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Astrophotography has long been an admired area of interest to hobbyists and professionals around the world but what is it like to take photographs from space? NSF hosted a live downlink to the International Space Station with NASA Astronaut Don Pettit. NSF’s Jack Beyer brings us his chat with Don about capturing Earth and space from the orbiting lab. You can watch the full conversation here. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. 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

K2 space has been awarded a $60m STRATFI contract by the US Space Force for a new mission, code-named Gravitas, that'll take place no earlier than February 2026. Blue Origin held a wet rehearsal for its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral. NASA has announced that it is delaying the SpaceX Crew-10 launch until no earlier than March, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading K2 Space Awarded $60M STRATFI Contract for Groundbreaking Proliferated MEO Mission New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals Blue Origin New Glenn launch date inches closer as rocket sees testing at Cape Canaveral Astronauts who flew to space aboard Starliner face additional delay- CNN Exclusive: Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee- Reuters China's commercial rocket sends new batch of satellites into orbit - CGTN NASA Partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to Advance Technology Transfer India's first analog space mission: Could this be what our home on Moon or Mars might look like? A Year of Space-Based Innovation: ISS National Lab Sponsored More Than 100 Payloads in 2024, Advancing R&D in Low Earth Orbit 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

SpaceX to launch commercial lunar missions in mid- January for Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost, and Japan’s ispace HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2. Firefly Aerospace has been awarded nearly $179.6 million by NASA to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. Vast has contracted SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch up to two Dragon missions to the International Space Station in support of Vast’s future bid for NASA’s private astronaut missions (PAM), and more.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests today are Felix Hattwig  and  Simi Wespi from ETH Zurich's Rocket Team talking about the NICOLLIER rocket and testing the PERSEUS Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).   You can find out more about the Aris Program on the team’s website. Selected Reading ispace Announces SMBC x HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Venture Moon Mission Milestones & Ventures Firefly Awarded $179 Million NASA Contract for Moon Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes New Commercial Artemis Moon Rovers Undergo Testing at NASA Vast Announces Deal with SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the International Space Station Shenzhou-19 crew completes China's longest spacewalk - CGTN Maxar Awarded $35M in New Tasking Contracts by Two Government Customers in Asia-Pacific Region- Business Wire ESA Report on the Space Economy 2024 Contracts For Dec. 18, 2024  Ursa Major and RTX’s Raytheon Conduct Successful Flight Test Exolaunch Completes Successful Integration of 35 Customer Satellites, Set for Transporter-12 Mission with SpaceX Viasat Completes Sale of Energy Services Systems Integration Business ASTRA 1P Starts Delivering Content Across Europe- Business Wire ESA - Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78  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

Axiom Space has announced that it will have its space station ready two years ahead of schedule. Eutelsat has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of its OneWeb low Earth orbit constellation. SES successfully launched its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center last night, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Ryan Brown, Executive Director of SpaceCom. You can find out more about SpaceCom on their website. Selected Reading Axiom Space Accelerates Axiom Station Assembly Eutelsat Selects Airbus Defence and Space to Build OneWeb low Earth Orbit Constellation Extension- Business Wire SES’s Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched, Bolstering MEO Constellation- Business Wire ICEYE Closes $65m Extension To Existing Growth Funding Round For A Total Of $158m Raised In 2024 Sidus Space Announces $14 Million Private Placement- Business Wire Tokyo startup's second satellite launch attempt ends in failure - The Japan Times  Viasat Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Deliver Resilient Network Orchestration Software for Replicator Autonomous Systems Momentus to Deploy Defense Department and Commercial Payloads on Rideshare Mission with SpaceX in 2026- Business Wire ISS National Lab-Sponsored Projects on Cancer, Neurodegenerative Conditions, and More Return From Space Station Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules - The New York Times Crayola, Space4All, Blue Origin's Club for the Future, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Announce Partnership to Champion the Importance of Creativity in Space 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

NASA has released its long-term goals for sustaining human presence in low earth orbit (LEO) called NASA's Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy. Lockheed Martin’s Global Positioning System III space vehicle (GPS III SV07) launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for the RRT-1 mission, the first “Rapid Response Trailblazer”. Thailand signs the Artemis Accords, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests today are Aerospace Corporation’s Uma Bruegman, Executive Director, Space Safety Institute (SSI) and Brian Weeden from the Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS). You can read the Aerospace Corporation’s newly published Space Safety Compendium at Aerospace.org. Selected Reading NASA Finalizes Strategy for Sustaining Human Presence in Low Earth Orbit NASA Sees Progress on Starlab Commercial Space Station Development Seventh Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite Launches, Supporting Next-Gen Constellation Modernization and Rapid Launch Capability NASA Welcomes Thailand as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory Lunar Outpost Inc Co-Leads Australia’s First Lunar Rover Program China successfully launches new group of SAR satellites - CGTN China launches internet satellite constellation - CGTN Frontgrade Gaisler Leads European Initiative for Ultra Deep Sub-Micron Semiconductor Technology for Space Applications- Business Wire Rocket Lab Delivers Second Spacecraft, Completes Third for Varda Space Industries- Business Wire Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 - NASA NASA Names New Leader of STEM Engagement T-Mobile Opens Registration for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Satellite Service Beta Launch- Business Wire Hamilton completes astronaut flight training for potential space flight - F1technical.net 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

