T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

Autonomous navigation systems show lots of promise for growth. Canada’s rosy prospects for spaceport Nova Scotia. Varda Space’s new funding round. Inter-governmental communications may need a marriage counselor. An espionage case. Some proposed space cybersecurity legislation. Satcom for cars. And more.

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Report - Spaceport Nova Scotia Would Have a Positive Economic Effect - SpaceQ 

Space Autonomous Navigation Systems Market worth millions by 2033 - SatNews 

Varda Space raising new tranche of funding at $500M post-money valuation - TechCrunch

Amini gets initial funding for closing Africa’s environmental data gap - SpaceNews 

Sidus Space Executes Agreement With Leaf Space For Additional Ground Station Coverage - Sidus Space

Yahsat Steps up Plans in EO With Iceye Deal - Via Satellite

Lt Gen Burt's Keynote at the Preventing Space War Forum in DC - YouTube

USAF Looks to Fill Intelligence Gaps from Space - A&SF

Space Force selects Parsons to develop ground system for missile-warning satellites - SpaceNews

Head of Dutch satellite technology firm arrested for spying - DutchNews

Congress looks to expand CISA's role, adding responsibilities for satellites and open source software - CyberScoop

Why the Former CEO of Volkswagen America is Working With CesiumAstro on the Connected Car - Via Satellite 

Final assembly of payloads begin for Chandrayaan-3 - Times of India 

Space Race 2.0. Why the FAA is Aiming for the Stars - Cleared for Takeoff

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Stratolaunch bids $17 million to buy some of Virgin Orbit's assets, including the Cosmic Girl carrier. Virgin Galactic announces the next launch window from May 25. Space News is reporting that British cybersecurity software developer Arqit has hired a financial adviser to sell its space division, and more.

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Virgin Orbit enters $17 million 'stalking horse' bid to sell aircraft assets- Reuters

Virgin Galactic is a GO for Launch- Virgin Galactic

Arqit launches sale of satellite division- SpaceNews

Black Sky Aerospace’s Rocket Fuel Facility Approval- Space and Defense

China launches the 56th BeiDou navigation satellite- CGTN

SSC Wins New ESA Deal for Nodes Optical Communications Project- Via Satellite

Warpspace wins JAXA contracts for lunar and long-distance optical comms studies– SatNews

SpinLaunch Hires Leading Aerospace Investment Strategist Matthew Mejía As Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer- Business Wire

Political fight escalates over Space National Guard - SpaceNews 

NASA’s Artemis program may face a budget crunch as costs continue to rise- Ars Technica

Larger NASA Budget Essential to Beat China to Lunar Resources, Administrator Says- Nextgov

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The final Ariane 5 flight is scheduled for no earlier than June 16. Axiom Space's Ax-2 mission to the ISS faces a narrow launch window. Space Forge says that they have designed a reusable reentry system. China calls for proposals for a low-cost transportation system to deliver cargo to and from the Tiangong space station, and more.

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Our guest for today’s episode is Brendan Rosseau, Teaching Fellow at Harvard Business School. Brendan discusses the growing demand for space business development courses.

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Arianespace Sets June 16 Date for Final Ariane 5 Mission- Via Satellite

UK’s Space Forge debuts new reentry tech for in-space manufacturing satellites- TechCrunch

China calls for space station commercial cargo proposals- SpaceNews

Israeli Beresheet 2 Moon mission in jeopardy after losing biggest donors- Jerusalem Post

Tesat to Build Quantum Key Payload for SES Eagle-1 Mission- Via Satellite

Space Force's Top General Blasts Service's Mission Statement as 'Long and Cumbersome'- Military.com

Space Force general: ‘No pushback’ from Congress on 2024 budget priorities- SpaceNews

Biden administration may halt plans to move Space Command to Alabama over state's abortion law, officials say- NBC

NASA Aims to Boost In Space Production Applications- NASA

SpaceX has narrow window for Ax-2 launch - SpaceNews

Resonate Testing Joins Harwell Space Cluster- Resonate

A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”- Ars Technica  

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ESA’s JUICE ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna has finally escaped its mounting bracket. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Lunar Flashlight mission can't orbit the moon as planned due to a propulsion system issue. USSPACECOM welcomes the National CyberSecurity Center to their Academic Engagement Enterprise, and more. 

