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Reports, rockets, and revisions. Nov 15, 2024

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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.

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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

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Mass layoff to hit Boeing. Nov 14, 2024

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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.

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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

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More layoffs for NASA’s JPL. Nov 13, 2024

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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.

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Our guest today is Ivan Novikov, CEO of Wallarm.

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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

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Firefly spreads its wings with new funding. Nov 12, 2024

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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.

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Our guest today is Heather Bulk, CEO and Co-founder of Special Aerospace Services (SAS).

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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

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Space and Veterans. Nov 11, 2024

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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.

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Charles F. Bolden, former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut

Ch é 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

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Memoirs from a NASA Business Manager. Nov 09, 2024

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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

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SpaceX to boost the ISS. Nov 08, 2024

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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.

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Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.

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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

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Commercial support for SDA. Nov 07, 2024

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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.

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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.

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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

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Russia launches record-number of satellites. Nov 06, 2024

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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.

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Our guest today is Sam (Robert) Wilson, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation.

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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

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Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Nov 05, 2024

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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.

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Our guest today is Ruvimbo Samanga.

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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!

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