T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

The Space Development Agency is awarding SpiderOak a new research agreement, tasking them to look into integrating the company’s OrbitSecure software suite into the Space Force's Rapid Resilient Command and Control effort. Space Investment company SpaceCapital has released their third quarter findings showing space economy investments rose 17% YoY, totaling $3.0B across 103 companies. Blue Origin has unveiled a new spacecraft platform focused on providing in-space logistics and delivery, and more.

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T-Minus is heading to ASCEND in Las Vegas next week so all week we will be featuring speakers from the event (there’s still time to join us- sign up here). Our guest today is Journalist Eliana Sheriff, better known as “Ellie in Space”.

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Space Agency Awards SpiderOak Resilience Research Agreement- PR 

Space Investment Quarterly Reports

Blue Origin Unveils Multi-Mission, Multi-Orbit Space Mobility Platform

Starship fully stacked while team prepares for a launch rehearsal.

Starfighters Space Announces Two New Contracts to Help Provide Critical Research as the USA Ramps Up its Hypersonic Testing and Development Initiatives- PR

USNC Awarded $5M NASA Nuclear Propulsion Contract

​​Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology

Request for Information - TraCSS Presentation Layer- SAM.gov

Indian Space Startup Raises $26.7 Million Series B To Launch Satellites Using 3D-Printed Rocket Engines- Forbes

Seraphim Space/Generation Space (USA) Accelerator Launches Mission 12

South Korean President Kicks Off ADEX With Export, Space Push- Aviation Week Network

How to make space-based solar power a reality

‘These Spam Callers Are Getting Out of Hand’: Dude Contacts the ISS With Homemade Antenna

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) releases its paper on “Risk Associated with Reentry Disposal of Satellites from Proposed Large Constellations in LEO”. A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 22 Starlink internet satellites into space lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast just eight hours and 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launched the Psyche mission. India’s Space Research Organization chairman S Somanath says the US has appealed to India to share space technology with them after seeing the development of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, and more.

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Our Guest today is ASCEND Speaker and CEO of SCOUT Space, Eric Ingram.

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P.L. 116-260 Risks Associated with Reentry Disposal of Satellites from Large Constellations

SpaceX-Response-to-FAA-regarding-Starlink-Demise-10.09.2023-fin.pdf

Readout of Low Earth Orbit Research and Development Workshop- The White House

SpaceX knocked out 2nd Space Coast launch on same day as Falcon Heavy success – Orlando Sentinel

Impressed by Chandrayaan-3, American space experts wanted India to sell its tech to US: ISRO chief- WION

Big money is back as space tech start-up raises $120m- Australia Financial Review

China launches Earth-observing satellite - CGTN

China to launch Shenzhou-17 spacecraft to its space station in October - CGTN

It’s a new dawn for Dhruva Space, revealing grand plans for its 280,000 square-foot Design, Engineering, Assembly, Integration & Testing Facility for large-scale Spacecraft Manufacturing- PR

Spectrum Venture Ligado Nears Bankruptcy After Government Talks Collapse - WSJ

America officially has its first Space Ranger - Task & Purpose

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On October 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. This eclipse will be visible for millions of people, but what causes an annular eclipse and how does it differ from a total eclipse? We ask Dr. Chas Miller from New Mexico State University’s Astronomy Department.

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Psyche lifts off from Florida to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name. NASA is preparing to award a sole-sourced services contract, known as the Exploration Production and Operations Contract to Deep Space Transport, LLC, a newly formed joint venture of The Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Artemis V. Maersk has announced that it will be adding SpaceX’s Starlink to more than 330 container ships, and more.

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On October 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. This eclipse will be visible for millions of people, but what causes an annular eclipse and how does it differ from a total eclipse? We ask Dr. Chas Miller from New Mexico State University’s Astronomy Department.

You can connect with Chas on LinkedIn and learn more about the eclipse here.

Psyche - NASA Science

IG-24-001 - NASA's Transition of the Space Launch System to a Commercial Services Contract

Maersk signs deal with Starlink for its Ocean fleet | Press Release

Starlink - Direct to Cell

Stratolaunch Announces Contract with US Air Force Research Laboratory

Joint Statement on U.S.-Singapore Space Dialogue - United States Department of State

New satellite agreement to strengthen strategic partnership between France and Mongolia | Thales Alenia Space

Big Bang: Cardiff uni part of space telescope mission - BBC News

Bezos Splits with Orbital Reef. Now what? - SpaceWatch.Global

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The US Space Force pauses the use of generative AI technology. Investigation continues into the malfunctioning ViaSat-3 Americas satellite which is performing at less than 10 percent capacity. NASA Scientists explain why they haven’t opened the main TAGSAM capsule on the OSIRIS-REx, and more.

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Our guest today is the Program Coordinator for the Maine Space Complex. Emily Dwinnells shares with us some more details about Maine's Space Conference which is taking place in Portland on November 5-7. 

You can connect with Emily on LinkedIn and find out more about the Maine Space Conference on their website.

