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Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire’s Chief Analyst, CSO, and Senior Fellow, commemorates Memorial Day. References: Abraham Lincoln, 1863. The Gettysburg Address [Speech]. Abraham Lincoln Online. Amanda Onion, Original 2009, Updated 2023. Memorial Day 2022: Facts, Meaning & Traditions [Essay]. HISTORY. Brent Hugh, 2021. A Brief History of “John Brown’s Body” [Essay]. Digital History. Bob Zeller, 2022. How Many Died in the American Civil War? [Essay]. HISTORY. General George Marshall, 2014. President Lincoln’s Letter to Mrs Bixby [Movie Clip - Saving Private Ryan]. YouTube. JOHN LOGAN, 1868. Logan’s Order Mandating Memorial Day [Order]. John A. Logan College. John Williams, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 2012. The People’s House: Lincoln (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Song]. Apple Music. John Williams, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 2012. The Blue and the Grey: Lincoln (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Song]. Apple Music - Web Playe. Livia Albeck-Ripka, 2023. A Brief History of Memorial Day [Essay]. The New York Times. Paul Robeson, 2021. John Brown’s Body [Song]. YouTube. Robert Rodat (Writer), Steven Spielberg (Director), Harve Presnell (Actor), 1998. Saving Private Ryan [Movie]. IMDb. Staff, 2020. A Brief Biography of General John A. Logan [Biography]. John A. Logan College. Staff, 2024. Civil War Timeline [WWW Document], American Battlefield Trust. Thomas Jefferson, 1776. Declaration of Independence: [Transcription]. National Archives. Winston Churchil, 1940. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill Speeches [Speech]. YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starship’s sixth success - sorta. FAA environmental review. NASA moves ahead with SpaceX and Blue Origin lunar lander missions. Airbus CEO urges the European space industry to rally. 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 Aniello Violetti, Space Attaché for the Italian Embassy who we caught up with at the Beyond Earth Symposium.  You can connect with Aniello on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Italian Embassy on their website or LinkedIn.  Selected Reading Starship's Sixth Flight Test (SpaceX) SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site (Federal Aviation Administration)  NASA Plans to Assign Missions for Two Future Artemis Cargo Landers (NASA)  Aerospace firms urge more European collaboration ahead of Trump return (Reuters)  Exclusive: Exolaunch to deploy satellites with new universal adapter in 2026 (SpaceNews) China's space industry giant tests major component of carrier rocket model (ChinaDaily)  Aalyria and iSEE Partner to Deliver Best-in-Class Space Traffic Management Solution (Business Wire)  Space Machines Company Selects LeoLabs to Support Australian-Indian Space Sustainability Mission (LeoLabs)  Orion Space Solutions to expand its work demonstrating refueling in space capabilities for U.S. Space Force (PR Newswire)  Link 16, Lasers Provide Top Comms on Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (Defense.gov) 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

