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T-Minus Deep Space GuestScott Stalker, Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command, shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression.You can follow US Space Command on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow MGySgt Scott Stalker on LinkedIn.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

T-Minus Deep Space GuestScott Stalker, Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command, shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression.You can follow US Space Command on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow MGySgt Scott Stalker on LinkedIn.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

Let's take a look at those VC numbers for Q1. SDA's Tranche 2, coming soon to an orbit near you. The FCC's Space Bureau announces new regs. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warns Congress about the space race with China. And our conversation with Scott Stalker, Master Gunnery Sergeant in the US Marine Corps and Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command. He shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestScott Stalker, Master Gunnery Sergeant in the US Marine Corps and Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command, shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression.You can follow US Space Command on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow MGySgt Scott Stalker on LinkedIn.Selected ReadingSpace Capital Q1 2023 Report | Space CapitalIridium Announces First Quarter 2023 Results | Iridium Maxar Shareholders Approve Advent International Acquisition | Via SatelliteL3Harris awarded contract to modernize U.S. SDA capabilities | SatNews  SDA Expects to Release Tranche 2 Transport, Tracking Solicitations This Summer and Fall | Via Satellite FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules | SpaceNewsSpace Force Awards Astra New Launch Order For Rocket 4 | AstraNelson supports continuing restrictions on NASA cooperation with China | SpaceNewsU.S. Space Command announces new cooperation agreements with allies | SpaceNews  Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

More on Starship’s launch. Virgin Orbit might find a buyer yet. New campaigns and consortiums from ESA and NASA. Some news on launch providers and capabilities. A roundup of national security items from the Space Symposium this week. And a discussion with Michael Madrid, Director of Strategic Relationships at Starfish Space, our T-Minus Launch Partner. We’ll be talking about in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing and Starfish Space's recent Series A fundraising round.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured interview is Michael Madrid, Director of Strategic Relationships at Starfish Space, on in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) and Starfish Space's Series A fundraising round. Starfish Space is our T-Minus Launch Partner.You can follow Michael on LinkedIn and Twitter.Selected ReadingDespite bankruptcy, Virgin Orbit CEO says company will launch again | The Washington Post ESA developing Space-Based Solar Power plant plans | ESA  Wanted: new ideas to live off Moon resources | ESA NASA starts consortium for ISAM technologies I SpaceNewsNational In-Space Servicing, Assembly, And Manufacturing Implementation Plan | The White House Fleet Space Technologies Secures Australian Defence Space Command Contract | Australian Air Power Today Phantom Space Corporation and ELA expand scope of future equatorial orbit launches from ASCAerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area | GeekWire With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches | SpaceNews Space Force Will Get New Capability for ‘Full Spectrum Operations’ by 2026, Saltzman Says | A&SF Magazine US Space Command commercial integration office draws company interest | C4ISRNET NRO expects prototype moving target sensor on orbit in '8 to 12 months,' director says | Breaking Defense Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

The outlook for the space industry, according to investors. DoD on space as an operational domain. Northrop Grumman hits a design review milestone. NASA has a planetary defense strategy – and needs more money for Mars. More delays for Vulcan. And our conversation with Bryce Kennedy, President of the Association of Commercial Space Professionals on recent developments in space policy and law, and what’s really crucial for new space businesses to know.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured guest is Bryce Kennedy, President of ACSP and Attorney at Aegis Space Law, on recent developments in space policy and law, and how to make the space environment safe and viable for business.You can follow Bryce on LinkedIn and through the Association of Commercial Space Professionals.Selected ReadingEurope’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy disaster | Ars TechnicaLower space company price tags pave the way to more acquisitions | SpaceNews  Spacecom to reach full operational capability by end of year, commander says | DefenseScoop DoD Space Policy Official Plumb Outlines Steps to Normalize Space as an Operational Domain | Via Satellite DoD launches new 'effort' to rapidly adopt commercial space capabilities | Breaking DefenseSPACECOM sets key requirements for space, including 'combat power' | Breaking DefenseSpace Force in wait-and-see mode as ULA continues to investigate upper-stage anomaly | SpaceNewsNorthrop Grumman passes key review for transport satellites | C4ISRNET Space-Forge-reveals-plans-for-u-s-manufacturing I Space NewsSpaceX to Launch Upgraded Starlink Satellites After Issues with First Batch | NASA SpaceFlight Space Forge reveals plans for U.S. manufacturing | SpaceNewsNASA Releases Agency Strategy for Planetary Defense to Safeguard Earth | NASA Mars Sample Return in Financial Bind Already | Space Policy Online EU turns to Elon Musk to replace stalled French rocket | POLITICO  Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