The SpaceRISE consortium has signed an agreement with the European Commission and the European Space Agency to design, deliver and operate the Infrastructure for the Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) project. An unidentified company plans to spend $1.8 billion in capital improvements at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX has sent a letter to officials in Texas to request that Starbase be incorporated as a city, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is the Cyberwire Daily’s host Dave Bittner.  Selected Reading IRIS2 lifts off as European Commission and SpaceRISE sign contract in Brussels- Business Wire Unidentified space company planning $1.8 billion in launch infrastructure, 600 jobs at Cape Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX's Starbase site into a Texas city - AP News Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) Solicitation FAA takes step to streamline launch licensing process - SpaceNews Millennium Space Systems Names Tony Gingiss as CEO Esper and Loft team up to pioneer resource monitoring with next-generation hyperspectral imagery China to launch Long March-8 rocket from its 1st commercial spaceport - CGTN NASA Awards Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract 'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve- Space 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

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Our guests today are Araz Feyzi, Co-founder and CTO at Kayhan Space and Tim Sills, Lead Security Solutions Architect at AWS for Aerospace and Satellite. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading AWS Aerospace and Satellite Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our short 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

NASA has released the Mars Future Plan: “Expanding the Horizons of Mars Science, a plan for a sustainable science program at Mars”. The US Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared the House this week and is heading to the Senate. Brazil has passed a bill to establish a state-owned company to provide services for rocket launches, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading The Mars Future Plan - NASA Science NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim House Passes Final FY2025 NDAA – SpacePolicyOnline.com Brazilian Space Industry Gets Boost in Win for Embattled Lula - Bloomberg India practices pulling its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule out of the sea (photos)- Space Virgin Galactic Partners with Italy’s Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile to Conduct Spaceport Feasibility Study- Business Wire Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a 'very big deal' for Washington startup – GeekWire Colorado Aerospace Industry Continues to Grow: Polis Administration Announces Astro Digital Expansion in Colorado NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic Rage NASA Successfully Integrates Roman Mission’s Telescope, Instruments The Geminids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's what to expect 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

Bloomberg shares an exclusive look at an insider share transaction over at SpaceX, with the company and its investors buying 1.25 billion of insider shares, making the company worth roughly $350 billion. Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic are teaming up to support US National Security missions. South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung has invested $10 million in Intuitive Machines, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is AJ Gemer, Co-founder and CTO at Lunar Outpost. You can connect with AJ on LinkedIn, and learn more about Lunar Outpost on their website. Selected Reading Elon Musk's SpaceX Share Sale Values Company at About $350 Billion - Bloomberg Ship 33 prepares for engine testing, Booster 14 Completes Static Fire - NASASpaceFlight.com Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic Announce Tasking Partnership to Support National Security Missions- Business Wire Boryung Invests USD 10 Million in Intuitive Machines to Collaborate on Lunar Healthcare Infrastructure ESA - Sentinel-1C captures first radar images Message Received: Viasat Continues Direct-to-Device Showcase with First Demonstration in United Arab Emirates Guerrilla RF Sees 125% Year-Over-Year Growth Driven by Direct-to-Cellular Satellite Applications- Business Wire China conducts static firing test of XZY-1 verification rocket - CGTN China set to launch its new Long March-8A rocket in January 2025 - CGTN Astranis Targets December Launch for Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission - Via Satellite EXOpod Index 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

Viasat has been awarded a five-year, sole-source Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract through the US General Services Administration (GSA) with a $568 million ceiling. Redwire has been awarded a $45 million plus five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and testing of prototype software and hardware for mission critical technologies. Aalyria has been selected by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to enhance connectivity for defense applications, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. You can connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn and read the paper he co-authored on launch and reentry air pollutants on Nature.com. Selected Reading Viasat Awarded up to $568 Million IDIQ Contract from General Services Administration to Support C5ISR Capabilities for U.S. Defense Forces Redwire Awarded $45 Million Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Enhanced Space-Based Capabilities for the Warfighter- Business Wire Aalyria selected by Defense Innovation Unit to enhance swarm connectivity for defense applications- Business Wire NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program Lockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for Launch Mission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Suborbital Hypersonic Launch Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025- Business Wire Sierra Space Advances Space Domain Awareness with NVIDIA ispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s Surface ION-X raises €13 million to scale up to industrial production NASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords Signings NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets 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

