Purdue University’s Applied Research Institute opened the doors to a new 65,000-square-foot Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility. ULA achieves a nominal six-second test fire of the two BE-4 engines of the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Firefly Aerospace has acquired Spaceflight Inc. for an undisclosed amount, 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 follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Today's guest is Dennis Burnett, General Counsel of Hawkeye 360 Inc. an American geospatial analytics company.  You can connect with Dennis on LinkedIn and learn more about Hawkeye 360 on their website. Selected Reading New hypersonic testing facility could boost US development- Defense News What you need to know about United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket test fire- Florida Today Ohio lawmakers make wild card pitch to host Space Command headquarters- C4IRSNET Space Command seeks more efficient use of space-tracking and missile sensors- SpaceNews Space Force to reveal draft for commercial satellite ‘reserve’ service soon- Breaking Defense NASA concerned Starship problems will delay Artemis 3- SpaceNews NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses- TechCrunch Firefly Aerospace Announces Strategic Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Bolster On-Orbit Services- Firefly SAIC Wins $64M Award to Develop, Implement Application System for SDA’s PWSA Constellation- Via Satellite Hydrosat acquires IrriWatch- SpaceNews ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies- SpaceNews UK Space Agency Backs Satellite Applications Catapult, GHGSat Partnership for Methane Emissions Data Access- Via Satellite Q&A: Maxar execs discuss US Army simulation, Project Maven- Defense News The Gray Rhino in space: US must update military requirements for satellite cyber defense- Breaking Defense Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 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 and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. 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

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, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Liam Kennedy, Inventor of ISS-Above and education partner with the ISS National Lab for the second part of our conversation about the recent resupply mission to the ISS. You can follow Liam on LinkedIn and ISS-Above on Twitter and on their website. Selected Reading OneWeb targets maritime market with expanded satellite coverage- SpaceNews ​​Boeing sued for allegedly stealing IP, counterfeiting tools used on NASA projects- CNBC Elon Musk discussed a possible Mongolia expansion with the country’s prime minister- CNBC Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record- SpaceNews US Aerospace Contractor Hacked With 'PowerDrop' Backdoor- Dark Reading  New US Spy Satellites to Track Chinese, Russian Threats in Orbit- Bloomberg Along with new office, Space Force plots new funding pot for commercial buys by 2025- Breaking Defense Pulsar Fusion Enters Research Partnership with Princeton Satellite Systems to Apply Nuclear Fusion Propulsion to Future Space Travel- PR Newswire York Space Systems Acquires Emergent Space Technologies- PR Newswire 1st-ever private Venus mission delayed until at least 2025- Space.com UK Space Agency Deputy CEO to step down- UK Government Slingshot Aerospace Hires Former Spaceport Cornwall Head Melissa Quinn and Former Axiom Space Counsel Megan Sieffert- Slingshot jades.idies.jhu.edu Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 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 and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. 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

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 technology programs for NASA and the Department of Defense, 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 follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Liam Kennedy, Inventor of ISS-Above and education partner with the ISS National Lab.  You can follow Liam on LinkedIn and ISS-Above on Twitter and on their website. Selected Reading NUVIEW Advances Support Towards Climate and Environmental Mission- PR NewsWire  US Space Force taps L3Harris to design missile-tracking sensor- C4ISRNET Astrobotic and Westinghouse Partner to Power Outer Space- SpaceWatch Thales Alenia Space will be part of the consortium to develop the Destination Earth Core Service Platform- Thales Alenia Space Momentus Secures Second Picosatellite Transportation Deal with Apogeo Space- Via Satellite Blue Origin within a “few weeks” of resuming New Shepard flights- SpaceNews China grows blood stem cells in space in what scientists say is first-of-its-kind experiment- South China Morning Post Russia delays launch of Luna 25 moon lander until August- Space.com NASA Psyche mission back on track for October launch- SpaceNews NASA, SpaceX Launch Solar Arrays, Cargo to Space Station- NASA Viasat forms satcoms titan to take on a market in transformation EOS Data Analytics and Space Electric Thruster Systems demonstrate technology in orbit- SpaceNews Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 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 and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. 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

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 for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our guest for today is Nate Mason, Principal at Starburst Aerospace, on the Starburst business accelerator program, new technology opportunities in the space sector, and startups to watch in 2023. You can follow Nate on Twitter and LinkedIn and learn about Starburst on their website. Selected Reading In a First, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space- CalTech China's Shenzhou 15 capsule lands safely with 3 Tiangong space station astronauts- Space.com Northrop Grumman gets $80 million Air Force contract for satcom experiments- SpaceNews Starburst Aerospace, MIT, and MassChallenge Join Forces for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)- Yahoo Finance Top Space Force General Visits Europe to Explore How to Operate Within NATO- Air and Space Forces Congress asks GAO for review of GeoXO weather satellite program- SpaceNews Fixed-price satellite contracts earn high grades in Space Force report card- SpaceNews Arcfield Nets $158M in US Intelligence Space, Ground Systems Integration Contracts- Via Satellite BlackSky Receives Multi-Million Contract From International Ministry of Defense Customer- Via Satellite Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk- IEEE  European agency aims to develop spacecraft to take astronauts to Moon- Financial Times Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 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 and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. 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

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? 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 Twitter and LinkedIn. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 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 and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. 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