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 intellige...
Nov 07, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 398
The Russian space agency said a Soyuz 2.1 spacecraft launched on Tuesday from Vostochny carrying 53 satellites to orbit. Redwire says their third batch of pharmaceutical drug crystals grown in space have successfully returned to Earth. Korea Telecom (KT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with KT SAT and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to partner on 6G and Low-Earth Orbit satellite projects, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an ep...
Nov 06, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 397
NASA's 31st SpaceX commercial resupply mission arrives at the International Space Station. The seven-week strike at Boeing West Coast factories is over. Rocket Lab launched its 54th Electron mission, deploying a single satellite to Low Earth Orbit for a confidential commercial customer, 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 t...
Nov 05, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 396
Apple is due to spend about $1.5 billion to expand its iPhone direct to device services with Globalstar. 3D rocket company Relativity Space is struggling to raise much needed capital. China’s Shenzhou-18 crew have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, 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 ...
Nov 04, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 395
The Space Agenda 2025 is an effort by the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation to highlight and provide insights into some of the major space challenges facing policymakers. Written primarily for US government and space sector leaders, this compendium of 16 chapters offers an accessible introduction to space policy issues affecting national security, civil space, and commercial space developments. We dive into the chapter on space regulation with Brian Weeden. Brian ...
Nov 02, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 72
A new report looks at Global rocket launch and re-entry air pollutant and CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era. North Korea held a missile launch this week which reportedly reached space. Astrobotic and Bridgestone Corporation have reached a collaboration agreement for the joint development of a lunar rover tire, 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...
Nov 01, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 394
The National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded three Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement contracts (BALISTA), to Cognitive Space, Impulse Space, and Starfish Space. Matter Intelligence has secured $12 million in seed funding. Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI complete ground testing for the European Space Agency’s InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system, and more. Remember to leave us a...
Oct 31, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 393
China has declared a complete success after launching the Shenzhou-19 crew to the Tiangong Space Station. The US Department of Defense is reportedly raising its Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Services program from an initial $900 million ceiling to a projected $13 billion according to Space News. Lockheed Martin has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital, and its subsidiary, Tyvak International, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in ...
Oct 30, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 392
China plans to launch the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship at 4:27 am on Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Spire Global has been awarded a concept study contract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop space-based capabilities for a wildfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. NASA has awarded Advanced Space a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project to develop mission architectures and requirements for customizing a low-cost rocket transfe...
Oct 29, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 391
AstroForge received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a commercial mission in deep space. NASA says the unnamed Crew-8 member that was held overnight in hospital last week, is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the US Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-167 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and mor...
Oct 28, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 390
Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling. Spacecraft are still limited to the amount of fuel they are launched with, which limits flexibility and poses long-term risks to the space environment. The company proved their concept during their mission to resupply water to the ISS, and they later launched the first commercial fuel depot into LEO. Find out more from our guest Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab. You can connect with Daniel on Lin...
Oct 26, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 71
China’sDeep Blue Aerospace, held a livestream to open up ticket sales for their suborbital flights to space which they say sold out in 20 minutes. India’s cabinet has announced a new venture capital fund for the space sector. NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully returns to Earth, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission, 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 Spa...
Oct 25, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 389
The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension and Millennium Space Systems has been awarded a $386 million Other Transaction Agreement. Blue Origin launched an uncrewed New Shepard mission verification flight to test the company’s new human-rated vehicle. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected 19 space companies to join the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit pool (HALO), and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in you...
Oct 24, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 388
Astra has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with a ceiling of up to $44 Million. Redwire has announced three new partnerships on biopharmaceuticals experiments that will launch to the ISS aboard the SpaceX-31 cargo resupply mission. Umbra has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating its commercial remote sensing capabilities into SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (...
Oct 23, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 387
NASA says weather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast have been unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the ISS and forecasts remain marginal for an undocking later today. Japan has officially approved two new astronauts. The China Manned Space Agency says the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship and Long March-2F carrier rocket have been transferred to the launch area in preparation for take off in the coming days, and more. Remember to leave us a 5...