The US Pentagon has awarded SpaceX a contract to enhance Ukraine’s secure communications by expanding access to their Starshield satellite network. The US Department of Defense has selected SES Space & Defense to deliver satellite capabilities in support of the United States European Command. Nova Space Solutions has received a NASA contract worth approximately $822.7 million to provide operations, services, maintenance and infrastructure support services for the agency’s Stennis Space Center and the Michoud Assembly Facility and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Arial DeHerrera, Vice President of Programs at NewSpace Nexus. You can connect with Arial on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Newspace Nexus Showspace Summit on their website. Selected Reading Elon Musk's SpaceX Gets US Contract to Expand Ukraine’s Access to Starshield - Bloomberg  U.S. DoD Awards USEUCOM BPA to SES Space & Defense- Business Wire Nova Space Solutions Lands $823M NASA Contract for Operations, Maintenance Support - GovCon Wire AST SpaceMobile Announces Definitive Commercial Agreement with Vodafone Through 2034- Business Wire Space42 and ICEYE Announce Joint Venture to Bring Satellite Manufacturing to the UAE Pixxel raises $24M in additional funding, taking its total Series B raise to $60M SatixFy Announces Nine-Month 2024 Results- Business Wire Satellogic Announces $10 Million Private Placement Made By a Single Institutional Investor- Business Wire NI SPACE Initiative Launched to Tackle Blue Green Algae NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024 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

Nicolina Elrick’s journey is a tale of relentless ambition and resilience. From her humble beginnings in Scotland, she has forged her way to becoming one of the first 100 women to travel to space. Nicolina was part of Blue Origin’s NS-26 crew which flew to the Kármán line in August 2024.  You can connect with Nicolina on LinkedIn and read more about her work on her website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. 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

NASA announces delays to the Artemis Program with Artemis II targeting April 2026 for the launch and Artemis III expecting to lift off in mid-2027. Europe’s Vega C lifted off from French Guiana last night carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite into orbit for the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation program. The US National Science and Technology Council has released the 2024 National Plan for Civil Earth Observation, and more.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading NASA Shares Orion Heat Shield Findings, Updates Artemis Moon Missions Europe's Vega-C rocket returns to space after two-year gap- Reuters 2024 National Plan For Civil Earth Observations Boeing announces layoffs across Florida including Kennedy Space Center Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window to Deploy Synspective Satellite- Business Wire Iran says it conducted a successful space launch in a program long criticized by the West Matt Dominick's X Account: A Visual Journey From Space 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

Airbus announced that it is cutting over 2,000 job cuts in Defense and Space. The European Space Agency launched their Proba-3 Sun-observing mission aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLV-XL rocket. Arianespace is targeting its VV25 launch attempt today, Thursday 5 December 6:20 p.m. local time in French Guiana, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society. You can connect with Robert on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Mars Society on their website. Selected Reading Airbus cuts 2,000 Defence and Space jobs, taming earlier plans- Reuters Space firms plot new European satellite venture to take on Starlink as job cuts loom- Reuters ESA - Eclipse-making double satellite Proba-3 enters orbit Arianespace 2 Flight Postponement of the Launch  Northrop Grumman Completes Activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Capabilities, Including EPS-R Payloads Space Force activates component field command in Japan China launches new satellite group for Spacesail Constellation Muon Space Awarded Space Force Contract to Advance Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Capabilities SpaceX launches 350th mission using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink mission from California – Spaceflight Now Orbite Closes Series A and Launches Luxury Space Programs and Strategic Partnership- 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

