T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

Intelsat and SES call off the merger. Anomaly affects the Otter Pup. A Russian hacker claims they’ve got Maxar satellite access if you have coin. SDA taps SAIC to make an app store for BMC3 LEO satellites - and yep we’ll translate that for you. NorthStar pivots from Virgin Orbit to Rocket Lab. NASA opens Earth Information Center. Ecuador joins the Artemis Accords. Danti unveils a search engine for geospatial data. And Kim Macharia, Executive Director at the Space Prize Foundation, joins us to discuss the space workforce.

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Kim Macharia, Executive Director at Space Prize Foundation, joins us to talk about space education and empowering women to participate in the space economy.

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Intelsat ends merger talks with rival satellite communications giant SES- CNBC 

Starfish Space Otter Pup Mission update- LinkedIn 

Military Satellite Access Sold on Russian Hacker Forum for $15,000- HackRead 

Upcoming Space Force-NRO critical thinking wargame to focus on space conflict in 2030- DefenseScoop 

Great Power Space Competition Event Details- Liberty Alliance 

SAIC to build software app factory for Space Development Agency- Breaking Defense 

Mynaric selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program- Press Release

Space Force Budget Brief: New Priorities and Long-Term Developments Toward a New Architecture- Aerospace Corporation

NorthStar pivots to Rocket Lab following Virgin Orbit’s collapse- SpaceNews

SIA President Tom Stroup Testifies Before Congress on Satellite’s Role in Agriculture- Via Satellite

NASA opens Earth Information Center amid budget uncertainty- SpaceNews

NASA Welcomes Ecuador as 26th Artemis Accords Signatory- NASA    

Startup Danti unveils search engine for geospatial data- SpaceNews 

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Happy summer solstice! A whole slew of funding rounds just announced - we’ll take a look at three of them. DARPA, SpaceLogistics, and Intelsat have their eye on 2025. Also, rockets and sharks, awesome together? Or terrible? And for our interview today, we speak with Steve Bleymaier, CTO for Aerospace & Defense at Ansys, on managing risk via modeling and simulation and the Ansys Startup program.

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Steve Bleymaier, CTO for Aerospace & Defense at Ansys, on managing risk via modeling, and simulation as a strategy for early-stage startups via the Ansys Startup program.

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Peak XV Partners backs India’s Digantara to propel space situational awareness- TechCrunch 

Vyoma tops up Seed round with Safran Corporate Ventures- Press Release 

SCOUT Space Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round to Scale Operations- Press Release 

DARPA, SpaceLogistics step toward 2025 launch of orbital robotic 'mechanic' for satellites- Breaking Defense

Intelsat Orders Fourth Satellite-Extension Mission from Northrop Grumman- Via Satellite

GHGSat receives a task order from NASA- SatNews 

Telstra and OneWeb seal deal on delivering new satellite solutions- OneWeb

Potential negative effects of the Brazilian Space Program on coastal sharks- Frontiers 

Why CISOs should be concerned about space-based attacks- CSO Online 

Spaceport America Cup YouTube Live Stream

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Launch complex upgrades are afoot for Relativity Space’s Terran R. Skyrora’s 3D printed engine hits a testing milestone. Rocket Lab’s suborbital Electron test packs a Wallop. European new space startups join Copernicus. We speak with Chief Corporate Development Officer for D-Orbit, Jonathan Firth, all about their recent activities. And, Alice brings us on-the-ground coverage from day one of the Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico!

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Our guest for today’s show is Jonathan Firth, Chief Corporate Development Officer for D-Orbit.

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Relativity files permit for Launch Complex 16 Terran R upgrades- Space Explored

Skyrora 3D prints and tests new model of orbital engine to prepare for commercial launch- Skyrora 

Leidos' MACH-TB program successfully completes 1st test launch- Leidos 

​​New Space companies join Copernicus- ESA

ESA’s Copernicus reveals carbon monoxide from fires in Canada- SatNews 

Colombia Taps Sweden to Boost Space Ambitions- Via Satellite

Saudi Arabia boosts space education after success of ISS mission- The National News  

ESA backs Greek firms’ and universities’ CubeSats- ESA

Libra Group Launches World's First Dedicated Space Leasing Company- PR Newswire

Debris from ASAT tests creating 'bad neighborhood' in low Earth orbit: Analyst- Breaking Defense 

The Space Industry Is Taking Off. Space Law Is Still a Mystery.- The New York Times 

The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Space Race: Starlink Versus AST SpaceMobile- Forbes

The future of space on a plate: This chef explores the food that will take us to Mars and beyond- ZME Science

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158 teams from around the world were selected to compete in the 2023 Spaceport America Cup. Up to 120 will make it to the competition in New Mexico which runs from June 20-24. T-Minus Space will be covering all the action at the world’s largest student rocket competition. We spoke with the University College London (UCL) Team Lead Adrien Coutant about what drew his team to compete in the Cup.

You can find out more about the competition at SpaceportAmericaCup.com or SoundingRocket.org.

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Space travel has changed so much in a short period of time. Who better to talk about the advancements of point to point space travel and share the experience of flying to the Kármán line than Dr. George Nield, former Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration, Blue Origin Astronaut and Head of the Global Spaceport Alliance.

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NASA selects seven commercial space companies to partner with through its second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities program. VAST selects Impulse to provide the Haven-1 Space Station propulsion system. Virgin Galactic announces a flight window for its first commercial spaceflight, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. George Nield, former Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration, Blue Origin Astronaut and Head of the Global Spaceport Alliance.

You can connect with George on LinkedIn and find out more about the Global Spaceport Alliance on their website.

Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities- NASA

VAST selects Impulse Space for Haven-1 Space Station Propulsion- Vast Space

VIRGIN GALACTIC ANNOUNCES START OF COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SERVICE- Virgin Galactic

Luxembourg greenlights new military SATCOM network using SES satellites- Breaking Defense

Eutelsat reversing course with European retail broadband business sale- SpaceNews

Astronaut Chris Hadfield working with King Charles on 'Astra Carta'- CTV News

NASA recognizes James Webb Flight Operations Subsystem team at Raytheon- Military Embedded

Space Command's leader is building out his Colorado HQ even as Congress tries to force the HQ to move to Alabama- NBC

How a Shady Chinese Firm’s Encryption Chips Got Inside the US Navy, NATO, and NASA- Wired

Astrobiology Space Missions Need To Be More Aggressive And Less Risk Averse- Forbes

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The US Science, Space and Technology Committee announces a bill instructing both the Department of Energy and NASA to work together on research areas for space-based solar power. Four US senators have introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation Act which aims to open federal funding for commercial spaceports. The FAA makes steps to mitigate aviation and space air traffic, and more.

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Today’s guest is Stefan Powell, CEO and CTO of New Zealand based start up Dawn Aerospace.

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For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power- Ars Technica

Hickenlooper, Cornyn, Luján, Wicker Introduce Bill to Launch New Era of Spaceports- Hickenlooper

Exclusive: How FAA changes keep flights on time around space launches- USA Today

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Kaskela Law LLC Announces Investigation of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. and Encourages Long-Term ASTS / NPA Shareholders to Contact the Firm- PR Newswire

Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation- SpaceNews

Spanish rocket company PLD Space signs deal with France's Arianespace- Reuters

ispace Announces New CEO of ispace U.S. Entity- ispace

Terran Orbital Hires Virgin Orbit Exec Tony Gingiss as COO- Via Satellite

Lockheed Martin gets new space business development director for Saudi Arabia- Arab News

NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean- NASA

Rocket Lab is set to launch a mystery mission from Virginia. What could it be?- Space.com

Satellite Swarms for Science ‘Grow up’ at NASA Ames- NASA

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The US Commerce Department to hold meetings with industry on space situational awareness. The United Nations says countries need to improve collaboration on their space activities. Chinese Space News is reporting that construction of a new complex at a spaceport in Hainan Province has started, and more.

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Our guest for today’s episode is Jack Cohen, Program and Mission Manager at Astro Digital. 

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Commerce slates mid-July for next round of space traffic ‘industry engagements’- Breaking Defense

U.N. opens “window of opportunity” to improve space governance- SpaceNews

Construction on a new spaceport begins in S China's Hainan Province- CGTN

BepiColombo braces for third Mercury flyby- ESA

Orbex and Arianespace Look to Collaborate in Launch Sector- Via Satellite

Venus Aerospace Adds Airbus Ventures to Investor Team

Airbus Ventures Invests in Zero-Error Systems Building Semiconductor Solutions for Space- Via Satellite

Texas Space Commission launches; how it could benefit local aerospace businesses- KXAN

Deloitte Report: SpaceTech to Become Table Stakes for Future Business Strategies- PR Newswire

AI-Fueled Satellites Are First-Movers In Launch Of The Space Economy- Forbes

The coming of age of the global space economy- FT

From malware to barf, dealing with the nasty side of space exploration- Are We There Yet- NPR

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72 satellites rideshare to LEO. FAA faces possible workload expansion. . The draft text of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act pauses military construction on the temporary Space Command headquarters in Colorado Springs. US Defense Secretary and Director of National Intelligence commission a study on how to separate responsibilities in intelligence gathering from space, and more.

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Our guest today is Susan Charlesworth, Director of Oxford Human Performance. Susan has worked with ESA astronauts on preparing for human spaceflight.

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SpaceX just landed a rocket for the 200th time (and launched 72 satellites) on epic rideshare flight- Space.com

PREVIEW: Israel’s ImageSat, SpaceX launch satellite- Jerusalem Post

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House’s draft defense bill pressures Pentagon on Space Command HQ- Air Force Times

Top-level study on Intel Community, Space Force satellite control coming soon- Breaking Defense

Pentagon Wants To Demo Space Internet Capabilities This Year- Defense One

How the Space Force Will Avoid a ‘Pearl Harbor’ in Space, According to Its No. 2 Officer- Air and Space Forces

Very Large Array to expand from 27 antennas to 260- KOB4

UK universities get £4.3m to drive space-based solar power sector- Yahoo Finance

He’s about to graduate college and join SpaceX as an engineer. He’s 14- LA Times

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SpaceX to launch from both US coasts in one day. US Space Force GPS ground system overhaul delayed. US House Republicans have proposed a bill to make the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration an independent agency. Capella Space has been awarded a 5-year blanket purchase agreement with NASA‘s Earth Science Division, and more.

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Our guest for today’s episode is Aaron Myrick, Project Leader at The Aerospace Corporation. Aaron worked on the Moonlighter - the satellite hacking sandbox, now on orbit.

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SpaceX knocks out overnight Space Coast launch; California launch on tap- Orlando Sentinel

NASA astronauts deploy 5th roll-out solar array on spacewalk outside space station- Space.com

Space Force sees further delays to ‘troubled’ GPS ground segment- C4ISRNET

House Republicans introduce bill to create an independent NOAA- SpaceNews

BAE Systems announces low earth orbit cluster for secure digital military intelligence- AeroMag

HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 Satellites Are Now Operational- Via Satellite

Capella Space Wins Five-Year SAR Imagery Purchase Deal from NASA

US-German Satellites Show California Water Gains After Record Winter- NASA

Layoffs hit Colorado space companies as funding remains tight- CNBC

Coast Guard in coordination with Chinese Embassy over suspected rocket debris- PhilStar

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