T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

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Space Bills, Bills, Bills. Nov 03, 2023

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The ORBITS act unanimously passes in the US Senate and moves on to the House. US Congress has introduced a bipartisan amendment to title 51, US States code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities and other purposes. Sidus Space has been awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity or IDIQ, contract to provide services to a US owned company in support of their commercial lunar program, and more.

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Our guest today is SaxaVord Spaceport CEO Frank Strang.

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Selected Reading

Cantwell, Hickenlooper Bill to Clean Up Space Junk Passes Senate Unanimously

US HB6131 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress | LegiScan

Consolidating the commercial space mission authorization regime- Deep Space Episode 22

Space Force Terminates ICBM During Test Launch Due To Anomaly

Sidus Space Awarded a 5-Year $10 Million Ceiling (IDIQ) Commercial Contract to Support Commercial Lunar Transportation

UNIIQ investeert € 350.000,- in de ruimtevaartstartup Spherical Systems - InnovationQuarter

SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9 | Space

Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk- Reuters

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter- AP

China, U.S. and EU sign milestone declaration to teamwork in AI safety - CGTN

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87

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IM (not George) JETSON. Nov 02, 2023

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The Netherlands and Iceland join the Artemis Accords. Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has successfully raised €16.6M in a latest funding round. The US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded Intuitive Machines a Joint Energy Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear Power (JETSON) Low-power Mission Application contract worth $9.49 million, and more.

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Our guest today is David Caponio, Senior Vice President of Product and Business Development at Vast.

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NASA Welcomes Netherlands as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

European Space Agency Shares Space Safety Programme Plans to Tackle Space Debris and Use AI to Boost Cyber-Resilience

Polaris Spaceplane Update

Hydrosat & Muon Space Team Up for 2024 launch of Multispectral Thermal IR Satellite

AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Selects Intuitive Machines to Provide Solutions for Nuclear-Powered Satellites

My Suborbital Life Blog 3: The Suborbital Revolution Is Here -S. Alan Stern- NASA Watch

Astroskin's first suborbital flight with Kellie Gerardi on Virgin Galactic's 05 mission

Firehawk Aerospace Announces Development of 30-Square-Mile Launch Range for Hybrid Rocket Testing in West Texas- Newswire

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Rocket Lab Welcomes Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno to Board of Directors- Business Wire

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Of Mice and Mars. Nov 01, 2023

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US Space Systems Command has assigned new launches to SpaceX and ULA for fiscal year 2024. The Federal Aviation Administration concludes its SpaceX Super Heavy safety review. HawkEye360 has been awarded a $12.25 million contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, and more.

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Our guest today is space communicator Yumna Majeed.

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Selected Reading

SpaceX, ULA Secure Additional Launch Assignments for NSSL Phase 2 Contract - GovCon Wire

FAA completes safety review of SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy license- Reuters

HawkEye 360 Awarded $12.25 Million Phase II Contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

SpinLaunch Announces New Leadership Roles to Accelerate the Commercialization of Low-Cost, High-Performance Space Solutions- Business Wire

MDA Completes Acquisition Of Satixfy Digital Payload Division

University of Luxembourg SnT signs Rideshare Agreement with Alba Orbital to deploy a Pico-satellite in Late 2024

China launches new cartographic satellite - CGTN

U.S. Space Force chief urges universal rules to keep China in check - Nikkei Asia

Japanese scientists grow mouse embryos in space for first time. Are human births next?- South China Morning Post

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Now offering satellite imagery resolutions in meters, centimeters, and smoots. Oct 31, 2023

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The Space Development Agency has announced two new contracts for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha totaling $1.3 billion to Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems. US Space Systems Command has launched its technology accelerator program at its newest Technology, Applications, and Process Lab (TAP). Three Chinese Taikonauts have returned to Earth after their five-month stay on the Tiangong space station, and more.

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Our guest today is Alejandro Roman Molinas, General Director of Aerospace Development at the Paraguayan Space Agency / Agencia Espacial del Paraguay (AEP).

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Selected Reading

Pentagon awards $1.3 billion in contracts to Northrop Grumman and York for 100 satellites

Air Force, Space Force raise max enlistment age to 42

World's first commercial space plane soon headed from Colorado to Ohio

Microbes, Mucus, and Brain Organoids--Experiments to Prevent and Treat Disease Launching on Next Space Station Resupply Mission

3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station - ABC News

Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024 - SpaceNews

FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence- The White House

The Cyber-Space Connection: Why It's Imperative For Our Future

AWS in Orbit series premieres on the T-Minus Space Daily podcast

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India’s heyday in space. Oct 30, 2023

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Skyroot Aerospace raised $27.5 million dollars in a new round of funding led by Singapore's Temasek. UK-based Space Solar has announced an innovation partnership with Thales Alenia Space, to continue to collaborate on their commercial space-based solar power system. NASA says the first Boeing Starliner flight with astronauts to the International Space Station will happen no earlier than April, and more.

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Our guest today is Steve Luczynski, Board Chairman of the Aerospace Village.

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Selected Reading

Skyroot raises $27.5 mln, heating up India's private sector space race- Reuters

Astronauts hand over space station to new crew - Chinadaily.com.cn

Space Solar and Thales Alenia Space in the UK working together to deliver Space-Based Solar Power

Rocket Factory UK gets £3.5m boost to launch from Shetland Islands

ASES to Collaborate with ESA to Leverage Space Technology for Socio-Economic Growth in Senegal

Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station

Intuitive Machines Sets January 2024 for Historic U.S. Lunar Mission

Message to the Moon.