Oct 22, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 386
Intelsat’s IS-33e satellite in geostationary orbit is irrecoverable after an anomaly and break-up. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched and deployed 20 satellites into low Earth orbit as part of the Eutelsat Group’s OneWeb constellation. The US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Service Task Orders totaling over $733 million to SpaceX, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an e...
Oct 21, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 385
Our guest today is Dan Barstow, Education Mission Specialist at the Association of Space Explorers. You can connect with Dan on LinkedIn, and explore the videos at earthmusictheater.org. 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 Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4...
Oct 19, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases a report on NASA’s Artemis Missions Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program. NASA releases an update on the commercial crew launch program for 2025. US leaders have eased export restrictions on American commercial space companies to ship certain satellite and spacecraft-related items to allies and partners, 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 intelli...
Oct 18, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 384
Airbus Defence and Space announced that they are cutting up to 2,500 jobs from now through mid-2026. The European Space Agency has selected Kepler as prime contractor to lead the development of the low Earth orbit segment of the High Throughput Optical Network program (HydRON). Thales Alenia Space has signed a €107M contract with ESA for the supply of six additional radar-based satellites dedicated to the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rat...
Oct 17, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 383
The China National Space Administration, China Manned Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences released the National Development Program for Space Science. Axiom and Prada shared the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit (AxEMU), which will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission. Spire and Mission Control plan to launch a mission to explore the power of artificial intelligence in space, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite pod...
Oct 16, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 382
SpaceX successfully held its fifth Starship flight test on Sunday morning from Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched NASA’s Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to return to regular flight operations. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 return from the International Space Station has been postponed until no earlier than 3:05 a.m., Friday, Oct. 18, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review ...
Oct 15, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 381
Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, 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...
Oct 14, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Karsen Kitchen is the youngest woman to travel to space. As part of Blue Origin’s NS-26 crew, Karsen made history as the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line. She turned a childhood dream into reality and she hopes that she is leading the way for other women to follow. You can connect with Karsen on LinkedIn, and find out more about Orbitelle on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligenc...
Oct 12, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Vast unveils their design for their commercial space station Haven-1. Volta Space emerges from stealth and shares plans to collect power and transmit it via lasers to spacecraft on the lunar surface. China launches a Long March-3B carrier rocket with a new high-orbit internet services satellite into space, 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...
Oct 11, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 380
The US Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is executing a series of novel maneuvers, called aerobraking, to change its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of its service module components. NASA’s Low-Cost Optical Terminal ground station transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD (TeraByte Infrared Delivery). ispace and the Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) have announced an agreement for a space robotics demonstration on a future ispace mission to the lunar surface, an...
Oct 10, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 379
Momentus has been selected by NASA to provide launch services for future agency missions through its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract. XDLINX, Argo Space Corp. and Fortius have raised new funding and announced the closing of seed rounds. Advanced Space’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) satellite has been awarded an extension of the mission program, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating ...
Oct 09, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 378
PLD Space also announced that its working on a family of large reusable launchers called the MIURA Next, as well as Europe's first private manned capsule, the LINCE. Starship's fifth flight test could launch as soon as this Sunday, October 13, pending regulatory approval. Earth Observation company BlackSky has been awarded a contract to deliver non-Earth Imaging services to support an unnamed customer’s Space Domain Awareness capabilities, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and revie...
Oct 08, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 377
SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera mission. NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the October 10, launch attempt of the agency’s Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated hurricane conditions in the area. Crew 8’s return has been delayed until Thursday at the earliest. Rocket Lab has been selected by NASA to complete a study for retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and bringing them to Earth for the first time, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite po...
Oct 07, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 376
Our guest today is Astronomer Kat Troche. Kat participates in sidewalk astronomy, setting up her telescope in New York City to make space for everyone. She recently had the opportunity to learn more about astronomy and dark skies in Chile and shared her story with us. You can follow Kat’s outreach program on Instagram. 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 mis...
Oct 05, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 68
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur successfully lifts off for its second certification launch for the US Space Force. NASA is establishing an entirely new mission class for astrophysics, filling a gap in the Explorers Program between major flagship operations and small-scale missions. Impulse Space has secured $150 million in Series B funding, 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 ro...
Oct 04, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 375
