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Space Hi-Jinkies. Sep 06, 2023

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Speculation surrounds launches planned at Cape Canaveral this week. SpaceX readies Starship for a second launch but is still waiting for the green light from the FAA. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch the H2-A rocket with JAXA payloads XRISM and SLIM on board, and more.

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Our guest today is Starfish Space Director of Strategic Relationships Michael Madrid on reviving the Otter Pup.

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Selected Reading

Three launches set this week from the Cape. Is one a DoD hypersonic missile weapons test?- Florida Today

SpaceX stacks Starship for another launch attempt, but no date released yet- Click Orlando

Japan's delayed H2A rocket carrying lunar lander to launch on Sept. 7- Kyodo News

Voyager Space Celebrates Successful Installation of Gambit Payload on the Bishop Airlock- PR Newswire

SES Space & Defense Awarded U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Contract to Support DEUCSI Program- Press Release

Terran Orbital Unveils New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses- Business Wire

Wyvern and Loft Orbital Join Forces to Expand Dragonette Satellite Constellation- Press Release

Fuelled-up dress rehearsal for Ariane 6- ESA

China's commercial CERES-1 rocket succeeds in first sea launch- CGTN

Astrobotic Commences Two Nasa Contracts To Investigate Rocket Plumes And Their Interaction With The Lunar Surface- Press Release

Solstar Space Awarded Over $1.2 Million U.S. Space Force AFWERX/AFVENTURES Phase II SBIR Contract for Deke Space Communicator- Press Release

The Space Force needs a brand-new culture of its own- Defense One

It’s Not About Where U.S. Space Command Goes But Whether It Should Exist At All- War on the Rocks

SSC Rapid Reaction Branch receives Air Force Electronic Warfare Award for crisis response support for Commander, U.S. Space Command; named Outstanding Level II Electromagnetic Warfare Unit of the Year

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite could reveal how Earth formed different layers- Space.com

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Trials and tribulations of Ariane 6. Sep 05, 2023

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The European Space Agency releases key milestones for the Ariane 6 launch. The Indian Space Research Organization says that their lunar lander and rover are now in sleep mode. SpaceX Crew 6 splashed down over the weekend returning four astronauts from the ISS, and more.

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Our guest is Dr. John Z. Kiss, space biologist and professor at UNCG who studies plants in microgravity and low gravity environments.

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Selected Reading

Europe to decide within weeks on when to restart space launches- Reuters

The European Space Agency has a transparency problem — but it's completely legal- Space.com

Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space- BBC

India’s moon rover completes walk, put into ‘sleep mode’- Al Jazeera

Manastu Space secures $3M led by Capital 2B, BIG Capital, E2MC

Sultan Al Neyadi returns to Earth after historic space mission- UAE National

UAE investments in space sector surpass Dhs22bn

¥10 Billion JAXA Fund Set to Boost Space Business - The Japan News

York Space Systems Establishes Successful Communications with Final Delivery on Tranche 0 Program

Firefly Aerospace Awarded Multi-Launch Agreement with L3Harris- PR

Vodafone teams up with Amazon's Project Kuiper to extend 5G reach | Reuters

Fleet Space Technologies takes stake in Thor Energy underpinning long-term commitment to revolutionising mineral exploration at Alford East project

China's wide field survey telescope to be operational in mid-Sept.- CGTN

Amazing satellite video shows China's space station come together in Earth orbit

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Career Notes- T-Minus Space Daily Podcast Producer Alice Carruth. Sep 04, 2023

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Today is September 4th, 2023- Labor Day in the US, so we have a special program for you. Career Notes explores the pathways of some of the most influential leaders in aerospace. Our guest for today is our podcast producer Alice Carruth. Alice has traversed a career in international journalism to space PR and marketing. Here is her story in her own words.

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Africa space policy with Ruvimbo Samanga. Sep 02, 2023

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Ruvimbo Samanga is an Africa Space Policy Analyst currently working for Access Partnership and sits on the Board of the Space Arbitration Association. She serves as an Ambassador for the MILO Space Science Institute, and previously served a 2-year term as the National Point of Contact for Zimbabwe in the Space Generation Advisory Council, the latter which is in support of the United Nations Program on Space Applications.