Space Force and aggressor satellites. Lockheed says LINUSS is a win. Amazon’s working with new space startups. Our featured interview today is Chad Anderson, Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital, on the state of the space economy, venture capital, the unique challenges and opportunities for space businesses. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured interview is Chad Anderson, Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital, on the state of the space economy, venture capital, the unique challenges and opportunities for space businesses. Chad just published his book, The Space Economy, available now.You can follow Chad on LinkedIn and Twitter. Selected ReadingKeeping watch on aggressor satellites a key challenge for U.S. Space Force | SpaceNews Dead NASA satellite will crash to Earth this week | Space.comNew European satellite targets space debris detection | Austrian Space ForumLockheed Martin declares success demonstrating tech for in-orbit satellite servicing | SpaceNewsCrunchtime ahead for Victus Nox | SpaceNews AWS chooses 14 startups for its third space accelerator program | SpaceNews ESA working on human spaceflight scenarios for European space summit | SpaceNewsRocket Lab Introduces Suborbital Testbed Rocket, Selected for Hypersonic Test Flights | Business Wire A ‘ChatGPT’ For Satellite Photos Already Exists | Defense One  Speed and safety are top priorities for regulators | SpaceNewsArtemis II astronaut speaks to skepticism in space spending, workforce challenges | The Gazette Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky - The New York Times Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

Brace yourselves, it’s Space Symposium week! Wet dress rehearsal for Starship. UK launches the International Bilateral Fund. Orbit Fab gets a series A round. Boeing announces their anti-jam payload for WGS. The FAA wants to balance air travel and space travel. Our interview with Steve Luczynski, Board Chair of the Aerospace Village, on their mission, programs, and upcoming activities at the RSA Conference next week. All this 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 briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured guest is Steve Luczynski, Board Chair of the Aerospace Village, on the Aerospace Village nonprofit, their mission, their programs, and their upcoming activities at the RSA Conference next week.You can follow Steve on LinkedIn and Twitter.Selected ReadingSpaceX's launch of Starship could remake space exploration | Washington Post UK Space Agency funding for international space partnerships | GOV.UK. SpaceX launches seventh Transporter rideshare mission | SpaceNews Exolaunch’s 21 rideshare smallsats deployed during the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission | SatNewsHawkEye 360’s nexgen Cluster 7 smallsats are successfully launched | SatNews   TrustPoint Announces Launch of First Commercially-Funded, Purpose-Built PNT Microsatellite | Business Wire China claims its Space Station has achieved 100% oxygen regeneration in orbit | Interesting Engineering Boeing Unveils Anti-Jam Payload For Next Space Force Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite | Via SatelliteAs counterspace weapons ‘proliferate,’ the new cold war for space races forward: studies | Breaking DefenseThe Moon is the Best Place to Transport Rocket Fuel | Universe Today US aviation authorities may delay some space launches to avoid air traffic disruption | Reuters NASA launches stadium-sized balloon from New Zealand | SpaceConnect  Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

