T-Minus Space Daily

Brace yourselves, it’s Space Symposium week! Wet dress rehearsal for Starship. UK launches the International Bilateral Fund. Orbit Fab gets a series A round. Boeing announces their anti-jam payload for WGS. The FAA wants to balance air travel and space travel. Our interview with Steve Luczynski, Board Chair of the Aerospace Village, on their mission, programs, and upcoming activities at the RSA Conference next week. All this 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 briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured guest is Steve Luczynski, Board Chair of the Aerospace Village, on the Aerospace Village nonprofit, their mission, their programs, and their upcoming activities at the RSA Conference next week.You can follow Steve on LinkedIn and Twitter.Selected ReadingSpaceX's launch of Starship could remake space exploration | Washington Post UK Space Agency funding for international space partnerships | GOV.UK. SpaceX launches seventh Transporter rideshare mission | SpaceNews Exolaunch’s 21 rideshare smallsats deployed during the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission | SatNewsHawkEye 360’s nexgen Cluster 7 smallsats are successfully launched | SatNews   TrustPoint Announces Launch of First Commercially-Funded, Purpose-Built PNT Microsatellite | Business Wire China claims its Space Station has achieved 100% oxygen regeneration in orbit | Interesting Engineering Boeing Unveils Anti-Jam Payload For Next Space Force Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite | Via SatelliteAs counterspace weapons ‘proliferate,’ the new cold war for space races forward: studies | Breaking DefenseThe Moon is the Best Place to Transport Rocket Fuel | Universe Today US aviation authorities may delay some space launches to avoid air traffic disruption | Reuters NASA launches stadium-sized balloon from New Zealand | SpaceConnect  Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

JUICE is out here making news. Space systems are critical infrastructure. Euroconsult says there's money on the table for satellite broadband. More ISAM is heading to GEO. AWS ground station features abound. China’s i-Space successful launch. Raphael Roettgen, Founder & Partner at E2MC Ventures and host of the Space Business Podcast all about the venture capital environment for new space startups and new entrants to the space market. 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 briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured guest today is Raphael Roettgen, Founder & Partner at E2MC Ventures and host of the Space Business Podcast, on the venture capital environment for new space startups and SpiderOak's recent Series C investment round.You can follow Raphael on LinkedIn and Twitter.Selected ReadingA European Space Probe Sets Its Sights on the Jupiter System | WIRED Sener makes a big boom for the JUICE satellite and three other components | SatNewsJUICE’s launch campaign in imagery | Spaceflight Now Space Force sustainment plan for Satellite Control Network ‘near completion,’ though hurdles remain | Breaking Defense Time to Designate Space Systems as Critical Infrastructure | Cyber Solarium Global Counterspace Capabilities Report | Secure WorldEuroconsult: A $74 billion untapped opportunity | SatNewsAWS Ground Station now supports Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency | SatNews Investing in Space: Intelsat signs up for Northrop Grumman satellite servicing | CNBCNorthrop Grumman Unveils New Facility in Albuquerque | NGC Figueroa to Lead Second Independent Review of Mars Sample Return Mission | SpacePolicyOnline.com  JUICE Recipe Book Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge network for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relativity Space pivots from Terran 1 to focus on Terran R medium/heavy lift vehicles. US Space Force eyes direct tasking of commercial satellites for faster imagery acquisition. General Atomics demonstrates first-ever combat drone controlled via LEO satellite communications. Microsoft and Viasat collaborate to provide Viasat's Real-Time Earth ground service via Microsoft Azure Orbital marketplace. Kepler Communications raises $92 million for a constellation of 140 optical data relay satellites. Slingshot Aerospace to add 80 ground-based optical telescopes to improve space situational awareness in LEO. All this and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestBrandon Karpf, Executive Director of N2K Networks and our Executive Producer, joins us to discuss the Space Force component command and some challenges faced by SPACECENT.Article referenced: Space Force Is an ‘Equal Partner’ in CENTCOM, Commander Says | A&SF Magazine Selected ReadingRelativity Space is moving on from the Terran 1 rocket to something much bigger | Ars Technica Delivering Data: What customers get wrong about the ground segment | SpaceNews Amid commercial boom, U.S. military lacks timely access to satellite imagery | SpaceNews NASA's Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive | Futurism GA-ASI flies MQ-20 Avenger autonomously using LEO SATCOM datalink | SatNewsViasat real-time Earth antennas integrated on Microsoft Azure Orbital | SatNewsKepler Communications raises $92 million for optical data relay network | SpaceNewsSlingshot’s space-tracking network to extend coverage of low Earth orbit | SpaceNewsGeneral Atomics Completes Commissioning Of Space Environmental Testing Chambers | General Atomics Videos from the 2nd Annual Spacepower Security ForumAudience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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 FCC Space Bureau makes its debut. Arianespace says its reusable rockets might be a while. iSpace’s HAKUTO-R lunar lander sets a date. AI brings speed to edge computing on satellites. CAS Space works towards reusable rockets. Eclipse is ready to invest in the physical industrial evolution. Zhanna Malekos-Smith on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Senior Associate at CSIS and Cyber Law Fellow at the Army Cyber Institute, on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement and the meaning of “peaceful purposes.”You can find more of Zhanna’s recent work at https://www.csis.org/people/zhanna-l-malekos-smith Selected ReadingFCC Opens Space Bureau to Modernize Satellite Policy | Via Satellite Europe will Introduce a Reusable Launch Vehicle in the 2030s, says Arianespace CEO | European Spaceflight ispace Announces Earliest Scheduled Lunar Landing Date for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 | ispace Chinese launch company tests vertical rocket landings with jet-powered prototype | Space.com Spiral Blue puts AI in space with new satellite computer | Space Connect Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery | Geekwire Midland Spaceport Development Board to be reestablished pending state funding | NewsWest9 S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite | Phys.orgEclipse eclipses previous fundraises with a whopping $1.23 billion across two new funds | TechCrunch→ Forging the New Economy: Eclipse Fund V and Early Growth Fund II | Eclipse.vc A New Membrane Could Lead to Space Telescopes with Flexible Mirrors! | Universe TodayNew Zealander without college degree couldn't talk his way into NASA and Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company | CNBC X-15 And The Pioneers Of Hypersonic Flight | Supercluster Four entrepreneurs welcomed to UK Space Agency accelerator programme | SpaceWatch.GlobalCosmonaut Korsakov tells why he took flags of Kyrgyzstan and Bishkek into space | 24.KG Tiny Spacecraft Using Solar Sails Open Up a Solar System of Opportunity | Universe Today Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

Rocket Lab and TROPICS to launch from NZ. Ball Aerospace teams up with Loft Orbital and Microsoft. The GAO confirms what the Space Force knows about sustainment. Spectrum regulatory changes from the ITU might be coming soon. Our conversation with Brandon Bailey of The Aerospace Corporation about the cybersecurity of spacecraft. And more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Brandon Bailey, Senior Project Leader at Aerospace Corporation. He joins us to discuss Aerospace Corporation’s SPARTA framework. Learn more about SPARTA here: Space Attack Research & Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) | The Aerospace Corporation  Selected ReadingThe Spaceport Bottleneck | The Space Review Preventing sticker shock with transparent pricing | SpaceNews How Virgin Orbit's Fallout Could Impact SoCal's Space Operations | dot.LA Canada proposes to develop robotic lunar rover for Artemis | SpaceNews Rocket Lab to Launch NASA’s Cyclone-Tracking Satellite Constellation from New Zealand | RocketLab USA Ball Aerospace, Loft Federal and Microsoft to Collaborate on SDA's NExT Program | PRNewswire US Space Force to