Hyimpulse, Isar Aerospace, Orbex and Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) will receive a share of over €44 million as part of the European Space Agency’s extension to its BOOST! Programme. Latitude has signed a multi-launch agreement with ATMOS to deliver the company’s Phoenix re-entry vehicles into very low Earth orbit. Impulso.Space USA and Morpheus Space have both signed agreements with D-Orbit, 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 Lauren Andrade, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Beyond Earth Institute.  You can connect with Lauren on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Beyond Earth Institute on their website. Selected Reading ESA - Committed to boosting European launch services ATMOS Selects Latitude to Launch Phoenix Re-Entry Vehicles - European Spaceflight Impulso.Space Expands Strategic Collaboration with D-Orbit in Multi-Mission, Multi-Satellite Launch Contract | Business Wire Morpheus Space Announces In-Orbit Demonstration Mission of GO-2 with D-Orbit Arianespace  SpaceVan Ariane 6  Dawn Aerospace Achieves Historic Flight - Breaks Sound Barrier and Global Records AeroVironment to Acquire BlueHalo Establishing Next-Generation Defense Technology Company- Business Wire Jacobs Reports Strong Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings NASA Selects New Leader of Space Technology Cybersecurity in Orbit: How Aerospace is Evolving Defenses Against Emerging Space Threats 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 Exploration Company (TEC) has closed a $160 million Series B funding round. Satellite company Maxar has confirmed a data breach involving the personal information of its employees. The US Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it's forming a new rulemaking committee, 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. Sharon Lemac-Vincere. You can connect with Sharon on LinkedIn, and read her paper on The Cyber-Safe Gateway : Unlocking Scotland's Space Cybersecurity Potential on this website. Selected Reading European SpaceX rival raises $160 million for reusable capsule to carry astronauts, cargo to space Space tech giant Maxar confirms hacker accessed employees' personal data- TechCrunch Deloitte Enables Global Expansion of Space ISAC Watch Center as Cyber Threats to Space Increase Launch and Reentry License Requirements Improvement Aerospace Rulemaking Committee- Federal Aviation Administration Impulse Space Awarded BALISTA Contract by National Reconnaissance Office to Advance Agile Space Technologies and Strategic Technology Advancement- Business Wire SpaceX launches mystery ‘Optus-X’ on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now New Shepard's 28th Mission Includes Emily Calandrelli and Two Returning Customers- Blue Origin SUPARCO's rover to explore lunar surface Green energy, space, agriculture: China, Brazil deepen cooperation on sustainable development Rolls-Royce sets sights on providing nuclear power to space missions Boeing Elects Tim Buckley to Board of Directors James Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The Debrief 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 Rashmit Singh Sukhmani and Divya Sharma from SatSure. 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

AST SpaceMobile reports financial results for Q3 and announces a multi-launch campaign from Florida. MDA Space reports revenues of $282.4 million, up 38% year-over-year.  Sidus Space closes its previously announced underwritten public offering of 5,600,000 shares of its Class A common stock.  Impulse Space signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 rocket launches that will support the ongoing development and deployment of Impulse’s vehicles Helios and Mira, 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading AST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and Third Quarter 2024 Results MDA Space Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results Sidus Space Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update Impulse Space Secures Three SpaceX Falcon 9 Missions- Business Wire Dan Piemont on X: "ANNOUNCEMENT Today we’re announcing major changes to our mission at ABL. We are stepping away from the commercial launch market and focusing our efforts on missile defense. Commercial Launch Over the past six years, we developed an orbital rocket with unique traits. It can be" / X Sierra Space and DoE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Revolutionizing Thermal Protection for a New Generation of Commercial Space Transportation Vehicles- Business Wire NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program ispace-U.S. and Volta Space Technologies Agree to Collaborate on Future Development of Survive the Night Capability Planet Expands Contract with French Digital Farming Company Abelio- Business Wire NASA Johnson Invites Proposals to Lease Vibration Test Facility Forsway secures 2.3 MEUR funding from the European Space Agency Aging and Fragility Biomarkers are Altered by Spaceflight - 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

