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  • Texas hold ‘em at SpaceX.

    Texas hold ‘em at SpaceX.
    Jul 17 2024
    SpaceX has announced that the company will be moving its headquarters from California to Texas. The US and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on civil space research and exploration. LeoLabs has been selected to support the launch and operations of the UK Space Command's Project Tyche by delivering space tracking and monitoring, and collision avoidance services, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dan Dumbacher, CEO of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). You can connect with Dan on LinkedIn and learn more about AIAA’s ASCEND on their website. Selected Reading Elon Musk says SpaceX and X move to Texas due to California trans law SpaceX says it's ready to resume launches after a failed mission from the Central Coast | KCLU Riyadh And Washington Strengthen Their Strategic Partnership In The Field Of Space LeoLabs Selected to Support the United Kingdom's First Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Satellite in Low Earth Orbit Ramon.Space Expands into the UK to Revolutionize Space Computing and Communication Systems Dhruva Space Receives Authorisation from IN-SPACe for Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight’ Space For Humanity Announces Emily Calandrelli As Cap Ambassador Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions -CNN What do we gain from going back to the Moon? The Race for Space-Based Solar Power- WIRED Astronaut gives honest TripAdvisor review of living in space- KTLA T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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  • Space Jams.

    Space Jams.
    Jul 16 2024
    The European Space Agency (ESA) has started preparatory work for its next planetary defense mission called the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses). US Space Systems Command (SSC) has rolled out its new automated Consolidated Operational Data Archive system (CODA). KBR has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LinQuest Corporation for $737 million, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Music Composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg. You can connect with Amanda on LinkedIn, learn more about The Moons Symphony on her website and find out about the latest performance in Chicago by checking out the Breaking Barriers Festival Schedule. Selected Reading Introducing Ramses, ESA’s mission to asteroid Apophis ESA - Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know Italy's Leonardo working with Thales, Airbus on new space strategy Space System Command’s Consolidated Operational Data Archive (CODA) enters operational trial to provide space operators with reliable commercial and nontraditional sensor data from around the world KBR to Acquire LinQuest, Expanding Technical Capabilities Across Air, Space and Digital Domains Astrobotic’s Mobile Lunar Power Asset Completes Surface Stability Testing Redwire Secures Follow-On Order for Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Thales Alenia Space’s Newest Telecommunications Satellite Product Line EXPAND accelerator launches to propel Israeli tech to the forefront of NASA's Artemis- Ctech China's telecom satellite APSTAR-6E begins operational services - CGTN Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers Work with us as Head of Future Air and Space — Spaceport Cornwall NASA Transmits Hip-Hop Song to Deep Space for First Time T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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    31 m
  • Happy birthday, Meatball!

    Happy birthday, Meatball!
    Jul 15 2024
    Spanish launcher company PLD Space has signed a €31.2 million euros syndicated loan with Banco Santander, EBN Banco and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial. European aerospace groups Airbus and Thales are reportedly exploring a tie-up of some space activities as new competition disrupts the sector. NASA launched a large stratospheric balloon from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden to study X-rays in the polar atmosphere, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Kristen Parker, NASA Glenn Research Center’s Director of the Office of Communications. You can connect with Kristen on LinkedIn and learn more about the ‘meatball’ logo on the NASA website. Selected Reading Spanish banks Santander and EBN lead € 31 million financing for PLD Space's MIURA 5 launcher. Airbus and Thales explore tie-up of space activities, sources say- Reuters Largest balloon ever launched from Esrange - SSC - Swedish Space Corporation BAE Systems selected to research next-generation stable optical system for NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory AFLCMC contract awarded for two satellites to build on existing weather data constellation Morocco to acquire Israeli spy satellite worth $1 bln- media- Reuters Agreement between ISA and the Texas Association of Business to enhance Space Collaboration MBRSC and Dubai Health sign agreement to elevate astronaut health and space healthcare innovation New Sierra Space Partners Accelerate Effort to Bring Dream Chaser® Spaceplane to Japan NASA to Commemorate 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing U.S. Plan To Crash Space Station Is Condemned By Space Agency Leaders How we protected the UK and space in June 2024 - GOV.UK Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb’s Second Anniversary - NASA Science T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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    27 m
  • Rocket testing with Agile Space.

    Rocket testing with Agile Space.
    Jul 13 2024
    Agile Space has over a decade of experience testing and qualifying rocket engines and novel combustion devices. They have conducted more than 8,000 hotfire tests on test stands located at their facility in Durango, CO. Agile Space Industries is committed to producing some of the most accurate and reliable test data available in the industry. They test chemical propulsion engines in ambient or simulated environments from 1 - 26,700 Newtons of thrust. Jaydee Dyess is Agile Space’s Director of Test Operations and shares more details about why test campaigns are important. You can connect with Jaydee on LinkedIn and learn more about Agile Space Industries 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. Audience Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is grounded.

    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is grounded.
    Jul 12 2024
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a second stage engine failure while in orbit, causing a loss of the vehicle entirely. China’s iSpace suffered another launch failure resulting in the loss of three satellites. Air Marshal Paul Godfrey of the UK Royal Air Force is joining the US Space Staff as Assistant CSO for Future Concepts and Partnerships, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Holly Pascal, NASA Engineer and founder of the Women’s Aerospace Network. You can connect with Holly on LinkedIn and learn more about the Women’s Aerospace Network on their website. Selected Reading Falcon 9 suffers upper stage engine failure - SpaceNews China’s iSpace Hyperbola-1 rocket fails soon after launch, losing 3 weather satellites China targets its first planetary defense test mission Kapustin Yar Is Russia’s Main Space Test Site. Ukraine Just Droned It. Space Force announces space staff, international partnership NATO countries move to strengthen ability to collect, share space-based data- DefenseScoop Sweden’s first defence and security space strategy - Government.se Dawn Aerospace’s Rocket-Powered Aircraft, Certified for Supersonic Flight Scout Space Selected to Join DARPA’s BRIDGES Consortium for Space Superiority Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs the ISS for a fiery re-entry in Earth's atmosphere- Space SpaceX Dropped Space Junk on My Neighbor’s Farm. Here’s What Happened Next- Scientific American SpaceX’s Assault on a Fragile Habitat: Four Takeaways From Our Investigation - The New York Times Special Aerospace Services (SAS) Welcomes Andy Crocker as New Vice President of Business Development 45 Years Ago: Skylab Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere - NASA T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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    29 m
  • Space Gainz 🦾

    Space Gainz 🦾
    Jul 11 2024
    Private equity firm AE Industrial partners is closing its third private equity fund, with $1.28 billion in total financing going to five organizations and three add-on investments across the national security, aerospace and industrial services industries. Munich based Alpine Space Ventures have closed a $184 million funding round making them the largest first-time VC fund dedicated to space globally. X-Bow Systems has raised over $70 million in a Series B 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Jaydee Dyess, Director of Test Operations at Agile Space Industries. You can connect with Jaydee on LinkedIn and learn more about Agile Space Industries on their website. Selected Reading AE Industrial Partners Closes Fund III with $1.28 Billion in Capital Commitments- Business Wire Alpine Space Ventures close first fund to grow the space economy on both sides of the pond X-Bow Raises More Than $70 Million Series B to Accelerate Expansion of Hypersonic and Solid Rocket Motor Technologies Booz Allen Fuels Automation in Space- Business Wire D-Orbit Expands Its Presence in the US Market Via D-Orbit USA GUIDENT Receives Space Florida Grant to Add Low-Latency Satellite Connectivity to its Autonomous Vehicle Remote Monitoring Service NASA Deputy Administrator Strengthens Ties in Japan, Republic of Korea Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window For Next Capella Space Mission From Launch Complex 1- Business Wire Bengaluru firm building 'expandable space habitat', in talks with Musk’s SpaceX- India News ‘6-billion light years away’: James Webb Space Telescope discovers an exoplanet that resembles a jewelled ring T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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    26 m
  • Europe is SO back in the launch business.

    Europe is SO back in the launch business.
    Jul 10 2024
    Europe returns to autonomous access to space with the successful launch of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket. NATO says it is helping finance a project to use space as an alternative to subsea cables shuttling civilian and military communications across European waters. NASA and Boeing cannot confirm when Starliner will return to Earth, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Aerospace Engineer Jill Meyers. You can connect with Jill on LinkedIn and learn more about her work on her website. Selected Reading ESA - Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space ESA - Ariane 6 launches SIDLOC: opening up tools for safer space Exolaunch Successfully Deploys Satellites on Historic Ariane 6 Inaugural Launch, Enhancing European Access to Space- Business Wire NATO Backs Effort to Reroute Internet to Space in Event of Subsea Attacks - Bloomberg Max Polyakov and Noosphere released by U.S. from restrictions imposed before Russian invasion of Ukraine Science Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize NASA SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of 5th test flight (video, photos) Aerospacelab selected by MDA SPACE as part of MDA AURORA™ supply chain Virgin Galactic Completes New Spaceship Manufacturing Facility in Arizona Sidus Space Appoints former L3Harris Chief Human Resources Officer, Jeffrey Shuman, to its Board of Directors | Business Wire Fleet Space's ExoSphere Enhances Barrick Gold's Data-Driven Copper Exploration at Reko Diq Scotland’s First Satellite; The Project That Revolutionised The Scottish Space Sector NASA Invites Media to 65th Birthday Celebration for Iconic Logo T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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  • Go for Launch for Ariane 6.

    Go for Launch for Ariane 6.
    Jul 10 2024
    The long-awaited Ariane 6 is scheduled to make its inaugural launch from Kourou, French Guiana. Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space’s planned space station. Japan’s Space Agency is soliciting proposals as part of a new Space Strategic Fund established by the Japanese government which will offer one trillion yen ($6.2 billion) to Japanese companies to help expand the country’s space industry, 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. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dr. Brien Flewelling, Director of Strategic Program Development at ExoAnalytic Solutions. You can connect with Brien on LinkedIn, and learn more about Exoanalytic Solutions on their website. Selected Reading ESA - Ariane 6 launch: how to watch and what to look out for Space station startup Gravitics lands $125 million order from Axiom Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Conducts First Fly-Around Observation of Space Debris JAXA | 宇宙戦略基金事業 技術開発課題の公募を開始 SpaceX launches Türksat 6A satellite, Turkey’s first domestically-build satellite – Spaceflight Now China-France astronomical satellite identifies three gamma-ray bursts - CGTN Redwire Developing Advanced Thruster Technology to Offer Reliable, High-Volume Production to Support DoD Small Satellite Supply Chain- Business Wire Exclusive: Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says- Reuters Capital Factory to Co-Host Micro Summit on Tech Innovation — and Special Announcement in the Nation’s Capital- Business Wire NASA Moon Rocket Stage for Artemis II Moved, Prepped for Shipment NASA, Boeing Provide Next Update on Space Station Crew Flight Test AI vulnerabilities to space pirates: Cyberattacks in space can threaten life on Earth - Fast Company Max Space Appoints Space Program and Operations Veteran Kirsten Whittingham as President- Business Wire New HBO Original Documentary ‘Wild Wild Space’ Features Planet’s Origin Story and Space Industry Trajectory- Business Wire T-Minus Crew Survey 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. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com 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
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