T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

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Budgets, busts, and booms in the space militarization market. Jun 28, 2023

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US House Appropriations Committee recommends cuts to Space Force’s FY24 budget requests. Space Delta 9 prepares for potential conflicts in space. Israel-based Ramon.Space raises $26 million for space-resilient computing infrastructure. British space startup Odin Space has successfully demonstrated the operation of its space debris sensor technology in orbit, and more.

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Our guest for today’s show is Joshua Western, CEO of Space Forge, on in-space manufacturing.

You can connect with Joshua on LinkedIn and find out more about Space Forge on their website.

Selected Reading

House appropriators target Space Force programs - SpaceNews

Space Militarization Market worth $88.6 billion by 2030- Press Release

How the ‘Stormbringers’ are Preparing for War in Space- Defense One

Ramon.Space Raises $26m To Fuel The New Era Of Space Computing Infrastructure- Press Release

Odin Space On Course To Map Sub-Cm Debris- ODIN Space

Airmo combines space and climate tech with emissions-monitoring satellites- Tech Crunch

PLD Space postpones first launch to September- SpaceNews

Fleet Space awarded A$4M Demonstrator Program contract to harness seismic data at Moon’s South Pole- Press Release

Aarti Holla-Maini to Lead the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs - Via Satellite

Satellite Spectrum Monitoring Market - Global Analysis and Forecasts, 2023-2033: Military End User to Continue its Dominance in the Multi-Billion Industry

SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller targets space service economy with tug business- CNBC

In-Space Manufacturing Leader Space Forge Hires Managing Director of New U.S. Operations- Globe Newswire

Listen to the eerie sounds of distant galaxies in breathtaking NASA video- Space.com

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Go Look Up Space. Jun 27, 2023

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Look Up Space raises over $15m in the second largest space tech seed round in Europe. US District court backs SES in battle with Intelsat over C-band payout. UK Space Command has launched a Joint Task Force Space-Defense Commercial Operations Cell, paralleling the US, to enhance space monitoring in collaboration with the US and commercial space organizations. And more.

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Our guest today is Derrick Walker, team lead for Brigham Young University Rocket Team on bringing home the 2023 Spaceport America Cup.

You can find out more about the BYU Rocketry Team on their website and follow them on LinkedIn.

Selected Reading

Look Up Space raises €14m to secure in-orbit space activities and make space sustainable- Yahoo

District Court Sides With SES Over Intelsat in C-Band Claims- Via Satellite

New UK military 'cell' to partner with US SPACECOM on space domain awareness- Breaking Defense

Compact electric thruster cleared for space firing- ESA

Germany is Building a Tiny Rover That Will Roam the Surface of Phobos - Universe Today

A handover ceremony held in Egypt for models of the MisrSat-2 project- CGTN

China conducts parachute tests for asteroid sample return mission- SpaceNews

North Korea's 1st spy satellite has been pulled from the sea after launch failure: report- Space.com

Buenos Aires’ LIA Aerospace successfully tests the 6th iteration of their KX11 engine and provides their 2023-2025 work program- SatNews

'Stop debating' over space weapons and prepare for conflict: Space Force general - Breaking Defense

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VCs do not like green eggs and SAM. Jun 26, 2023

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Venture Capitalists and executives from tech firms have signed an open letter to the US Defense Secretary requesting that DoD innovation acquisitions get reformed. The final Ariane 5 launch will take place on July 4th. Virgin Galactic has announced that they are targeting Thursday, June 29th for their first commercial spaceflight. NASA’s CHAPEA starts a 12 month analog mission, and more.

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Today’s guest is Emily Dwinnells, Director of the Maine Spaceport Initiative, on the Maine space complex.

You can connect with Emily on LinkedIn and learn about the Maine Space Complex on their website.