JUICE is out here making news. Space systems are critical infrastructure. Euroconsult says there's money on the table for satellite broadband. More ISAM is heading to GEO. AWS ground station features abound. China’s i-Space successful launch. Raphael Roettgen, Founder & Partner at E2MC Ventures and host of the Space Business Podcast all about the venture capital environment for new space startups and new entrants to the space market. 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 briefing, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat.T-Minus GuestOur featured guest today is Raphael Roettgen, Founder & Partner at E2MC Ventures and host of the Space Business Podcast, on the venture capital environment for new space startups and SpiderOak's recent Series C investment round.You can follow Raphael on LinkedIn and Twitter.Selected ReadingA European Space Probe Sets Its Sights on the Jupiter System | WIRED Sener makes a big boom for the JUICE satellite and three other components | SatNewsJUICE’s launch campaign in imagery | Spaceflight Now Space Force sustainment plan for Satellite Control Network ‘near completion,’ though hurdles remain | Breaking Defense Time to Designate Space Systems as Critical Infrastructure | Cyber Solarium Global Counterspace Capabilities Report | Secure WorldEuroconsult: A $74 billion untapped opportunity | SatNewsAWS Ground Station now supports Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency | SatNews Investing in Space: Intelsat signs up for Northrop Grumman satellite servicing | CNBCNorthrop Grumman Unveils New Facility in Albuquerque | NGC Figueroa to Lead Second Independent Review of Mars Sample Return Mission | SpacePolicyOnline.com  JUICE Recipe Book Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, the news to knowledge network for professionals. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relativity Space pivots from Terran 1 to focus on Terran R medium/heavy lift vehicles. US Space Force eyes direct tasking of commercial satellites for faster imagery acquisition. General Atomics demonstrates first-ever combat drone controlled via LEO satellite communications. Microsoft and Viasat collaborate to provide Viasat's Real-Time Earth ground service via Microsoft Azure Orbital marketplace. Kepler Communications raises $92 million for a constellation of 140 optical data relay satellites. Slingshot Aerospace to add 80 ground-based optical telescopes to improve space situational awareness in LEO. All this and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestBrandon Karpf, Executive Director of N2K Networks and our Executive Producer, joins us to discuss the Space Force component command and some challenges faced by SPACECENT.Article referenced: Space Force Is an ‘Equal Partner’ in CENTCOM, Commander Says | A&SF Magazine Selected ReadingRelativity Space is moving on from the Terran 1 rocket to something much bigger | Ars Technica Delivering Data: What customers get wrong about the ground segment | SpaceNews Amid commercial boom, U.S. military lacks timely access to satellite imagery | SpaceNews NASA's Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive | Futurism GA-ASI flies MQ-20 Avenger autonomously using LEO SATCOM datalink | SatNewsViasat real-time Earth antennas integrated on Microsoft Azure Orbital | SatNewsKepler Communications raises $92 million for optical data relay network | SpaceNewsSlingshot’s space-tracking network to extend coverage of low Earth orbit | SpaceNewsGeneral Atomics Completes Commissioning Of Space Environmental Testing Chambers | General Atomics Videos from the 2nd Annual Spacepower Security ForumAudience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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

The FCC Space Bureau makes its debut. Arianespace says its reusable rockets might be a while. iSpace’s HAKUTO-R lunar lander sets a date. AI brings speed to edge computing on satellites. CAS Space works towards reusable rockets. Eclipse is ready to invest in the physical industrial evolution. Zhanna Malekos-Smith on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Senior Associate at CSIS and Cyber Law Fellow at the Army Cyber Institute, on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement and the meaning of “peaceful purposes.”You can find more of Zhanna’s recent work at https://www.csis.org/people/zhanna-l-malekos-smith Selected ReadingFCC Opens Space Bureau to Modernize Satellite Policy | Via Satellite Europe will Introduce a Reusable Launch Vehicle in the 2030s, says Arianespace CEO | European Spaceflight ispace Announces Earliest Scheduled Lunar Landing Date for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 | ispace Chinese launch company tests vertical rocket landings with jet-powered prototype | Space.com Spiral Blue puts AI in space with new satellite computer | Space Connect Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery | Geekwire Midland Spaceport Development Board to be reestablished pending state funding | NewsWest9 S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite | Phys.orgEclipse eclipses previous fundraises with a whopping $1.23 billion across two new funds | TechCrunch→ Forging the New Economy: Eclipse Fund V and Early Growth Fund II | Eclipse.vc A New Membrane Could Lead to Space Telescopes with Flexible Mirrors! | Universe TodayNew Zealander without college degree couldn't talk his way into NASA and Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company | CNBC X-15 And The Pioneers Of Hypersonic Flight | Supercluster Four entrepreneurs welcomed to UK Space Agency accelerator programme | SpaceWatch.GlobalCosmonaut Korsakov tells why he took flags of Kyrgyzstan and Bishkek into space | 24.KG Tiny Spacecraft Using Solar Sails Open Up a Solar System of Opportunity | Universe Today Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 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 in the industry. Here’s a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling.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