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Our guest for today’s episode is Michelle Hanlon, Co-founder of For All Moonkind and Co-Director at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Michelle discusses her nonprofit “For All Moonkind” and Ethics of Space Exploration.

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Juice’s RIME antenna breaks free- ESA

NASA ends Lunar Flashlight mission because of thruster problems- SpaceNews

NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY CENTER WELCOMED TO USSPACECOM ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT ENTERPRISE (AEE)- Cyber Center

NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates Breaks its Own Record With 200 Gbps Optical Downlink- Via Satellite

Space Development Agency issues draft solicitation for 100 satellites - SpaceNews

Planet Expand Agreement with AXA Climate for Drought Insurance Program- Via Satellite

SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight official Kathy Leuders to help with Starship- CNBC

Stratolaunch Successfully Completes Separation Test of Talon-A Vehicle- Stratolaunch PR

Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Pedro Sanchez of Spain- The White House 

ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help scientists study the Red Planet- Space.com

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Our Deep Space Episode with guest S. Sita Sonty, Partner, Associate Director and Global Space Lead for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Sita joins us to discuss edge computing in space. You can read her latest article on the subject published by Via Satellite, “Size of the Prize: How Will Edge Computing in Space Drive Value Creation?” 

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Size of the Prize: How Will Edge Computing in Space Drive Value Creation?- Via Satellite

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Airbus Defence and Space UK will be testing their new Skynet 6A at the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility. Space Force is opening a new commercial services procurement office in Chantilly, Virginia, that'll be known as COMSO. AT&T has filed with the Federal Communications Commission to lease spectrum to AST SpaceMobile, and more.

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Our guest is Sita Sonty, Partner, Associate Director and Global Space Lead for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Sita joins us to discuss edge computing in space. You can read her latest article on the subject published by Via Satellite, “Size of the Prize: How Will Edge Computing in Space Drive Value Creation?” Tune in to tomorrow’s episode of T-Minus Deep Space for our full extended interview with Sita.

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UK’s largest satellite testing facility in Oxfordshire welcomes first customers- Business Magazine

Space Force commercial office to open new facility in Virginia- SpaceNews

AT&T Files With FCC to Lease Spectrum to AST SpaceMobile- Via Satellite

Rocket Lab Beats Guidance in Q1, Reporting $55M in Revenue- Via Satellite 

Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win- TechCrunch

Telesat eyes 2026 for first Lightspeed launches amid funding delays- SpaceNews  

Images From NASA’s Perseverance May Show Record of Wild Martian River- NASA

Liftoff: Modi's space push for India counts on private players- Reuters 

Chinese rocket scientists conducted frame-by-frame analysis of Starship launch- Interesting Engineering

China’s spaceplane conducted proximity and capture maneuvers with subsatellite, data suggests- SpaceNews

How Satellite Prevented a War for Water- Via Satellite 

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 68% in April, first major drop under Lula- Reuters

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Budget cuts shake up Australia’s space ambitions. Debt ceiling talks put the freeze on the National Defense Authorization Act. Space Force wants industry feedback on training. NASA’s seeking proposals for saving the Hubble Telescope, and more.

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Plan for Australian spaceports axed as federal budget cuts run deep- Sydney Morning Herald

Australia’s first national space mission up in the air after federal budget cuts- Australian budget 2023- The Guardian 

Debt ceiling brawl jams up the Pentagon’s mega policy bill- POLITICO 

On National Security | The space surveillance arms race is in full swing- SpaceNews 

Space Force to seek industry help to test tech, train guardians- C4ISRNET

Astroscale and Momentus Team to Offer NASA a Commercial Solution to Reboost Hubble and Deliver Additional In-Space Servicing- SpaceRef

IMPULSE SPACE QUALIFIES THE SAIPH THRUSTER AHEAD OF FIRST FLIGHT- Impulse

Sidus Space Expands Global Ground Site Network With New ATLAS Space Operations Contract- Business Wire 

Hughes Broadband Subscribers Continue to Decline Ahead of Jupiter 3 Launch- Via Satellite

EnduroSat raises $10 million - SpaceNews 

SOF Week 2023: How Collaborative Autonomy can revolutionise multi-domain missions- Shephard Media

CYCLE 2 GO 

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VAST books its commercial space station Haven-1's flight with SpaceX. Axiom-2 mission to conduct stem cell research on ISS. Starlink lands its first rail customer. China’s Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft launches with extra fruit on board, and more.

