T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper is expanding its footprint at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA has selected three companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract (VADR). The US Space Force’s innovation arm SpaceWERX, have announced the Program Year 2024.2 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI), contract award selections from its Phase II-eligible applicants, and more.

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Project Kuiper is investing $19.5 million to expand satellite operations at Florida's Kennedy Space Center

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suffers fiery setback building new rocket- The Seattle Times

NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers

SpaceWERX announces Program Year 24.2 STRATFI selections at Fed Supernova- One AFRL

DeSantis visits Titusville airport, announces grant to help build space industrial park

India delays planned space station and moon base by 5 years- The Register

Dozens of indigenous satellites under construction in Iran, says Iranian Space Agency

Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

Gimbal Space takes on legacy suppliers with fast-paced component supply chain- TechCrunch

Former Lockheed Martin Chief Financial Officer Joins Rocket Lab Board of Directors- Business Wire

From space to farm: readying NASA satellites to help growers- Cornell Chronicle

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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.

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Our 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.

Voyager Space Selected as First Technical Support Team Member for Spaceport Nova Scotia- Maritime Launch

China space engineers kick ‘doomed’ satellite pair into life in lunar orbit

Scout Space to Fly Novel vLEO SDA Sensors on Taskable Spaceplane

ESA - Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific

ESA delivers again: ESM-3 departs for US to power Artemis III

£2.5 million for satellite data pilots to benefit citizens and businesses - GOV.UK

TrustPoint Wins 2 SpaceWERX Contracts in AltPNT Challenge - Defense Daily

Shield AI Achieves Groundbreaking Collaborative Multi-Jet Aircraft Autonomy in Kratos MQM-178 Firejet Flight Test Event

Bluestone Investment Partners Announces Investment in Missile Defense and Space Technology Business Qualis Corporation

NASA astronaut, MA native Suni Williams runs Falmouth Road Race from space

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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.

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Firing on all cylinders: Announcing $40M and Mission 3‍

Mynaric stock tanks after space lasers company slashes revenue guidance, announces CFO departure

Axiom Space and Nokia Partner to Enable High-Speed Cellular Network Capabilities in Next-Gen Lunar Spacesuits

Space Tech Startup Metakosmos Closes Pre-Seed Round to Propel Next Milestone Development

Japan, India agree to boost cooperation on space, cybersecurity

Space Intelligence Receives Investment from AzurX Space Ventures and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) to Build Global, Audit-Grade Nature Mapping Dataset- Business Wire

NASA Awards 15 Grants to Support Open-Source Science

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, lands brand-new rocket (video)- Space

Space missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft 

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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. 

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Our guest today is Dan Murray, Executive Director of the Office of Operational Safety at the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

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ESA - Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth

Rocket engine explodes during test launch from new spaceport in Scotland - AP News

UK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite - GOV.UK

Terran Orbital’s Tyvak International Announces Successful Launch of IPERDRONE.0 Developed for the Italian Space Agency- Business Wire

Planet Signs Contract with NATO Agency to Advance the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) Program- Business Wire

Sierra Space Brings Artificial Intelligence to U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness TAP Lab Accelerator- Business Wire

Sidus Space Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale

Securing Space Networks Amidst Growing Cyber Threats

Polaris Dawn, a Groundbreaking Commercial Spaceflight Mission, to Launch on August 26, 2024

DORITOS® Propels Chip Innovation to New Heights by Sending minis COOL RANCH® Zero Gravity Flavored Tortilla Chips to Space

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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.

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Our guest today is Dr. Joni Sytsma, Chief Technology Officer at The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications, and Hypersonics Hub (iLAuNCH) program.

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Exclusive: Boeing, Lockheed Martin in talks to sell rocket-launch firm ULA to Sierra Space

SDA Makes Awards to Build 20 Gamma Variant Satellites for Tranche 2 Transport Layer

Notice 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 Wire

Spire Global Launches Seven LEMUR Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-11 Mission- Business Wire

SA’s first state satellite launched into orbit | WE ARE.SA

HawkEye 360's Cluster 10 Satellites Launched Successfully and Established Contact

ICEYE launches four new satellites into orbit, expanding its own constellation and serving customer missions

NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches

KBR Secures Naval Research Lab Contract for Advancement of Space Science Instruments

Dover Acquires Criteria Labs, a Leading Provider of RF Device and Microelectronic Engineering Solutions

NASA Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Cool’ Quantum Sensor for First Time in Space

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour

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In 1984, Dr. Anna Fisher was part of the crew of the second flight of the orbiter Discovery. The STS-51A mission was to rendezvous with two satellites that had failed to make their designated orbits, capture them, and return them to Earth. It was the first space debris clean up mission. Now Dr. Fisher has joined the Board of Advisors for Kall Morris Inc. (KMI). She tells us what drew her to support their mission to clean up space junk.

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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.

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Terran Orbital’s Pathfinder-R and Pathfinder-4 Scheduled for Launch- Business Wire

Planet 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 Launch

Science in Space to Cure Disease on Earth--the International Space Station National Lab and NASA Announce New Funding Opportunity

AZ Opportunity Fund announces a 320K SF Aerospace Industrial Park in Colorado Springs, CO

Rocket Lab Ships Twin Satellites to Launch Site for NASA Mars Mission

Lunar Outpost Announces New Space Collaboration with Castrol on Lunar Mission- Business Wire

Space for Infrastructure: Health

The invisible problem with sending people to Mars - The Verge

Is asteroid Psyche actually a planetary core? James Webb Space Telescope results cast doubt

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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. 

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Lockheed Martin to Acquire Terran Orbital

Redwire to Acquire Spacecraft Developer Hera Systems

AST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and Second Quarter 2024 Results

York Space Systems and SDA Successfully Demonstrate Link 16 Network Entry to Navy Ship from Tranche 0

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Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California - SpaceNews

USPACE Technology Group and EgSA Ink Strategic Partnership Intend to Set Up Aerospace Joint Venture in Cairo, Egypt to Tap the Booming African Space Economy

Apex Announces the Release of its GEO Satellite Bus, GEO Aries

BAE Systems wins 2023 Group Achievement Award for work on TEMPO instrument

Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc (an Ocutrx Company) Announces Retirement of CEO and Appointment of Incoming CEO of Manufacturing Subsidiary

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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.

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NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update 

Sunita Williams undergoes hearing test in space after eye scans as Starliner saga continues- Mint

NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station Docking

Florida Tech joins C-STARS to advance bioprinting, space biology studies

NASA’s permanent presence on the moon could begin with USF-invented mapping technology

X-Bow Passes Critical Milestone on Hypersonic Booster Contract

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Archangel Lightworks Selected for InnovateUK's 2023 EUREKA Globalstars Japan Program in collaboration with Infostellar

Advanced Manufacturing Startup Hadrian Acquires Datum Source

Chinese company CAS Space takes steps toward 1st launch of reusable rocket

Exolaunch Appoints Robert Sproles as New Chief Executive Officer

Viasat Announces the Next Evolution of its Award-Winning L-Band Tactical Satellite Service (L-TAC)This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space | WIRED

Kazakh Plan To Join Chinese-Led Moon Base Would Strengthen Space Partnership

NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration

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