17,000 people globally are expected to be impacted by layoffs at aerospace giant Boeing. Starfish Space has closed a $29 million funding round. Lunar Outpost has also closed a Series A funding round but did not disclose the amount that it had raised, 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 Grammy award-winning Composer and Producer Brent Fischer. You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn, and learn more about his work on his website. Selected Reading Boeing starts issuing layoff notices as planemaker trims 10% of workforce- Reuters Starfish Space Secures $29 Million in New Funding to Advance Otter Development Lunar Outpost Secures Series A Funding to Accelerate Commercial Pursuits on the Moon Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 DRAFT RFP/RFI China launches new satellite for ocean salinity detection - CGTN ISRO and Protoplanet Partner for Innovative Research Expedition to Ladakh | Bengaluru News - Times of India Hemisphere Ventures Expands into Southeast Asia NASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru’s Space Agency X-Bow Systems and Texas State University Announce Cooperative Research Agreement for Solid Rocket Motor Advancement SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch — and it's wearing a banana (photos)- Space MetTel Is Now an Authorized Starlink Reseller, Extending Managed Network Services via Space Globally Booker Prize 2024: British author Samantha Harvey wins with Orbital 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’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced that it will be making layoffs. Rocket Lab announced revenue grew 55% year-on-year to $105 million in their financial updates from the last quarter. Spire Global has announced an agreement to sell its maritime business to Kpler for approximately $241 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 Ivan Novikov, CEO of Wallarm. You can connect with Ivan on LinkedIn, and learn more about Wallarm on their website. Selected Reading JPL Workforce Update - NASA Rocket Lab Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results, Posts 55% Year-on-Year Growth and Guides to Record Revenue in Q4- Business Wire Spire Global Announces Strategic Business Update; Debt to be Eliminated NASA Welcomes Denmark as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory GITAI Raises an Additional US$15.5 Million in Funding ispace Reports Q2 Financial Results for FY Ending March 2025 and Mission 2 Launch Scheduled No Earlier Than Jan. 2025 Rivada Expands Market Access to 18 Countries, Adds New Spectrum Sidus Space Selected to Exclusively Build Lonestar Data Holding Lunar Data Storage Spacecraft Fleet SDA Selects Vendor to Deliver Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure Sony Space Communications Corporation and Astro Digital Announce Agreement to Design, Manufacture and Launch Two Satellites Trump names Elon Musk to lead government efficiency drive- Reuters Viasat and Altán Join Forces to Launch First-of-Its-Kind LTE Home and Mobile Broadband Service over Satellite in Mexico NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft ESA - Happy New Year on Mars 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

Firefly Aerospace has closed an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round at a valuation of more than $2 billion. Indian Space startup GalaxEye has closed a Series A funding round, securing $10 million.  CAS Space conducted the fifth flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket on Monday, transporting 15 satellites into space, including one built by China for Oman, 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 Heather Bulk, CEO and Co-founder of Special Aerospace Services (SAS). You can connect with Heather on LinkedIn, and learn more about SAS on their website. Selected Reading Firefly Aerospace Closes Oversubscribed $175 Million Series D Capital Raise with New Lead Investor GalaxEye closes Series A at $10 million, looks to commercialise its satellite offerings - The Hindu BusinessLine China launches Lijian-1 Y5 carrier rocket with 15 satellites onboard - CGTN 2 SpaceX launches take off from Florida on Monday Cargo Resupply Service-2 Contract 2030 Extension Millennium Spacecraft for NASA TRACERS Mission Moves to Testing Phase Sierra Space Successfully Completes Key Development Milestone for SDA Missile Warning and Tracking Satellites | Business Wire Ariane 6 first commercial flight scheduled for early 2025 Altair Signs Collaboration Agreement with the European Space Agency New satellite data showing - Urban Green Spaces continue to decline across the world Texas A&M approves new $200 million space institute in Houston Exail Selects ST Engineering iDirect's Manufacturing Competence Center as Strategic Partner for Belgian-Dutch Navy Program Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWE 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

In lieu of our normal programming, we wanted to take today to honor our veterans- from our own team at N2K, to those that have made massive contributions to the aerospace industry in the US. Throughout this program you will hear stories from military veterans and spouses about how their time in service to their country shaped their careers in the aerospace industry. 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 Charles F. Bolden, former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut Ché Bolden, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of The Charles F. Bolden Group Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby, CEO Venus Aerospace Alice Carruth, T-Minus Producer Brandon Karpf, T-Minus Executive Producer 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

Growing up in Houston, Herb Baker has spent most of his life involved with NASA. He is sharing his experience in his new memoir “From Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASA” available from all good bookstores. You can connect with Herb on LinkedIn, and learn more about his book at herbbaker.space 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