Selected Reading

Venture capitalists, tech firms beg Defense Secretary to speed up innovation- Breaking Defense

Final Ariane 5 launch scheduled for July 4 after fixes to booster separation system- SpaceFlight Now

First Vulcan launch further delayed for Centaur modifications- SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic Announces ‘galactic 01’ Crew Onboard The First Commercial Spaceflight- Virgin Galactic

NASA analog astronauts 'depart' for year inside mock Mars base- Collect Space

Tech Startup Targets Missile Motors as Silicon Valley Moves Into Weapons- The Wall Street Journal

Industry invited to bid for LEO satnav demo- SatNews

Deal focus: US Pentagon targets plasma-assisted hypersonic propulsion- Airforce Technology

Why do some people get rashes in space? There's a clue in astronaut blood- NPR

NASA just recycled 98% of all astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS (engineers are thrilled)- Space.com

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Timur Davis and Peter Ortez on picks and shovels for the space industry. Jun 24, 2023

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Timur Davis and Peter Ortez, Director and Principal at Munich Re Ventures, on building the "picks and shovels" for the space industry.

You can follow Timur on LinkedIn and Peter on LinkedIn.

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Selected Reading

‘In Space for Space’: The Next Wave of the Space Economy Needs “Picks and Shovels” - Medium

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India says yes to Artemis. Jun 23, 2023

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New US-India space agreements, including Artemis. Apex and Virgin Galactic get new funding, D-Orbit gets new contracts. SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure success. Baby come back, you can get the booster at sea. Lawmakers support Space Force charging for their services. Ovzon 3 delayed… again. We speak with Munich Re Ventures about their investment thesis. More coverage of the Spaceport America Cup. And more!Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.

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Timur Davis and Peter Ortez, Director and Principal at Munich Re Ventures, on building the "picks and shovels" for the space industry.

You can follow Timur on LinkedIn and Peter on LinkedIn.

Selected Reading

FACT SHEET: Republic of India Official State Visit to the United States- The White House

Spacecraft builder Apex raises $16 million from a16z and Shield Capital, reveals first customers- CNBC

Virgin Galactic raises $300 million, seeks another $400 million to expand spacecraft fleet- CNBC

D-Orbit Secures Four Multi-Million Contracts with ASI and ESA- Spacewatch.Global

Safran and Terran Orbital sign a Memorandum of Agreement to produce satellite electric propulsion systems in the United States of America- Press Release

Spideroak Demonstrates Successful Deployment Of Orbitsecure- Press Release

Rocket Lab to Launch Multiple Satellites as Part of Upcoming Recovery Mission- Press Release

House lawmakers back Space Force fees for use of launch ranges- C4ISRNET

Ovzon 3 on course to miss regulatory deadline after latest delay- SpaceNews

The Newest and Largest Starlink Satellites Are Also the Faintest- Sky & Telescope

The Zero Debris Charter- ESA

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SES and Intelsat parting ways. NorthStar and Rocket Lab weighing parts. Jun 22, 2023

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Intelsat and SES call off the merger. Anomaly affects the Otter Pup. A Russian hacker claims they’ve got Maxar satellite access if you have coin. SDA taps SAIC to make an app store for BMC3 LEO satellites - and yep we’ll translate that for you. NorthStar pivots from Virgin Orbit to Rocket Lab. NASA opens Earth Information Center. Ecuador joins the Artemis Accords. Danti unveils a search engine for geospatial data. And Kim Macharia, Executive Director at the Space Prize Foundation, joins us to discuss the space workforce.

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Kim Macharia, Executive Director at Space Prize Foundation, joins us to talk about space education and empowering women to participate in the space economy.

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Selected Reading

Intelsat ends merger talks with rival satellite communications giant SES- CNBC

Starfish Space Otter Pup Mission update- LinkedIn

Military Satellite Access Sold on Russian Hacker Forum for $15,000- HackRead

Upcoming Space Force-NRO critical thinking wargame to focus on space conflict in 2030- DefenseScoop

Great Power Space Competition Event Details- Liberty Alliance

SAIC to build software app factory for Space Development Agency- Breaking Defense

Mynaric selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program- Press Release

Space Force Budget Brief: New Priorities and Long-Term Developments Toward a New Architecture- Aerospace Corporation

NorthStar pivots to Rocket Lab following Virgin Orbit’s collapse- SpaceNews

SIA President Tom Stroup Testifies Before Congress on Satellite’s Role in Agriculture- Via Satellite

NASA opens Earth Information Center amid budget uncertainty- SpaceNews

NASA Welcomes Ecuador as 26th Artemis Accords Signatory- NASA

Startup Danti unveils search engine for geospatial data- SpaceNews

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DARPA, debris, and de-risking with simulation. Jun 21, 2023

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Happy summer solstice! A whole slew of funding rounds just announced - we’ll take a look at three of them. DARPA, SpaceLogistics, and Intelsat have their eye on 2025. Also, rockets and sharks, awesome together? Or terrible? And for our interview today, we speak with Steve Bleymaier, CTO for Aerospace & Defense at Ansys, on managing risk via modeling and simulation and the Ansys Startup program.