Smithsonian To Open First Public Display of Asteroid Bennu Sample Collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission

Space Bureau Kicks Off Satellite Applicants Transparency Initiative- Federal Communications Commission

NASA-ISRO Radar Mission to Provide Dynamic View of Forests, Wetlands

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AWS in Orbit: Leveraging generative AI to do more at the rugged space edge with AWS. Oct 28, 2023

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Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this extended conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting generative AI in the space domain. She walks us through some incredible case studies with AWS customers who are using generative AI and space technologies to improve life here on Earth.

Learn more about generative AI use cases for space at AWS re:Invent.

AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K Networks and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.

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AWS in Orbit Guest

Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite.

Selected Reading

AWS successfully runs AWS compute and machine learning services on an orbiting satellite in a first-of-its kind space experiment | AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS re:Invent 2022 - Accelerate Geospatial ML with Amazon SageMaker (AER204)

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International collaborations on the horizon. Oct 27, 2023

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The United States and Australia have signed a Technology Safeguards Agreement opening opportunity for US participation in space launches from Australia. Canada’s MDA has selected SpaceX to be the launch service provider for the space technology firm's next-generation satellite constellation for Earth observation known as CHORUS. Scientists from the Air Force Research Lab are leading the first non-domestic Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the US Space Force and two Indian companies, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. Mindy Howard, founder and CEO of Cosmic Girls Foundation.

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Selected Reading

Canada's MDA taps SpaceX to launch CHORUS satellite constellation- Reuters

IHS Towers Partners with Limitless Space Institute to Inspire Space Exploration and Education in Brazil and Nigeria- Business Wire

1st international CRADA between AFRL, Indian startups ignites strategic collaboration for USSF in space technologies

SDA gets OK to begin limited testing of data satellites Link 16 nodes

Putin aims to have Russian space station by 2027- Reuters

SoundingRocket.org

Space Force sees SATCOM awards surging to $20 billion this fiscal year

Space Force Solidifies New JTAGS Mission With Stand-Up of Squadron and Detachment

Artificial Intelligence in Its Many Forms Will Be the Most Important Area of Technology in 2024, According to New IEEE Global Survey of CIOs, CTOs and Technology Leaders

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Dream chasing to the ISS. Oct 26, 2023

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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane successfully completes its first mission flight operations review at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Rocket Lab receives FAA authorization to resume Electron launches from New Zealand after a launch failure in September. The US and Australia have announced an Innovation Alliance which will cover new areas of cooperation on science and critical and emerging technologies, and more.

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Sierra Space and NASA Prepare for Revolutionary Dream Chaser® Spaceplane’s Debut Mission to Space Station | Business Wire

Rocket Lab expects to resume Electron launches before year-end after September failure- CNBC

United States-Australia Joint Leaders’ Statement Building an Innovation Alliance- The White House

Atlas, other ‘troubled’ Space Force programs to miss 2023 deliveries

Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter toxic coolant 'blob' while inspecting leaky radiator

China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station | Reuters

Space Force wants ability to refuel military satellites in orbit- Stars and Stripes

U.S. and Chinese officials meet to discuss space safety - SpaceNews

Check out the NASA EV that will drive Artemis crew (partway) to the moon- Digital Trends

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The House has a Speaker and the FAA has a boss. Oct 25, 2023

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The US Senate has confirmed Michael Whitaker as the new administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. UK Space Agency and Axiom Space announce a new partnership to bring a four person crew to orbit composed entirely of UK astronauts. Airbus and Northrop Grumman have formed a strategic partnership to compete for a part of the UK's military satellite communications program called SKYNET, and more.

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T-Minus Producer Alice Carruth is speaking to Patrick O’Neill from the ISS National Lab, reigning Miss England, Jessica Gagen, and Deputy NASA Administrator Pam Melroy at the AIAA ASCEND Conference.

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Senate confirms Michael Whitaker to run Federal Aviation Administration

UK Space Agency and Axiom Space Sign Agreement on Plans for Historic Human Spaceflight Mission

Airbus and Northrop Grumman shake on pact for UK’s lucrative SKYNET satellite program

Terran Orbital Awarded $4.7 Million Contract by European Space Agency

Ariane 6 Update

China Focus: China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-17 crewed space mission-Xinhua- CN

Space startup Skyroot unveils Vikram-1 rocket, set to launch satellites next year - The Economic Times

ULA targets Christmas Eve for inaugural Vulcan rocket launch, CEO says- CNBC

Spire Global Awarded Subcontract by Riverside Research for United States Space Force Space Domain Awareness Program

Protecting our critical satellite infrastructure: the importance of space-based infrastructure to humanity and its status within NATO

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SpaceX is breaking records… again. Oct 24, 2023

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SpaceX plans the 29th CRS mission to transport scientific experiments to the International Space Station. SpaceX reaches 5,000 Starlink satellites in space. China and Belarus have signed a joint declaration on cooperation on the International Lunar Research Station program. Canopy Aerospace secures an $850,000 NASA SBIR Ignite Phase II contract, and more.

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Our interview today is a preview of our new mini-series called AWS in Orbit. Our guest is Kathy O’Donnell, leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS, and she’ll be telling us about AWS customers pioneering space innovations at the intersection of cloud computing, space technology, and generative AI.

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Selected Reading

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 Mission Flies Research to the Space Station

Space Coast breaks yearly orbital launch record

Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 5,000 active Starlink satellites; China to send taikonauts to space station - NASASpaceFlight.com

SpaceX Plans to Deploy Thousands of Satellites in Earth's Orbit

Canopy Aerospace Receives NASA SBIR Ignite $850k Phase II Award to Democratize Access to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)

Terran Orbital Selected to build Satellite Buses for SDA Tranche 2

Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station

Belarus and China Sign Declaration for ILRS program

Netherlands to build laser pointer for ESA black hole space mission

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Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age- Reuters

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