T-Minus Space Daily
The daily space intelligence and analysis that global space industry leaders and experts depend on. Published each weekday, this program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world. Visit us to learn more at https://space.n2k.com/
Episodes
April 29, 2025 • 27 mins
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) launches the first batch of Amazon Project Kuiper satellites. Firefly launches the FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission for Lockheed Martin but experiences a second stage anomaly. Arianespace successfully launched the ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, and more.
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April 28, 2025 • 28 mins
The United States Space Force (USSF)’s Space Systems Command (SSC) today awarded a National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Space Vehicle (SV) Processing Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contract to Astrotech Space Operations (ASO). Firefly Aerospace scrubs the Message in a Booster mission for Lockheed Martin. China is working on a traffic management system to better organize satellite placement and operations, and more.
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April 26, 2025 • 26 mins
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) was created in 1984 by six Mercury 7 astronauts. Since then astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs have pursued the mission to encourage university students pursuing scientific excellence. The prestigious Astronaut Scholarship is known nationwide for being among the largest merit-based monetary scholarships awarded to undergraduate STEM juniors and s...
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April 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Japan’s Space Agency (JAXA) releases phase 2 of its ¥1 Trillion, 10-year Strategic Space Fund. Planet Labs has signed a multi-year contract with EMDYN. MaiaSpace has selected the Łukasiewicz Research Network’s Institute of Aviation to develop the engine that will power its kick stage, and more.
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April 24, 2025 • 25 mins
China launches the Shenzhou 20 spacecraft with three astronauts to the Tiangong Space Station. Katalyst Space has acquired in-space servicing company Atomos Space. The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $2.9 million contract to Raft LLC for the development of an Application Programming Interface (API), and more.
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April 23, 2025 • 15 mins
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded $55M to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for Tranche 3 (T3) Program and Integration. Northwood Space has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round to support a global ground network. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite has been secured on top of the Vega-C rocket ahead of liftoff on April 29, and more.
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April 22, 2025 • 27 mins
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed a second satellite docking demonstration as part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission. India plans to partner with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) on seven experiments for the Axiom 4 mission. SpaceX launches the Bandwagon 3 mission carrying payloads for South Korea, Tomorrow Companies and Atmos Space Cargo, and more.
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April 21, 2025 • 27 mins
The African Space Agency (AfSA) has officially opened its headquarters in Cairo. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO( in partnership with the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, launched the NROL-145 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. SpaceX launched the 32nd resupply mission to the ISS, and more.
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April 19, 2025 • 24 mins
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has raised concerns with risks on the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin hands over command of the ISS to JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi ahead of his departure from the ISS. China says it has completed the rescue of two satellites after a launch failure, and more.
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April 19, 2025 • 22 mins
You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.
Our guests on this episode are Dax Garner, CTO at Cognitive Space and Ed Meletyan, AWS Sr Solutions Architect.
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April 19, 2025 • 29 mins
James “Jim” Myers, Senior Vice President of the Civil Systems Group at the Aerospace Corporation discusses the shift in cybersecurity threats and the need for better cyber hygiene in the space industry.
You can connect with Jim on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website.
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April 17, 2025 • 28 mins
The United States Space Force releases its Warfighting Framework. Northrop Grumman launches a Minotaur 4 rocket from Vandenberg for an NRO mission. L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Indiana, and more.
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April 16, 2025 • 18 mins
HRL Laboratories and Boeing have completed the construction of their joint quantum entanglement swapping satellite. Officials from the US and the Republic of Korea have held the fourth U.S.-ROK Civil Space Dialogue. Chunghwa Telecom has signed an agreement with US satellite provider Astranis to bring a dedicated microGEO satellite to Taiwan, and more.
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April 15, 2025 • 27 mins
Rocket Lab has been on-ramped for US and UK defense contracts to expand hypersonic technology development with its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE). Redwire has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to provide four International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM) for ESA’s Lunar I-Hab. Lúnasa has been awarded a contract by ESA for “Deep Neural Network for Robust Satellite Model Matching”, and more.
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April 14, 2025 • 26 mins
Blue Origin carries the first all-female crew to the Kármán line. A leaked copy of the US Administration's 2026 budget request includes a 47% cut to NASA's science programs. NASA seeks business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods, and more.
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April 12, 2025 • 26 mins
The Space Foundation produces quarterly space reports providing data and analysis into the global space economy. Q1’s report focuses on the space workforce. It found that the space industry talent market surged in early 2025, with job postings to an industry website up 17% from the prior year. We spoke to Lesley Conn, the Director of Research & Analysis and Digital Programming and Cass Cameron Managing Editor of the Space Foundatio...
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April 11, 2025 • 20 mins
India’s Bellatrix Aerospace has announced expansion of operations to the US. Privateer Space has announced a strategic investment from the Far Eastern Group. ispace-US and Zenno Power have signed an agreement to jointly develop technologies that enable lunar missions to survive the harsh lunar night, and more.
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April 10, 2025 • 26 mins
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman appeared at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Intelsat has become the first and only satellite operator to complete a satellite life-extension mission. Sirius Space is collaborating with Ursa Major on the development of a medium-launch (ML) engine, and more.
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April 9, 2025 • 26 mins
You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.
Our guests on this episode are AJ Gemer, CTO at Lunar Outpost and Salem El Nimri, CTO at AWS Aerospace & Satellite.
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April 9, 2025 • 15 mins
The US Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Front Door office has launched a new initiative designed to enhance unclassified threat-information-sharing with commercial space companies. Astroscale US to conduct two refueling operations of a US Department of Defense (DoD) satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) for the USSF. Vast has announced that Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation, Interstellar Lab, and Exobiosphere ...
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