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon is expected to complete a reboot demonstration this week as part of testing for the vehicle that will eventually deorbit the International Space Station.  Earth Observation company BlackSky has fully acquired small satellite manufacturer LeoStella. The Czech Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vast, 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading SpaceX’s Dragon ready to give space station a boost for first time | Fox Weather BlackSky Acquires Full Stake in LeoStella Ahead of Gen-3 Constellation - Via Satellite Czech Ministry of Transport Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast to Partner on Engagement with Czech Space Industry NASA's Space Healthcare Innovation Programme will work with Lithuania's Delta Biosciences HERE Expands Partnership with Maxar Intelligence to Scale Automated Mapmaking- Business Wire ispace, GISTDA, and mu Space Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Exploration Mission for Thailand’s National Space Program Ghana Launches National Space Policy NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry Trump Election Victory Sends Space Stocks Soaring - Nasdaq 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 Space Force has selected 12 companies for a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services for Space Systems Command (SSC). SpaceX have announced that they’re targeting no earlier than November 18th for the next Starship test flight. Viasat, Redwire, SES, BlackSky and Virgin Galactic have released financial updates, 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 Steve Taylor, President of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA). For additional information regarding the IREC New Site RFP or ESRA in general, please send an email to general.info@esrarocket.org or visit www.soundingrocket.org.   Selected Reading Contracts For Nov. 6, 2024 Space Force expands Commercial Integration Cell for industry cooperation UPCOMING LAUNCH: Starship's Sixth Flight Test Viasat Investor Relations Redwire Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results- Business Wire SES: YTD and Q3 2024 Results- Business Wire BlackSky Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results- Business Wire Virgin Galactic Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results And Provides Business Update Agile Space Industries to Build Tulsa Space Test Center, Creating a World-Class Space Engine Testing Facility and A Magnet for Space Industry Growth in Tulsa, Oklahoma Scientists just found a mind-boggling object in deep space- Mashable 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 Russian space agency said a Soyuz 2.1 spacecraft launched on Tuesday from Vostochny carrying 53 satellites to orbit. Redwire says their third batch of pharmaceutical drug crystals grown in space have successfully returned to Earth. Korea Telecom (KT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with KT SAT and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to partner on 6G and Low-Earth Orbit satellite projects, 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 Sam (Robert) Wilson, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation. You can connect with Sam on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website. Selected Reading Russian rocket carries record number of satellites into space Redwire Successfully Returns Third Batch of Pharmaceutical Drug Experiments to Earth- Business Wire KT Signs 6G LEO Satellite Agreement with KT SAT and KAI China’s long-term lunar plans now depend on developing its own Starship - Ars Technica Shenzhou-18 returns samples for extraterrestrial habitation research - CGTN https://x.com/NanoAvionics/status/1851637431751086247 Failure Analysis of the Arecibo Observatory 305-Meter Telescope Collapse- The National Academies Press Minuteman III Test Launch Showcases Readiness of U.S. Nuclear Force’s Safe, Effective Deterrent Teledyne to Acquire Select Aerospace and Defense Electronics Businesses of Excelitas AFRL, The Ohio State University, NASA test viability of laser welding in space A Father-Daughter Duo Cracked an ‘Alien’ Code Sent 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

NASA's 31st SpaceX commercial resupply mission arrives at the International Space Station. The seven-week strike at Boeing West Coast factories is over. Rocket Lab launched its 54th Electron mission, deploying a single satellite to Low Earth Orbit for a confidential commercial customer, 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 Ruvimbo Samanga. You can connect with Ruvimbo on LinkedIn, and read about her award at IISL.Space. Selected Reading Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract- Reuters  NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station From Contract to Space in Less Than Ten Weeks: Rocket Lab Launches its 54th Electron Mission Australia, we have permission for liftoff! India delays its 1st-ever Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2026- Space US startup Axiom Space explores using Indian rockets for space mission- Reuters Satellite deal signed for advanced military tech - GOV.UK Spire Global Achieves Financial Milestone; Provides Update on Revenue Recognition Review and Restatement | Business Wire Reaction Engines Folds After Funding Shortfall - Aviation Week Network NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await! 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