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Africa’s space industry is about to lift off. Sep 01, 2023

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The African space industry is projected to be worth $22.64 billion by 2026. The launch of 13 Tranche 0 Space Development Agency satellites has been delayed until Saturday at the earliest. An Amazon shareholder sues Jeff Bezos and the board alleging that the company failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts, and more.

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Our guest today is Africa Space Policy Analyst Ruvimbo Samanga.

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Selected Reading

African Space Industry Annual Report, 2023 Edition- Space in Africa

SpaceX delays launch of 13 satellites for US Space Force to Sept. 2. Here's how to watch online for free.- Space.com

Amazon shareholder sues board, Bezos over Blue Origin launch contracts- Reuters

Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show- Reuters

China starts preparation for manned moon project, aiming for 2030- CGTN

Intuitive Machines Announces $20 Million Equity Investment- Global Newswire

SatixFy Announces Strategic $60 Million Transaction including a Commercial Agreement & Subsidiary Sale with MDA- Business Wire

Sita Sonty Joins Space Tango as CEO- Space Tango

‘A big responsibility’: astronaut from UAE on longest ever Arab space mission- The Guardian

Trends That Impact Perceptions of the Chinese Space Program- AU

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VICTUS NOX on standby for callup. Aug 31, 2023

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Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems enter a six-month hot standby phase for the US Space Force’s VICTUS NOX mission. QinetiQ's U.S. subsidiary has been awarded a $224 million five-year contract to engineer systems and provide other professional support services for the Space Development Agency’s future layered network of missile tracking satellites in low-Earth orbit. Helsinki-based ReOrbit has completed an oversubscribed Seed funding round for $7.4 million, and more.

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Our guest today is Aravind Ravichandran, the Founder and CEO of Terrawatch Space. This is a new recurring segment we'll be doing on T-Minus Space Daily every month covering the earth observation and sensing market with Aravind and his work consulting for this industry. We’re calling it the Overview.

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Selected Reading

Space Force is branching out with new subordinate command in Japan- Stars and Stripes

KDDI Signs Agreement with SpaceX to Bring Satellite-to-Cellular service to Japan

QinetiQ Wins $224M SDA Proliferated Architecture Support Contract- GoveConWire

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications Study

ReOrbit Completes Oversubscribed $7.4M Seed Funding Round: Enabling Real-Time Dataflow in Space

AAC Clyde Space Q2 Report

Polaris on course to develop hypersonic spaceplane Aurora- IE

AstroCardia develops artificial 'space heart' to study heart health- Space Applications

Spiral Blue Unveils Australia’s First ‘your Code In Space’ Initiative

Space Force in discussions to establish a cyber component to US Cyber Command- Defense Scoop

Old Soviet satellite breaks apart in orbit after space debris collision- Space.com

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Space is hard. And it smells of rotten eggs. Aug 30, 2023

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Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak announces the successful demonstration of its OrbitSecure encryption technology aboard the International Space Station, showing that secure operations traffic could be successfully sent and received between ground and on-orbit stations. SAIC has been awarded a $574.5 million task order to help the US Space Force update and maintain a global network of ground based radar systems. India’s Pragyan lunar rover has found evidence of sulfur on the Moon, and more.

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Our guest today is Charles Rath, Founder and CEO of RS21.

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Selected Reading

SpiderOak Announces Successful Demonstration of OrbitSecure on International Space Station- PR

SAIC Wins $575M Space Force Task Order for Ground Radar Sustainment, Modernization Services- Govconwire

TransAstra claims NASA contract for debris capture bag- SpaceNews

U.S. Space Force looks to boost allied tracking of North Korea missiles- Reuters

How Data from a NASA Lunar Orbiter is Preparing Artemis Astronauts- NASA

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover confirms sulphur on moon’s south pole- Al Jazeera

India's Satsure Raises $15m In Series A Round Led By Baring Private Equity Partners, India And Promus Ventures- technode.global

SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse Mission- European Spaceflight

Azerbaijan Adopts Primary Space Legislation- Space Watch Global

On this day in history, August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off for its maiden voyage- Fox News

Satellite Plants Roots in Agriculture- Via Satellite

New Space, New Rules? An overview of historical and current developments in global space governance- London Politica

Space Force Tries Out a ‘Unique’ Approach for Developing New Tactics- Air and Space Forces

Long Before SpaceX, Pan Am Was Booking Flights to the Moon- National Endowment for the Humanities

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Starfish saves the Otter Pup. Aug 29, 2023

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Starfish Space announces the successful stabilization of the Otter Pup. Hurricane Idalia causes delays to ULA’s launch of the NRO Silentbarker satellite. Robotics company GITAI raises an additional $15 million in a Series B Extension round, and more.

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Our guest today is Intellectual Property Lawyer Kyriacos Tsircou on space startups navigating IP hurdles.

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Selected Reading

Satellite Internet Market worth $17.1 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

ULA delays Atlas V launch to roll the rocket back ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia- Florida Today

US offers rare preview of upcoming spy-satellite launch- Defense One

TEMPO - Nitrogen Dioxide Air Pollution Over North America- NASA

NASA to Demonstrate Laser Communications from Space Station

India to launch solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 this week- TechCrunch

India's Skyroot expects to double rocket launches amid Chandrayaan-3's success- Reuters

South Africa and China Sign Agreements on Space Exploration Activities- Space in Africa

Space Robotics Startup GITAI Raises an Additional US$15 Million in Funding

Kremlin plays down moon landing failure, says space programme will continue- Yahoo

Space Florida board picks Space Force Col. Long as next CEO- Orlando Sentinel

Announcement of Opportunity ETP - Open Call for Technology - Call Four- UKSA

A Very British Space Launch review – as flimsy as Richard Branson’s rockets- the Guardian

NASA and Forest Service offer seedlings to grow Artemis 'moon trees'- Space.com

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Houston, it’s a little cozy up here. Aug 28, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 docks with the International Space Station, bringing the total number of crew on the ISS up to 11 for the next few days. Japan delays the launch of the XRISM satellite and SLIM lunar probe to later this week due to high winds. India’s Vikram Lander has sent back scientific data from its ChaSTE payload measuring the temperature at the Moon’s south pole, and more.

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Our guest today is Tim Gagnon, space artist and mission patch designer for NASA.

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Selected Reading

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to International Space Station- PR Newswire

Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moonshot because of strong winds- Reuters

First Scientific Data Sent By Chandrayaan-3 From Moon's South Pole- NDTV

Voyager Space Awarded $900 Million Ceiling Contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Architecture and Integration Directorate- PR Newswire

24 hours to launch: Space Force, DIU kick off new ‘Tactically Responsive Space’ mission- Breaking Defense

Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS)- DIU Solicitation

Exotrail’s electric propulsion systems to be used in Muon Space’s climate monitoring constellation.- PR

Astranis announces new contract for US government mission, starting with on-orbit demonstration using Arcturus satellite

SCOUT Space Acquires Free Space to Expand Technical Capabilities & Defense Expertise- SCOUT

Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window For Third Commercial Spaceflight

Spaceport America Releases Economic Impact Study for 2022

Broken Satellite Risks Big Claim in Shrinking Insurance Market- Bloomberg

Meet Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, the 'Rocket Woman' behind Chandrayaan-3's historic Moon landing- First Post

Save New Horizons, the Pluto flyby and Kuiper Belt exploration mission

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India’s new space mission with Dhruva Space’s CEO Sanjay Nekkanti. Aug 26, 2023

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In a week where India’s space program has made headlines around the world for being the first nation to soft land at the lunar south pole, we speak to the CEO of one of the country’s leading commercial space companies. Dhruva Space is working to build a sovereign network of commercial companies to support a global space market. We spoke with Dhruva Space CEO and Co-founder Sanjay Nekkanti.

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Sanjay Nekkanti: Leading India’s satellite revolution through Dhruva Space

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