US Space Force pauses use of AI tools like ChatGPT over data security risks- Reuters

Space cybersecurity takes center stage in Estonia- Cybernews

India to conduct key test in crewed space mission on Oct 21- Reuters

Viasat won't replace damaged Americas satellite, moves up financial targets- CNBC 

Bad weather delays SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission to Oct. 13- Space

Spacewalks Postponed as Managers Review Leak Data – Space Station

SDA TAP LAB

Auriga Space Secures $5 Million In Initial Funding for Electromagnetic Space Launch- PR

China builds world’s largest deep sea telescope to hunt for cosmic neutrinos- SCMP

Maine Space Conference

India to conduct key test in crewed space mission on Oct 21- Reuters

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NASA scientists find evidence of carbon and water in the Bennu Asteroid sample. The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, (IN-SPACe), is forecasting India's space economy to reach $44 billion by 2033. Relativity Space has signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement with Intelsat, and more.

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Today is International Day of the Girl and we wanted to highlight a female role model in the aerospace industry that is pushing boundaries and agendas. Dr. Norilmi Amilia Ismail is a University Lecturer, an entrepreneur focusing on building satellites and a UN mentor for the Space for Women program based in Malaysia. 

You can connect with Norilmi on LinkedIn and find out more about her company SpaceIn Sdn Bhd on their website.

NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water

India’s space economy has potential to reach $44 billion by 2033 with about 8% global share - The Hindu

Relativity Space and Intelsat Sign Multi-Launch Agreement for Terran R

Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI partner to develop a commercial space-based launch vehicle telemetry solution

China’s STAR.VISION AI Satellite to Use Rwandan-Developed Technology - Space in Africa

Lockheed Martin Selects Australian Firms Axiom And Nupress For Orion Spacecraft Program

NRO plans 10-fold increase in imagery, signals intel output - Breaking Defense

Evolution Space to Produce and Test Solid Rocket Motors at NASA Stennis

NRO, Space Force Partner to Craft New Moving Targeting Strategy- Air and Space Forces

Astra Space Is Exploring Options, Including Asset Sales- Bloomberg

Towards an agenda for gender perspectives in space security | SIPRI

Space shuttle's rockets will be trucked through SoCal roads Tuesday and Wednesday- LA Times

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A coolant leak has been found on Roscosmos' Nauka module aboard the International Space Station. PLD Space launched its recoverable Miura-1 rocket early on Saturday from a site in southwest Spain. The European Space Agency launched the 23rd Vega mission carrying payloads to sun-synchronous orbit including the Earth observing THEOS- 2 satellite and the meteorological satellite, Triton, and more.

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Our guest today is Sascha Deri, CEO bluShift Aerospace, on producing the world’s first commercial rocket powered by carbon-neutral biofuel and operating out of Maine.

You can connect with Sascha on LinkedIn and find out more about bluShift on their website and join Sascha at the Maine Space Conference on November 5-7 in Portland.

Russian module on International Space Station suffers coolant leak | Reuters

Spain's PLD Space launches private rocket in milestone for Europe | Reuters

ESA - Vega flies to bring satellites to space

Astroscale UK's Economic Impact Report Unveils Game-Changing Contributions to the UK Space Industry

The Hague Institute For Global Justice (THIGJ) And The Global Spaceport Alliance (GSA) Announcement Of Partnership To Address Commercial Space Policy Matters

China, Azerbaijan cooperate on international lunar research program - CGTN

Skyroot Partnership 

Partnership Has Mercedes Reimagining Space Travel as a Luxury Experience

North Korea says military satellite key to countering U.S. 'space militarisation' | Reuters

Geopolitics in space: Why great powers are scrambling for the moon - The Japan Times

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It’s Indigenous People’s Day in the US and what better way to celebrate than to speak to the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. John Herrington is a member of the Chickasaw Nation, a retired US Navy Aviator and former NASA Astronaut. Herrington was selected as a mission specialist for STS-113, which launched to the International Space Station on November 23, 2002.

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Dr. John J. Klein is a senior fellow and strategist with Delta Solutions and Strategies, and instructs space policy and strategy courses in the Washington, D.C. area at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate levels. He writes on space policy, strategy, and deterrence. John has released the book “Fight for the Final Frontier: Irregular Warfare in Space” available now from all good retailers.

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Stoke Space has raised $100 million dollars in a Series B investment drive. The US Space Force has released a request for proposals for the next phase of national security launches. British climate tech company SatV, has released the First Light imagery from its thermal imaging satellite, HOTSAT-1, and more.

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Stoke Space Announces $100 Million in New Investment- PR

Machina's $32m Series B Fundraise- PR

Rocket Lab Opens Engine Development Center in Long Beach

National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)

Space Force Takes Over JTAGS Mission from the Army

China launches new remote sensing satellite - CGTN

HOTSAT-1: 'World's thermometer' sends back first pictures of Earth's hotspots in 'milestone for climate monitoring'- Sky News

2023 Annular Eclipse: Where & When

Good heavens: How light pollution is threatening our sky- The Parliament

2023 ASCEND to Feature NASA’s William H. Pickering Lecture Showcasing Climate Science Advances

2023 ASCEND Adds Lunar Luncheon Session – Chandrayaan-3: The Journey to the Moon

NASA’s Honey Astrobee Robot Returns to Space- NASA

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