simplify timelines, purchases as launches surge | C4ISRNET Space Force calls its new satellite acquisition program a win | Federal News NetworkSatellite Control Network: Updating Sustainment Plan Would Help Space Force Better Manage Future Efforts | U.S. GAOITU Finalizes Report on Preparatory Studies for WRC-2023 | Spacewatch.global Connecting the Dots | European space investments get serious | SpaceNewsTlon Space, the Argentine space startup that is about to overcome gravity | Rosario3Scientists blasted Barbies with liquid nitrogen to test a new method of moon dust cleanup – and it worked extremely well | Live Science Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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's Innovative Advanced Concepts program gives $600k grants to six. DARC’s space situational awareness needed stat! Future of Roscosmos at Baikonur in question. Interview with NSA Deputy Director of Compliance Dr. Diane Janosek on her research on nanosatellites and what they mean for the proliferation of Internet of Things devices. And more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestOur first guest ever on T-Minus is… friend of the show Dr. Diane Janosek, Deputy Director of Compliance at the National Security Agency. She joins us to discuss nano-satellites, IoT, and cybersecurity for space systems.Follow Diane on LinkedIn.Selected ReadingFree Event: From Surviving in Space to Thriving In Space: Closing the Human Factors “Technology Gap”New photo reveals extent of Centaur V anomaly explosion | Ars TechnicaVirgin Orbit's would-be white knight and a $200 million rescue that fell flat | ReutersPulverizing dangerous asteroids, building an observatory on the moon and more: 6 wild ideas catch NASA's eye | Space.com'Absolutely critical' to get DARC space situational system to Australia: Space Forces Indo-Pacific head | Breaking Defense To Deter Attacks in Space, US Needs Resilience—and an 'Offensive Threat,' Experts Say | A&SF MagazineMore context: ‘Lower the Rhetoric’ on China, Says Milley | Defense One More more context: SDA’s Tournear ‘Just Not’ Afraid of Satellite Shootdowns. Supply Chain Is the Greater Worry | A&SF MagazineSunset For Baikonur? A Contract Dispute With Kazakhstan Flashes Warnings For Russia's Legendary Spaceport | RadioFreeEurope Port Canaveral seeks solutions to broker smooth cruise and space relationship | Orlando Sentinelhttps://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/social/social-campaigns/education-discoveryAudience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge network for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA’s EO instrument TEMPO launches. Axiom Space’s second mission AX-2 announced. US Space Command wants way better space domain awareness. True Anomaly raises $30 million. Stoke Space is making software for hardware. And more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space info every day.Selected ReadingNASA Earth science hosted payload set for launch on Intelsat satellite | SpaceNews NOAA seeks funding increases for next-generation satellite programs | SpaceNewsSPACECOM ops head 'tired of the the excuses' about satellite tracking gaps | Breaking DefenseSpace Force’s responsive space strategy taking shape | C4ISRNET Space Force embraces unconventional ways to attract and retain talent | SpaceNewsSpace Security Company True Anomaly Emerges From Stealth With $30M In Financing | Via Satellite Quantum Space Introduces Ranger Orbital Transfer Vehicle | Via SatelliteAxelspace Raises New Capital, Joins Space Compass Initiative | Via Satellite D-Orbit’s IRIDE satellite observation program receives €26-Million contract with ESA | SatNewsNASA Awards Iceye 5-Year Blanket Purchase Agreement | Via Satellite Northrop Grumman Expands Space Technology Capabilities in Huntsville | NGC Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge platform for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Australia-USA connection in the space industry. Apex Space is ramping up. Loft Orbital is staying busy. The SDA is happy with how the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is progressing. SDA Director Tournear is bending ears about supply chain and sustainability. China and Venezuela shake on it, to the moon and back ❤️. And more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Selected ReadingAerospace Corporation Virgin Orbit Hiring Fair | Event RegistrationAdvanced power systems blaze a trail for America's space effort | GeekWire SSIB 2023 Hybrid Space Architecture and Advanced Power & Propulsion Working Groups | New Space NMUS$400m opportunity for Australian space sector | SpaceConnectEconomic opportunities in the space industry | KPMG  Satellite bus startup Apex Space plans first launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 | TechCrunchLoft Orbital orders 15 more buses from Airbus OneWeb Satellites | SpaceNews Space Development Agency’s first satellite launch hailed as model | SpaceNewsTournear: Demand Likely to Grow for Commercial Deorbiting Systems | Via Satellite SDA’s Tournear ‘Just Not’ Afraid of Satellite Shootdowns. Supply Chain Is the Greater Worry | Air & Space Forces MagazineChina invites Venezuela to join moon base project | SpaceNews Mars Ingenuity helicopter breaks record for speed and altitude, NASA says | CBS News Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge platform for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Space Safety Coalition publishes its best practices 2.0. The White House is taking a look at LEO. Kenya’s first satellite is heading to orbit. The US Navy and Marines are making new strides in alignment on space systems. New CEO at ArianeGroup and new director at DoD DIU.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space info every day.Selected ReadingEvent: From Surviving in Space to Thriving In Space: Closing the Human Factors “Technology Gap”The Road Dragon Paved For Starship | Supercluster India is Taking on China in the $447 Billion Space Economy | BloombergBest Practices | Space Safety Coalition A Q&A with Artemis II Astronaut Christina Hammond Koch | Payload White House taps DoD, State to ensure US access to low Earth orbit | Breaking Defense  Agency Director Discusses Multi-Pronged Approach to Resiliency in Space | DoDNavy's first 'space summit' focuses on shoring up Space Force support for maritime mission | Breaking DefenseSpace Development Agency enters demonstration phase after first launch | C4ISRNETNRL seeks EO/IR, ISR tech | Intelligence Community News Kenya to launch first operational satellite next week | Al Jazeera  Exolaunch is Ready to Launch Over 15 Customer Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 Mission from Vandenberg. | Space Watch Africa Arianegroup’s new CEO comes from Safran Electronics & Defense | SatNewsApple executive Doug Beck tapped to lead the Defense Innovation Unit | SpaceNews Northrop Grumman Wins Collier Trophy for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope | NGC Baltimore County native Reid Wiseman will command NASA’s first manned moon mission since 1972 | Baltimore Sun Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge platform for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planetary defense gets some time in the sun. Farewell Virgin Orbit; hello Deloitte Space. Physical security, otter pups, and satellite… cameras? Astrocast gets a lifeline. Contracts and requirements from NRO and Space Force. A doctor, an astronaut, and four more astronauts walk onto a basketball court. All this and more in today’s episode of T-MinusRemember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space info every day.Selected ReadingHow Rapid Growth in Drone Use and EU Regulations Will Accelerate Demand for Satellite Connectivity | Via Satellite How NASA Artemis astronauts learned they'd been picked for moon mission | The Washington PostNew Planetary Defense Strategy Outlines Key US Government Goals | OSTP | The White House Deloitte Announces Formal Space Practice to Connect Organizations in Rapidly Growing Global Space Ecosystem | Deloitte Redwire to demonstrate a security camera for military satellites | SpaceNews Yahsat Takes Significant LEO Step Investing in Astrocast | Via SatelliteKleos Space, Spire Global get contract extensions from NRO | SpaceNewsSafran’s resilient PNT system, NAVKITE, developed with French navy commandos | SatNewsSpace Force seeking more narrowband communication satellites | C4ISRNETSpace Force asks industry input for second phase of MEO missile warning/tracking | Breaking DefenseEutelsat Hotbird 13F Reaches Orbit | Via SatelliteAST SpaceMobile Updates on BlueWalker 3 Sat-to-Cell Tests | Via Satellite https://twitter.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1643059597534724096Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge platform for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices