Selected ReadingCantwell, Hickenlooper Bill to Clean Up Space Junk Passes Senate Unanimously US HB6131 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress | LegiScanConsolidating the commercial space mission authorization regime- Deep Space Episode 22Space Force Terminates ICBM During Test Launch Due To AnomalySidus Space Awarded a 5-Year $10 Million Ceiling (IDIQ) Commercial Contract to Support Commercial Lunar TransportationUNIIQ investeert € 350.000,- in de ruimtevaartstartup Spherical Systems - InnovationQuarterSpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9 | SpaceStarlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk- ReutersNASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter- APChina, U.S. and EU sign milestone declaration to teamwork in AI safety - CGTNAstronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87T-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Netherlands and Iceland join the Artemis Accords. Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has successfully raised €16.6M in a latest funding round. The US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded Intuitive Machines a Joint Energy Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear Power (JETSON) Low-power Mission Application contract worth $9.49 million, 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 David Caponio, Senior Vice President of Product and Business Development at Vast.You can connect with David on LinkedIn and learn more about Vast on their website.Selected ReadingNASA Welcomes Netherlands as Newest Artemis Accords SignatoryEuropean Space Agency Shares Space Safety Programme Plans to Tackle Space Debris and Use AI to Boost Cyber-ResiliencePolaris Spaceplane UpdateHydrosat & Muon Space Team Up for 2024 launch of Multispectral Thermal IR SatelliteAFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Selects Intuitive Machines to Provide Solutions for Nuclear-Powered SatellitesMy Suborbital Life Blog 3: The Suborbital Revolution Is Here -S. Alan Stern- NASA WatchAstroskin's first suborbital flight with Kellie Gerardi on Virgin Galactic's 05 missionFirehawk Aerospace Announces Development of 30-Square-Mile Launch Range for Hybrid Rocket Testing in West Texas- Newswirehttps://www.mea.gov.in/newsdetail1.htm?11613/Rocket Lab Welcomes Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno to Board of Directors- 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

US Space Systems Command has assigned new launches to SpaceX and ULA for fiscal year 2024. The Federal Aviation Administration concludes its SpaceX Super Heavy safety review. HawkEye360 has been awarded a $12.25 million contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, 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 space communicator Yumna Majeed.You can connect with Yumna on LinkedIn and follow her work on Instagram.Selected ReadingSpaceX, ULA Secure Additional Launch Assignments for NSSL Phase 2 Contract - GovCon WireFAA completes safety review of SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy license- ReutersHawkEye 360 Awarded $12.25 Million Phase II Contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) PacificSpinLaunch Announces New Leadership Roles to Accelerate the Commercialization of Low-Cost, High-Performance Space Solutions- Business WireMDA Completes Acquisition Of Satixfy Digital Payload DivisionUniversity of Luxembourg SnT signs Rideshare Agreement with Alba Orbital to deploy a Pico-satellite in Late 2024China launches new cartographic satellite - CGTNU.S. Space Force chief urges universal rules to keep China in check - Nikkei AsiaJapanese scientists grow mouse embryos in space for first time. Are human births next?- South China Morning PostT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Space Development Agency has announced two new contracts for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha totaling $1.3 billion to Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems. US Space Systems Command has launched its technology accelerator program at its newest Technology, Applications, and Process Lab (TAP). Three Chinese Taikonauts have returned to Earth after their five-month stay on the Tiangong space station, 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 Alejandro Roman Molinas, General Director of Aerospace Development at the Paraguayan Space Agency / Agencia Espacial del Paraguay (AEP).You can connect with Alejandro on LinkedIn and learn more about AEP on their website.Selected ReadingPentagon awards $1.3 billion in contracts to Northrop Grumman and York for 100 satellitesAir Force, Space Force raise max enlistment age to 42World's first commercial space plane soon headed from Colorado to OhioMicrobes, Mucus, and Brain Organoids--Experiments to Prevent and Treat Disease Launching on Next Space Station Resupply Mission3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station - ABC NewsRocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024 - SpaceNewsFACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence- The White HouseThe Cyber-Space Connection: Why It's Imperative For Our FutureAWS in Orbit series premieres on the T-Minus Space Daily podcastT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skyroot Aerospace raised $27.5 million dollars in a new round of funding led by Singapore's Temasek. UK-based Space Solar has announced an innovation partnership with Thales Alenia Space, to continue to collaborate on their commercial space-based solar power system. NASA says the first Boeing Starliner flight with astronauts to the International Space Station will happen no earlier than April, 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 Steve Luczynski, Board Chairman of the Aerospace Village.You can connect with Steve on LinkedIn and learn more about the Aerospace Village on their website.Selected ReadingSkyroot raises $27.5 mln, heating up India's private sector space race- ReutersAstronauts hand over space station to new crew - Chinadaily.com.cnSpace Solar and Thales Alenia Space in the UK working together to deliver Space-Based Solar PowerRocket Factory UK gets £3.5m boost to launch from Shetland IslandsASES to Collaborate with ESA to Leverage Space Technology for Socio-Economic Growth in SenegalProgress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to StationIntuitive Machines Sets January 2024 for Historic U.S. Lunar MissionMessage to the Moon. Smithsonian To Open First Public Display of Asteroid Bennu Sample Collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx MissionSpace Bureau Kicks Off Satellite Applicants Transparency Initiative- Federal Communications CommissionNASA-ISRO Radar Mission to Provide Dynamic View of Forests, WetlandsT-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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices