Blue Origin announces layoffs affecting roughly 10% or around 1,400 employees. India expands its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program and raises its budget to $2.32 billion. BlackSky has been contracted to develop India’s commercial Earth observation capabilities, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest is Paul Cremin, the Commercial Spaceflight Regulation and Policy Lead at the UK’s Department for Transport.

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Selected Reading

Bezos' Blue Origin to layoff about 10% across its space, launch business- Reuters

India raises budget for Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission to $2.32 billion- Reuters

BlackSky Wins Multiple, Multi-Year Contracts with a Combined Value of Eight Figures to Accelerate the Development of India’s Commercial Earth Observation Capabilities

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