Incoming US President Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman to lead NASA under the new administration. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €30 million loan with Sateliot to co-finance the rollout of its constellation of over 100 LEO satellites, providing internet of things connectivity across the world.  Orbex is moving its launch operations from Sutherland to SaxaVord, 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 Nicolina Elrick, the first Scottish woman in space. You can connect with Nicolina on LinkedIn and read more about her work on her website. Selected Reading Trump picks Jared Isaacman to head NASA- Reuters EIB finances with €30 million Sateliot’s satellite network Orbex moves launch operations to Shetland – SaxaVord ESA - Watch eclipse-making Proba-3 launch Sierra Space Signs Agreements to Advance Manufacturing in Microgravity- Business Wire Rivada Tapped for Virtual Network Operator Contract with U.S. Navy Umbra Selected for NRO's Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III, Strengthening U.S. SAR Capabilities Parsons and Globalstar Announce Partnership, Demonstrate First Software Defined Satellite Communication Solutions in Low Earth Orbit- Business Wire Altair and Auburn University to Collaborate on $1.25 Million AFWERX Contract to Advance Vortex Rocket Engines Varda Space Wins $48M Contract For Reentry Payload Testing- Aviation Week Network U.S. Navy Selects X-Bow Systems to Modernize and Automate Energetics Industrial Base Redwire Partners with YouTuber Mark Rober and CrunchLabs to Enable a Unique Selfie-Taking Satellite for STEAM Outreach 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

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Our guests today are Nadine Alameh, Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), and Salem El Nimri, Chief of Space Technology at AWS for Aerospace and Satellite. Nadine and Salem share details on the Generative AI for Geospatial Challenge. 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. Selected Reading AWS Aerospace and Satellite Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our short 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

Saudi Arabia's Neo Space Group (NSG) has signed an agreement to acquire Airbus' UP42 digital Earth observation platform. Redwire Space says it’s opening a regional office in Warsaw, to expand the company’s European operations. Space Machines Company has signed a partnership agreement with Lúnasa to address the issue of space debris, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app and be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society. You can connect with Robert on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Mars Society on their website. Selected Reading Neo Space Group To Acquire Up42 Earth Observation Digital Platform From Airbus Redwire Expands European Operations and Opens Regional Office in Warsaw, Welcomes New General Manager to Lead Operations Lúnasa and Space Machines Company sign critical agreement for an In-Orbit Servicing mission Atmos Seven Re-Entry Missions with Space Cargo Unlimited Adara Ventures Backs Advanced Infrared Imaging Startup SatVu, Its First Energy Fund Investment- Business Wire Turion Space Secures Strategic Investment from Veteran Ventures Capital- citybiz Planet Partners with Laconic to Deliver AI-Powered Forest Carbon Insights, Aiming to Enable Informed Carbon Credit Trading- Business Wire CesiumAstro and Axiom Space Join Forces to Develop Next-Generation Spacesuit Technology- Business Wire AST SpaceMobile and Cadence Collaborate to Advance the World’s First and Only Planned Space-Based Global Cellular Broadband Network- Business Wire AWS announces Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts- AWS Public Sector Blog Peraton Awarded $249M LSOV Task Order- Business Wire News - In-Space Logistics - Rogue Space Systems Corporation Spire Global Appoints Theresa Condor as CEO and Taps Aerospace Industry Veterans for Executive Team- Business Wire Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security Ron Moultrie joins LeoLabs Board of Directors USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record 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

Lots of news about Taiwan. Launch number five, but also six, for the NRO this year. Dhruva Space launches AstraView. TASTI space news from Foxconn. 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 author Joan Marie Galat discussing using STEAM in children's books.  You can connect with Joan Marie Galat on LinkedIn, and learn about her books on her website.  Selected Reading NRO Launches Fifth Proliferated Architecture Mission with NROL-126 (National Reconnaissance Office) Dhruva Space strengthens full-stack Space offerings with AstraView Commercial Satellite Imagery services through robust global partnerships (Dhruva Space) Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) Strongly Supports Space Innovation At TASTI (PR Newswire) Taiwan, Poland ink MOU to forge space cooperation: Polish official (Focus Taiwan)  ​​China's seaside commercial spacecraft launch site completes first mission (SHINE news) Scotland Breaks Ground on Third Rocket Launch Site ( European Spaceflight)  Zenno Astronautics secures investment from Global Brain, one of the largest VCs in Japan, representing ANA HOLDINGS and Mitsubishi Electric (Zenno Astronautics)  The UK space sector is expanding faster than the UK Economy (SatNews) ESA - Watch eclipse-making Proba-3 launch (European Space Agency) Sidus Space Announces LizzieSat™-2 Ready for Launch (Sidus Space)  BepiColombo Performed its Fifth Mercury Flyby (Space Voyaging) 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

A few hours prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russia’s military intelligence launched a cyberattack against ViaSat’s KA-SAT satellite network, which was used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It prevented them from using satellite communications to respond to the invasion. After the ViaSat hack, numerous cyber operations were conducted against the space sector from both sides of the conflict. What have we learnt from the Viasat attack? Clémence Poirier has written a report on the Viasat cybersecurity attack during the war in Ukraine. Hacking the Cosmos: Cyber operations against the space sector.  You can connect with Clémence Poirier on LinkedIn, and read her report on this 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. 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