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Steve Bleymaier, CTO for Aerospace & Defense at Ansys, on managing risk via modeling, and simulation as a strategy for early-stage startups via the Ansys Startup program.

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Selected Reading

Peak XV Partners backs India’s Digantara to propel space situational awareness- TechCrunch

Vyoma tops up Seed round with Safran Corporate Ventures- Press Release

SCOUT Space Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round to Scale Operations- Press Release

DARPA, SpaceLogistics step toward 2025 launch of orbital robotic 'mechanic' for satellites- Breaking Defense

Intelsat Orders Fourth Satellite-Extension Mission from Northrop Grumman- Via Satellite

GHGSat receives a task order from NASA- SatNews

Telstra and OneWeb seal deal on delivering new satellite solutions- OneWeb

Potential negative effects of the Brazilian Space Program on coastal sharks- Frontiers

Why CISOs should be concerned about space-based attacks- CSO Online

Spaceport America Cup YouTube Live Stream

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Electron’s hypersonic suborbital test packs a Wallop. Jun 20, 2023

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Launch complex upgrades are afoot for Relativity Space’s Terran R. Skyrora’s 3D printed engine hits a testing milestone. Rocket Lab’s suborbital Electron test packs a Wallop. European new space startups join Copernicus. We speak with Chief Corporate Development Officer for D-Orbit, Jonathan Firth, all about their recent activities. And, Alice brings us on-the-ground coverage from day one of the Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico!

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Our guest for today’s show is Jonathan Firth, Chief Corporate Development Officer for D-Orbit.

You can connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn and learn more about D-Orbit on their website.

Selected Reading

Relativity files permit for Launch Complex 16 Terran R upgrades- Space Explored

Skyrora 3D prints and tests new model of orbital engine to prepare for commercial launch- Skyrora

Leidos' MACH-TB program successfully completes 1st test launch- Leidos

New Space companies join Copernicus- ESA

ESA’s Copernicus reveals carbon monoxide from fires in Canada- SatNews

Colombia Taps Sweden to Boost Space Ambitions- Via Satellite

Saudi Arabia boosts space education after success of ISS mission- The National News

ESA backs Greek firms’ and universities’ CubeSats- ESA

Libra Group Launches World's First Dedicated Space Leasing Company- PR Newswire

Debris from ASAT tests creating 'bad neighborhood' in low Earth orbit: Analyst- Breaking Defense

The Space Industry Is Taking Off. Space Law Is Still a Mystery.- The New York Times

The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Space Race: Starlink Versus AST SpaceMobile- Forbes

The future of space on a plate: This chef explores the food that will take us to Mars and beyond- ZME Science

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Competing in the 2023 Spaceport America Cup. Jun 19, 2023

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158 teams from around the world were selected to compete in the 2023 Spaceport America Cup. Up to 120 will make it to the competition in New Mexico which runs from June 20-24. T-Minus Space will be covering all the action at the world’s largest student rocket competition. We spoke with the University College London (UCL) Team Lead Adrien Coutant about what drew his team to compete in the Cup.

You can find out more about the competition at SpaceportAmericaCup.com or SoundingRocket.org.

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The human experience in spaceflight with Dr. George Nield. Jun 17, 2023

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Space travel has changed so much in a short period of time. Who better to talk about the advancements of point to point space travel and share the experience of flying to the Kármán line than Dr. George Nield, former Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration, Blue Origin Astronaut and Head of the Global Spaceport Alliance.

You can connect with George on LinkedIn and find out more about the Global Spaceport Alliance on their website.

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