T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

Russia plans to integrate its homegrown Gigachat artificial intelligence model into IT systems on the International Space Station. The Commercial Space Federation has formed a new Space Supply Chain Council. Planet Labs published their financial results for the period ended April 30, 2025, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-M...

Impulse Space has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round. Redwire’s advanced lunar and Martian manufacturing technology, Mason, has passed Critical Design Review (CDR). Astroscale UK has successfully completed the Critical Design Review for the ELSA-M In-Orbit Demonstration spacecraft, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follo...

US Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $1.2 billion contract for 10 Epoch 2 space vehicles for the US Space Force’s (USSF’s) Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (MWT) architecture to BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems. Jacobs has been selected by the US Space Force to provide operations, maintenance and integration support services for the branch’s Eastern and Western ranges. Voyager Techn...

The US Administration has withdrawn the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA. The eighth GPS III space vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday. Maxar Space Systems has been awarded a contract by EchoStar Corporation to manufacture EchoStar XXVI, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on Linke...

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Our guests on this episode are Clint Crosier (Maj Gen, Air Force/Space Force Retired), Director, AWS Aerospace and Satellite and Jeff McLain, Cloud Security Architect at United Launch Alliance. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Readin...

Northrup Grumman has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of their co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse. Chinese startup Space Epoch has completed its first sea recovery test of a verification rocket. Jaguar Space is collaborating with The Karman Project in a multinational partnership, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and revie...

UK ISAM company Space Forge has increased its global footprint, opening a new office in Portugal. Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DTSA) is collaborating with the AST SpaceMobile to enhance connectivity. Karman Space and Defense has acquired Industrial Solid Propulsion, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Min...

SpaceX’s Starship test flight 9 fails to meet its mission objectives. Rocket Lab to acquire payload development and manufacturing company Geost for $275 million. Sierra Space has been awarded a NASA contract to study the use of the Company’s expandable space station technology on the moon, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-M...

EnduroSat has raised €43 Million in an investment round to support the production of their satellites. The Czech Republic says it will send an astronaut to space on a future Axiom mission. Redwire has delivered the onboard computer for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Comet Interceptor mission, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to fo...

The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of fostering and promoting engineering knowledge and experience in the field of rocketry. In 2006, ESRA started the IREC, initially known as the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition and later the Spaceport America Cup. As the competition quickly approaches its 20th year, we ex...

The Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) is a nationwide coalition working to invigorate a domestic in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capability. The COSMIC Capstone Challenge (C3) is a competition to design a payload, to be hosted about the BCT X-Sat Venus Class bus, that will demonstrate a chain of three or more operations that provide an on-orbit, au...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is looking to significantly expand satellite spectrum assets across multiple bands for current and next-generation space-based broadband connectivity. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has authorized Starship to return to flight. Impulse Space and SES have signed a multi-launch agreement, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in yo...

Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spacecraft has been offered for direct sale to customers with deliveries expected in 2027. Firefly Aerospace has signed a new agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s Rashid 2 Rover to the far side of the Moon on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander.  The CASSINI Business Accelerator program, an initiative of t...

The Trump Administration has appointed United States Space Force’s (USSF’s) Gen. Michael Guetlein to lead the Golden Dome project. MDA Space has increased its offer to acquire Satixfy Communications. Exolaunch has signed multi-year launch contracts with SpaceX that extend its small satellite launch capacity through 2028, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite po...

The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are partnering to accelerate the use of satellite-based technologies within the financial sector. Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 mission to conduct rendezvous, proximity operations (RPO), and ultimately attempt docking with another spacecraft in LEO. Ursa Space Systems and Aireon are partnering to integrate Aireon's real-time a...

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) experienced an anomaly during the third stage of the launch. Palantir USG selected to provide US Space Command and Control Data Platform solutions in support of the Department of Defense and Joint Force missions. SpaceX has acquired Akoustis Technologies for approximately $30.2 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities, and more. Rememb...

GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) and DevSecOps (Development, Security, and Operations) are complementary frameworks that aim to ensure secure and compliant software development. Our guest today is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, founder of T-Minus Space Daily, and cybersecurity expert. Brandon explains  why integrated GRC and DevSecOps are non-negotiables for space startups.  Remember to...

Gilmour Space has delayed the inaugural launch of its Eris spacecraft after the nose cone fell off the rocket ahead of liftoff.  NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch the agency’s Aspera mission. Space solar company Solestial has raised $17 Million in a Series A funding round, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on Link...

China has launched 12 satellites in the first deployment of a space computing constellation. Venus Aerospace completed the first US flight test of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). Viasat has selected Blue Origin to launch the demonstration of its InRange launch telemetry relay service, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to fol...

British ISAM company Space Forge has raised $29.8 million in a Series A Funding Round led by the NATO Innovation Fund. ICEYE has signed a €200 million agreement to produce three SAR satellites for the Polish Armed Forces. Ramon Space has been selected by Eutelsat to provide onboard digital communication channelizers for the expansion of its OneWeb constellation, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-...

The US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has selected new companies to join its effort to build a secure network of military and commercial communication satellites. The US Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has selected Auria Space and Sphinx Defense to each develop and deploy a secure, cloud-based Joint Antenna Marketplace (JAM) prototype. X-Bow Systems has raised $105 million in a Serie...

The failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashed into sea after 53 years in orbit. Redwire Corporation reports financial results from the first quarter. Viasat’s GX10A and GX10B satellite payloads are now available to deliver services for government customers, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagra...

Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor known as the godfather of modern rocketry. He is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926.  By 1915, his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket...

Rocket Lab has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to launch the Neutron for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation. Rocket Lab, MDA Space and BlackSky release financial updates. mPower Technology secures $21 million in a Series B funding round, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast ap...

Interlude announces contracts with the US Department of Energy (DoE) and Maybell Quantum to deliver helium-3 and unveils the first prototype of their lunar excavator. IonQ plans to launch a global space-to-space and space-to-ground satellite quantum key distribution network and acquire Capella Space Corporation. The Office of Space Commerce’s (OSC’s) Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)...