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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 GuestOur 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 ReadingEuropean SpaceX rival raises $160 million for reusable capsule to carry astronauts, cargo to spaceSpace tech giant Maxar confirms hacker accessed employees' personal data- TechCrunchDeloitte Enables Global Expansion of Space ISAC Watch Center as Cyber Threats to Space IncreaseLaunch and Reentry License Requirements Improvement Aerospace Rulemaking Committee- Federal Aviation AdministrationImpulse Space Awarded BALISTA Contract by National Reconnaissance Office to Advance Agile Space Technologies and Strategic Technology Advancement- Business WireSpaceX launches mystery ‘Optus-X’ on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight NowNew Shepard's 28th Mission Includes Emily Calandrelli and Two Returning Customers- Blue OriginSUPARCO's rover to explore lunar surfaceGreen energy, space, agriculture: China, Brazil deepen cooperation on sustainable developmentRolls-Royce sets sights on providing nuclear power to space missionsBoeing Elects Tim Buckley to Board of DirectorsJames Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The DebriefT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 ReadingAWS Aerospace and SatelliteAudience SurveyWe 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingAST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and Third Quarter 2024 ResultsMDA Space Reports Third Quarter 2024 ResultsSidus Space Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business UpdateImpulse Space Secures Three SpaceX Falcon 9 Missions- Business WireDan 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" / XSierra Space and DoE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Revolutionizing Thermal Protection for a New Generation of Commercial Space Transportation Vehicles- Business WireNASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Programispace-U.S. and Volta Space Technologies Agree to Collaborate on Future Development of Survive the Night CapabilityPlanet Expands Contract with French Digital Farming Company Abelio- Business WireNASA Johnson Invites Proposals to Lease Vibration Test FacilityForsway secures 2.3 MEUR funding from the European Space AgencyAging and Fragility Biomarkers are Altered by Spaceflight - NASAT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 GuestOur 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 ReadingBoeing starts issuing layoff notices as planemaker trims 10% of workforce- ReutersStarfish Space Secures $29 Million in New Funding to Advance Otter DevelopmentLunar Outpost Secures Series A Funding to Accelerate Commercial Pursuits on the MoonProliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 DRAFT RFP/RFIChina launches new satellite for ocean salinity detection - CGTNISRO and Protoplanet Partner for Innovative Research Expedition to Ladakh | Bengaluru News - Times of IndiaHemisphere Ventures Expands into Southeast AsiaNASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru’s Space AgencyX-Bow Systems and Texas State University Announce Cooperative Research Agreement for Solid Rocket Motor AdvancementSpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch — and it's wearing a banana (photos)- SpaceMetTel Is Now an Authorized Starlink Reseller, Extending Managed Network Services via Space GloballyBooker Prize 2024: British author Samantha Harvey wins with OrbitalT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 GuestOur guest today is Ivan Novikov, CEO of Wallarm.You can connect with Ivan on LinkedIn, and learn more about Wallarm on their website.Selected ReadingJPL Workforce Update - NASARocket Lab Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results, Posts 55% Year-on-Year Growth and Guides to Record Revenue in Q4- Business WireSpire Global Announces Strategic Business Update; Debt to be EliminatedNASA Welcomes Denmark as Newest Artemis Accords SignatoryGITAI Raises an Additional US$15.5 Million in Fundingispace Reports Q2 Financial Results for FY Ending March 2025 and Mission 2 Launch Scheduled No Earlier Than Jan. 2025Rivada Expands Market Access to 18 Countries, Adds New SpectrumSidus Space Selected to Exclusively Build Lonestar Data Holding Lunar Data Storage Spacecraft FleetSDA Selects Vendor to Deliver Advanced Fire Control Ground InfrastructureSony Space Communications Corporation and Astro Digital Announce Agreement to Design, Manufacture and Launch Two SatellitesTrump names Elon Musk to lead government efficiency drive- ReutersViasat and Altán Join Forces to Launch First-of-Its-Kind LTE Home and Mobile Broadband Service over Satellite in MexicoNASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable AircraftESA - Happy New Year on MarsT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 GuestOur 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 ReadingFirefly Aerospace Closes Oversubscribed $175 Million Series D Capital Raise with New Lead InvestorGalaxEye closes Series A at $10 million, looks to commercialise its satellite offerings - The Hindu BusinessLineChina launches Lijian-1 Y5 carrier rocket with 15 satellites onboard - CGTN2 SpaceX launches take off from Florida on MondayCargo Resupply Service-2 Contract 2030 ExtensionMillennium Spacecraft for NASA TRACERS Mission Moves to Testing PhaseSierra Space Successfully Completes Key Development Milestone for SDA Missile Warning and Tracking Satellites | Business WireAriane 6 first commercial flight scheduled for early 2025Altair Signs Collaboration Agreement with the European Space AgencyNew satellite data showing - Urban Green Spaces continue to decline across the worldTexas A&M approves new $200 million space institute in HoustonExail Selects ST Engineering iDirect's Manufacturing Competence Center as Strategic Partner for Belgian-Dutch Navy ProgramHurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWET-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 GuestCharles F. Bolden, former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronautChé Bolden, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of The Charles F. Bolden GroupEileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel.Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby, CEO Venus AerospaceAlice Carruth, T-Minus ProducerBrandon Karpf, T-Minus Executive ProducerAudience SurveyWe 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.spaceRemember 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 SurveyWe 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingSpaceX’s Dragon ready to give space station a boost for first time | Fox WeatherBlackSky Acquires Full Stake in LeoStella Ahead of Gen-3 Constellation - Via SatelliteCzech Ministry of Transport Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast to Partner on Engagement with Czech Space IndustryNASA's Space Healthcare Innovation Programme will work with Lithuania's Delta BiosciencesHERE Expands Partnership with Maxar Intelligence to Scale Automated Mapmaking- Business Wireispace, GISTDA, and mu Space Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Exploration Mission for Thailand’s National Space ProgramGhana Launches National Space PolicyNASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food IndustryTrump Election Victory Sends Space Stocks Soaring - NasdaqT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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 GuestOur 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 ReadingContracts For Nov. 6, 2024Space Force expands Commercial Integration Cell for industry cooperationUPCOMING LAUNCH: Starship's Sixth Flight TestViasat Investor RelationsRedwire Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results- Business WireSES: YTD and Q3 2024 Results- Business WireBlackSky Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results- Business WireVirgin Galactic Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results And Provides Business UpdateAgile 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, OklahomaScientists just found a mind-boggling object in deep space- MashableT-Minus Crew SurveyWe 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