T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

OneWeb launches a free trial offer for maritime customers. Musk makes moves on Mongolia. A private Chinese company breaks the record for launching satellites to orbit. An unnamed US aerospace defense contractor falls victim to PowerDrop malware, 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, Sign...

NUVIEW announces plans to make the world's first commercial LiDar satellite constellation with a new consortium of funders including actor Leonardo DiCaprio. US Space Systems Command has awarded a nearly $29 million sensor payload design contract to L3Harris Technologies. Westinghouse Electric Company and Astrobotic have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration on space techno...

Caltech’s MAPLE beams wireless power in space. China’s Shenzhou 15 crew return from the Tiangong space station. Northrop Grumman has been awarded over $80 million from The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct communications experiments using commercial space internet services, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up...

Peter W Singer is a Strategist at a nonprofit think tank called New America, and also a Managing Partner at Useful Fiction- a company that brings together narrative and non-fiction products to help organizations better tell their important and real stories.  You can follow Peter on LinkedIn and Twitter. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode?...

Boeing delays manned mission to ISS. India-based Pixxel raises over $36 million in a series B funding led by Google. The US Department of Defense signs an agreement to purchase Starlink Satellite services from SpaceX for use in Ukraine. The US Air Force has announced that Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen will replace Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy as the next commander of Space Launch Delta 45, and more. R...

The US Air Force announces the creation of four more Space Force missions in Colorado Springs. Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) headquarters announced at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida. NASA introduces a new experimental monitoring system to detect tsunamis called GUARDIAN. Futurama announces a return to the silver screen, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and revie...

Viasat completes acquisition of Inmarsat. The US State Department has released a 25-page document outlining a path to improving diplomatic efforts in space. US Space Command announces that they have assumed all missile defense responsibilities from US Strategic Command per the 2022 Unified Command Plan signed by President Joe Biden. North Korea’s rocket suffers a second stage malfunction. SpaceX m...

China launches three taikonauts to Tiangong space station. Japan’s ispace blames software issues for the failed lunar landing mission. A Japanese public-private partnership has announced that it will attempt to beam solar energy from space as early as 2025. Spain signs the Artemis Accords, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign...

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Our guest for today's Deep Space episode is former NASA Astronaut Colonel Eileen Collins talking about current human spaceflight launches and future missions to Mars.  Col. Collins has released a new book “Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission” and you can connect with her on LinkedIn. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and revie...

The UK’s Royal Navy has successfully tested a quantum navigation system. Space Force awards Northrop Grumman a weather satellite launch contract. Orbit Fab selects Impulse Space’s vehicle to host a fuel depot for an in-orbit refueling demonstration for the US Space Force. NASA completes its TROPICs constellation, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast ap...

Virgin Galactic returns to space. Space Force is partnering with the Air Force on offensive space cyber operations. South Korea delivers its first commercial grade satellite into orbit, 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...

Astranis announces that their Arcturus satellite has not only successfully settled into its spot in geostationary orbit over Alaska, it's also completed an end-to-end payload test, with the satellite connecting to a ground station in Utah and user terminals in Alaska. Satellite Vu reports a Series A2 investment of $15.8m. Northrop Grumman announces a Preliminary Design Review for the U.S. Space Fo...

SpaceX adds itself as co-defendant in an environmental lawsuit against the FAA. Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast Space have all been named in court filings that divide Virgin Orbits assets. Arctic Space and One Web receive approval for Satellite Network Portal ground station in Sweden. Viasat and Inmarsat inch closer to merger, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your fa...

Quad leaders summit gives space a shoutout. FCC approves a possible Viasat-Inmarsat deal. Special coverage from the GEOINT summit happening this week (and there’s already lots of it). Space Force goes meta. And Melissa Quinn gives us the insider perspective on Spaceport Cornwall and UK launch services. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? S...

Our Deep Space guest is Namrata Goswami for an exclusive discussion about India’s new space policy. India's new space policy is driving the privatization of their entire space ecosystem. We delve into the motivations, impacts, and implications of this progressive policy.  Learn about the strategic shift towards privatization and commercialization of space activities, including satellite constructi...

Blue Origin and Blue Moon. CAPSTONE achieves some milestones. SpiderOak gets another funding round. RPS in space is getting smaller. A wooden satellite! FCC denies Dish Network over Starlink. Axiom-2 mission is go for launch. And the Karman Project announces new fellows. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligen...

Autonomous navigation systems show lots of promise for growth. Canada’s rosy prospects for spaceport Nova Scotia. Varda Space’s new funding round. Inter-governmental communications may need a marriage counselor. An espionage case. Some proposed space cybersecurity legislation. Satcom for cars. And more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode?...

Stratolaunch bids $17 million to buy some of Virgin Orbit's assets, including the Cosmic Girl carrier. Virgin Galactic announces the next launch window from May 25. Space News is reporting that British cybersecurity software developer Arqit has hired a financial adviser to sell its space division, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episo...

The final Ariane 5 flight is scheduled for no earlier than June 16. Axiom Space's Ax-2 mission to the ISS faces a narrow launch window. Space Forge says that they have designed a reusable reentry system. China calls for proposals for a low-cost transportation system to deliver cargo to and from the Tiangong space station, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite p...

ESA’s JUICE ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna has finally escaped its mounting bracket. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Lunar Flashlight mission can't orbit the moon as planned due to a propulsion system issue. USSPACECOM welcomes the National CyberSecurity Center to their Academic Engagement Enterprise, and more.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in...

Our Deep Space Episode with guest S. Sita Sonty, Partner, Associate Director and Global Space Lead for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Sita joins us to discuss edge computing in space. You can read her latest article on the subject published by Via Satellite, “Size of the Prize: How Will Edge Computing in Space Drive Value Creation?”  You can follow Sita on LinkedIn and at Boston Consulting Group’s...

Airbus Defence and Space UK will be testing their new Skynet 6A at the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility. Space Force is opening a new commercial services procurement office in Chantilly, Virginia, that'll be known as COMSO. AT&T has filed with the Federal Communications Commission to lease spectrum to AST SpaceMobile, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite...

Budget cuts shake up Australia’s space ambitions. Debt ceiling talks put the freeze on the National Defense Authorization Act. Space Force wants industry feedback on training. NASA’s seeking proposals for saving the Hubble Telescope, 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 Spac...

VAST books its commercial space station Haven-1's flight with SpaceX. Axiom-2 mission to conduct stem cell research on ISS. Starlink lands its first rail customer. China’s Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft launches with extra fruit on board, 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 Sp...