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VAST Announces the Haven-1 and VAST-1 Missions.- VAST

SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut mission will grow 1st stem cells in space- Space.com

SpaceX Signs First Rail Customer Agreement for Starlink With Florida's Brightline- Via Satellite   

Tianzhou-6 will able to carry about twice the weight of fruit as Tianzhou-5- CGTN

Aalyria Partners With Anduril on National Security Capabilities- Via Satellite

Commercial satellite imagery services included in new $1.2B Ukraine security assistance package- DefenseScoop 

Canadian Space Agency Awards Spire and OroraTech Wildfire Detection Contract- Via Satellite 

Yahsat reports 35% surge in Q1-2023 net profit - SatellitePro ME

Orbital Outpost X raises $5 million - SpaceNews

Warpspace Partners EO Satellite Operator LatConnect60

NASA Announces Upcoming Retirement of Space Technology Head- NASA

New report finds half of space workforce joins by age 25- SpaceWatch Africa

NASA Images Inspired National Philharmonic's Latest Symphony 

https://henrydehlinger.com/track/2813501/return-to-the-moon-fanfare-to-artemis 

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Viasat’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat gets the green light. Swiss start-up ClearSpace has contracted with Arianespace to launch its first debris de-orbit mission. NASA has released a draft request for proposals for a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station, and more.

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Viasat’s Proposed Acquisition of Inmarsat Receives Unconditional Clearance From UK’s Competition and Markets Authority 

Strategizing planetary defense- The Space Review

ClearSpace books Vega C for 2026 de-orbit mission - SpaceNews 

NASA proposes “hybrid” contract approach for space station deorbit vehicle - SpaceNews 

Momentus tug raises orbit with water-fueled thruster- SpaceNews

Space Force reviewing bids from satellite manufacturers for Space Test Program- SpaceNews

Commercial Space Office’s Kniseley keeps focus on industry engagement- Defense News 

Bentivegna named Space Force’s next top enlisted leader- Air Force Times

JAXA’s Head Visits Australia to Promote Greater Space Cooperation- Space and Defense

TRL Space awarded ESA funding – SatNews  

How space will help football fans to celebrate sport- ESA

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The first two of NASA’s hurricane hunting cubesats were successfully launched to space on board Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle, which lifted off from New Zealand. NASA says its planning on using lasers to enhance communication between spacecraft starting with the Artemis 2 mission. China has reportedly completed the second mission of its reusable spaceplane after completing 276 days in orbit, and more.

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Rocket Lab launches NASA TROPICS cubesats- SpaceNews

Artemis 2 will beam high-speed video from the moon using lasers-Space 

China’s mystery reusable spaceplane lands after 276 days in orbit- SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic Announces Crew for Return to Space in Late May- Virgin Galactic

Japan plans expansion of homegrown GPS network to 11 satellites- Nikkei Asia 

Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center- Breaking Defense 

Mexico Space Agency, Microsoft sign new agreement on the sideline of FAMEX 2023- SpaceWatch Africa

ENENSYS Multi-Wide Beam Technology selected by Thales Alenia Space- SpaceWatch.Global

Thales Alenia Space Signs Contract With ASI - SpaceWatch.Global  

Accenture and Cervest Collaborate to Bring Innovative Solutions to Clients Seeking Resilience Amid Increased Climate Risk- Accenture

Globalstar Targets More Growth With Band 53 Opportunities- Via Satellite 

Why you don’t want ‘phantom energy’ on a spacecraft- Pursuit by The University of Melbourne

Scientists ask meteorite hunters to stop using magnets to test finds- NewAtlas  

Roy Bridges, Senator Mark Kelly inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame- collectSPACE 

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