T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

Rocket Lab launches its fifth mission of the year called "Beginning of the Swarm", deploying two satellites to two different orbits. SpaceX’s Starlink 6-53 mission deploys another 23 satellites and completes the 300th booster landing. JAXA has been communicating with the SLIM probe after it survives a third lunar night, 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.

Our guest today is Rachana Mamidi, Space Engineer and Podcaster.

You can connect with Rachana on LinkedIn and listen to “Those Space People” on the website.

Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellites ~500km Apart to Separate Orbits For KAIST and NASA

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1782898782885339562

NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds

Japan Moon probe survives 3rd lunar night

Cause for concern: US watching China’s ‘breathtakingly fast’ space development ‘very, very closely’, top commander says- South China Morning Post

USSPACECOM visit cements commitment to bolstering the Alliance in Korea- Pacific Air Forces 

Vote on Draft Resolution on Weapons of Mass Destruction in Outer Space : What's In Blue

NASA Nurtures Promising Tech Ideas from Small Businesses

NASA has a plan to clean up space junk—but is going green enough?

National Defence Strategy: a missed opportunity for space- The Strategist

Hubble Has Accidentally Discovered Over a Thousand Asteroids - Universe Today

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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 Jet Propulsion Laboratory receives usable data from Voyager 1 once again. Satellogic has signed a letter of intent with O.N.E. Amazon to support the Internet of Forests, a large-scale sensor network to monitor key variables within the Amazon rainforest. Lockheed Martin files Q1 financial reports, 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.

Our guest is Sean Kane, VP, Strategy And Business Development at Mott Corporation.

You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn, and learn more about Mott on their website.

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

Satellogic Signs Letter of Intent with O.N.E. Amazon to Support Building the Internet of Forests- Business Wire

Lockheed Martin Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Momentus Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Notification Regarding Delayed Form 10-K- Business Wire

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) Investor Notice: Robbins LLP Reminds Stockholders of the AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class Action- Business Wire

SERA Partners with Blue Origin for Historic Space Mission 

PLD Space has achieved 120 million euros in funding to date

NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners

Space Operations Command Takes Control of SBIRS Baseline Release Initiative

Exclusive-Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year- 1450 AM 99.7 FM WHTC 

Starship Faces Performance Shortfall for Lunar Missions - AmericaSpace

NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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 held a graduation ceremony for participants of their astronaut training program. UK-based space investment group Seraphim Space has launched its second VC fund. Slovenia has become the 39th country to sign the Artemis Accords, 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.

Our guest today is Libby Jackson, Head of Space Exploration at the UK Space Agency. 

You can connect with Libby on LinkedIn and learn more about UKSA on their website.

ESA astronaut class of 2022 graduation ceremony replay

Seraphim Space launches second VC fund with nine investments already under its belt- TechCrunch

ClearSpace Debris Removal Mission Passes Key Milestone - European Spaceflight

Slovenia Signs Artemis Accords, Joins Pursuit of Safer Space - NASA

Legislation to broaden Florida’s spaceport territory signed into law- The Capitolist

Contracts For April 19, 2024 

US aerospace company signs MoU with Southern Launch – SASIC

Dhruva Space set for galactic growth

Xi Jinping tightens grip on China’s military with new information warfare unit 

U.S. Statement - Agenda Item 12 - 63rd Session of the COPUOS LSC - April 2024 - U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna

Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks 6 new airborne missions to study our changing planet- Space

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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

Sen’s mission to livestream Earth in 4K launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX supply ship on March 21, 2024, bound for the International Space Station. Sen’s payload, called “SpaceTV-1”, will be hosted on the outside of the ISS through a commercial payload agreement with Airbus U.S. Space & Defence, supported by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. Liam Kennedy joins Maria Varmazis to tell us more about getting the payload to space.

You can connect with Liam on LinkedIn and sign up to see the livestream at Sen.com.

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.

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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 European Space Agency and the European Union have signed an agreement to accelerate the use of space to improve life here on Earth. ESA has unveiled a high-grade full-scale Mock-up of the Lunar I-Hab which will be the Gateway International Habitation Module. The UK Space Agency has announced an £8m Space Portfolio within the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, which is managed by Future Planet Capital, 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.

Our guests today are Kier Fortier, Managing Director at Exolaunch USA and Exolaunch’s Chief Technology Officer Robert Sproles.

You can learn more about Exolaunch on their website.

ESA and the EU agree to accelerate the use of space

Lunar I-Hab: Gateway International Habitation Module

UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund

Rapid rise of China's commercial space industry expected to continue - CGTN

Federal Register :: Launch of a Reentry Vehicle as a Payload That Requires a Reentry Authorization To Return to Earth

NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’

Rocket Lab Announces Board Change- Business Wire

The race to fix space-weather forecasting before next big solar storm hits

'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released their 2024 Space Threat Assessment Report highlighting the proliferation of counterspace capabilities worldwide, particularly among major powers like China and Russia. MDA Space has been awarded a $250 million contract extension from the Canadian Space Agency to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station from 2025 to 2030. UK launch company Orbex has received £16.7m in a series C funding round, 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.