Apple is due to spend about $1.5 billion to expand its iPhone direct to device services with Globalstar.  3D rocket company Relativity Space is struggling to raise much needed capital. China’s Shenzhou-18 crew have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, 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 Herb Baker, Author of “From Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASA”. You can connect with Herb on LinkedIn, and learn more about his book at herbbaker.space Selected Reading Apple commits $1.5 billion to Globalstar for expanded iPhone satellite services Relativity Space Is Said to Face Cash Drain, Exploring Options - Bloomberg China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space- AP News Japan launches military communications satellite on 4th flight of H3 rocket- Space Telesat Signs US$39 Million Contract with SatixFy to Develop and Deliver Landing Station Baseband Units for Telesat Lightspeed Network First Flight Of Mira II $7 billion project to create Australian military satellites axed amid defence spending review - ABC News ‘We are go for launch’ approval granted for the world’s most versatile rocket launch site France and Morocco Partner to Develop Pan-African Satellite Communication System - Space in Africa Pinnacle Private Ventures Leads $2.25M Seed Round for LINGO, Advancing STEM Workforce Development Teledyne to Acquire Micropac- Business Wire MDA Space Announces Appointment Of Guillaume Lavoie As Chief Financial Officer NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper 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 Space Agenda 2025 is an effort by the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation to highlight and provide insights into some of the major space challenges facing policymakers. Written primarily for US government and space sector leaders, this compendium of 16 chapters offers an accessible introduction to space policy issues affecting national security, civil space, and commercial space developments. We dive into the chapter on space regulation with Brian Weeden. Brian Weeden is Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation. You can connect with Brian on LinkedIn. 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

A new report looks at Global rocket launch and re-entry air pollutant and CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era. North Korea held a missile launch this week which reportedly reached space. Astrobotic and Bridgestone Corporation have reached a collaboration agreement for the joint development of a lunar rover tire, 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Inventory counts air pollution cost of space launches and re-entries North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude Bridgestone Partners with Astrobotic to Develop Lunar Rover Tire SpaceRISE Selected by European Commission to Build and Operate the IRIS2 Multi-orbit Satellite Constellation- Business Wire Indra Completes Acquisition of Deimos to Strengthen Space NewCo NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 Trawling Hacker Forums Uncovers Crucial Information on Space Cyber Attacks  Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards - NASA Where did the moon trees go? 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 National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded three Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement contracts (BALISTA), to Cognitive Space, Impulse Space, and Starfish Space. Matter Intelligence has secured $12 million in seed funding. Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI complete ground testing for the European Space Agency’s  InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system, 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 Pierre Bertrand, Co-Founder and CEO of Skynopy.  You can find out more about AWS for Aerospace and Satellite by visiting space.n2k.com/AWS. Selected Reading NRO Awards BAA for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) Contracts  Matter Intelligence Emerges from Stealth with $12 Million Seed Funding to Revolutionize Remote Sensing and Global Perception- Business Wire Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI partner to develop a commercial space-based launch vehicle telemetry solution  Alén Space to Participate in ESA’s CyberCUBE Mission, Led by GMV  Sceye Partners with NASA and USGS to Address Climate Change from the Stratosphere USA  Raft Awarded Space Rapid Capabilities Office Contract Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981 Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space Voyager Space Appoints Matt Magaña as Executive Vice President, National Security Halloween on the International Space Station - 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

China has declared a complete success after launching the Shenzhou-19 crew to the Tiangong Space Station. The US Department of Defense is reportedly raising its Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Services program from an initial $900 million ceiling to a projected $13 billion according to Space News. Lockheed Martin has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital, and its subsidiary, Tyvak International, 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 Brian Weeden, Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation.  You can connect with Brian on LinkedIn, and read the Space Agenda 2025 online. Selected Reading China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration : NPR Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion - SpaceNews Lockheed Martin Advances Space Capabilities through Strategic Terran Orbital Acquisition - Oct 30, 2024 Space Forge Inc. and Voyager Space Unite to Revolutionize Commercial In-Space Manufacturing Anuvu Partners with D-Orbit USA for Design of Innovative Non-Geostationary Satellite Network Eutelsat Communications: First Quarter 2024-25 Revenues- Business Wire PRESS RELEASE: Space Port Australia and Titans Space Development Corporation sign MoU – Get The Word Out Two National Airlines Choose a Seamless Multi-orbit IFC Future with SES Open Orbits™- Business Wire NASA awards UNH $24M contract to build sensors to monitor space weather NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation Maxar Intelligence Announces New Leadership Appointments to Fuel Continued Growth and Innovation | Business Wire Crosscut Ventures Evolves Its Focus to Tackle Humanity's Biggest Problems in Frontier Tech - Space, Defense, and Energy Transition 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