Our guests today are Praveen Kurian and Joe Poist from SAIC.

You can connect with Praveen and Joe on LinkedIn and learn more about SAIC on their website.

Space Threat Assessment 2024

Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programs

Member Roundtable: The Space Race Returns

MDA Space Awarded $250m Contract Extension To Support Robotics Operations On The International Space Station

Iridium Announces First-Quarter 2024 Results

https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/255

Orbex Secures £16.7m Investment for Rocket ‘Ramp Up’ Period

D-Orbit Announces In-Orbit Edge Computing Collaboration with SkyServe STORM 

BlueHalo Completes USSF SCAR Program Milestone at Space Symposium

Momentus and Ascent Solar Technologies Partner to Bring to Market Leading-Edge Solar Arrays- Business Wire

TRANSFORMERS ONE Trailer Launch in Space

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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

Earth Observation company ICEYE announces an oversubscribed $93M growth funding round. The US Department of Defense has announced an award of $14.4 million to 5N+ Semiconductors to sustain and expand the capability to produce germanium substrates used in solar cells for defense and commercial satellites. NASA is asking the American aerospace community for feedback on nearly 190 national space technology needs or shortfalls it has identified for future space exploration and science endeavors, 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.

Our guest today is Troy Morris, Co-founder and CEO at Kall Morris Inc.

You can connect with Troy on LinkedIn and learn more about KMI on their website.

ICEYE Raises Oversubscribed Growth Funding Round to Expand Global SAR Leadership

Seraphim Space Q1 Index

DOD Awards $14.4 Million to Sustain and Enhance the Space-Qualified Solar Cell Supply Chain

NASA Space Tech Priorities

NASA Selects New Crew for Next Simulated Mars Journey

NASA Leadership to Visit Mexico, Strengthen Cooperation

China prepares to launch Shenzhou-18 crewed spaceship - CGTN

ABS “Agility Beyond Space” announces Appointment of Mark Rigolle as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field | Sierra Solter | The Guardian

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now

Space Experts Debate How To De-Escalate Russian Threats Of Orbital War

ESA - Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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 has confirmed that the chunk of metal that crashed through a house in Florida, was part of equipment discarded from the International Space Station. NASA is seeking new ideas to keep its Mars Sample Return program afloat. Defense and Aerospace company L3Harris laid off workers in what the company is calling a cost-cutting move, 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.

Our guest today is Lee Steinke, Chief Operating Officer at Cislunar Industries.

You can connect with Lee on LinkedIn and learn more about Cislunar Industries on their website.

NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station

https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/136

NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs

L3Harris layoffs 2024: What to know, why they're happening

Starliner Rollout Preparations Continue

Comtech Partners with Eutelsat OneWeb to Deliver LEO Connectivity Services to Antarctica

IntelBroker Claims Space-Eyes Breach, Targeting US National Security Data

Advancing ‘Ahead of Ready’ with Next Generation Interceptor- Lockheed Martin

The Pixel 9 reportedly gears up for satellite SOS support- Ars Technica

NASA’s New Hubble E-Book Spotlights Universe’s Best-Kept Dark Secrets

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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

China launches a Long March-2D vehicle carrying the SuperView Neo 3-01 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Test satellites Tiandu-1 and Tiandu-2, have successfully carried out experiments  demonstrating their Earth-Moon transmission and routing. Japan’s Interstellar Technologies has signed a Framework Agreement for Launch Services with Italian space logistics company D-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.

Our guest today is Dr. Craig Brown, Director of Investment at the UK Space Agency.

You can connect with Craig on LinkedIn, and learn more about UKSA on their website.

Long March-2D launches SuperView Neo 3-01

China's Tiandu satellites take Earth-Moon transmissions, routing tests - CGTN

Interstellar and D-Orbit to Enter a Framework Agreement for Launch Services – Achieves Milestone in Asian Space Transport

Aerospacelab Successfully Acquires AMOS

Open Cosmos Contract

NASA Welcomes Switzerland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Contracts For April 4, 2024

Satellogic Announces $30 Million Strategic Investment from Tether Investments Limited

NASA budget woes could doom $2 billion Chandra space telescope - The Washington Post

National Guard Chief Makes Case for Space Guard: 'Would Work Exactly Like It is Right Now'

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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

Retired NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott shares how her time in space has influenced her life as a crewmate on spaceship Earth. Nicole founded the Space For Art Foundation with an aim to unite a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art. She shares her passion for art as a tool to inspire future generations of space explorers.

You can connect with Nicole on LinkedIn and learn more Space For Art 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.

We 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.

You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info.

Please send your pitch to [email protected] 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