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T-Minus Space Daily

As spaceports evolve into sophisticated hubs for space exploration, the integration of emerging technologies such as digital twins, artificial intelligence (AI), and robust cybersecurity measures is becoming essential for operational success. We speak to Guadalupe Casuso, Vice President, Technology & Innovation / Digital Labs & Strategic Partnerships at Parsons. 

You can join Guada and Maria on August 27 for the Global Spaceport Alliance Webinar Spaceports as Smart Hubs. You can also read Guada's article on Harnessing Digital Twins, AI, and Cyber for Smarter Spaceport Operations

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Spaceports as smart hubs with Parsons.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last night carrying the US Space Force’s X-37B space plane. SpaceX has moved its Super Heavy booster to the launch pad at Starbase ahead of Starship's tenth flight test. Japan has announced that they will launch a new uncrewed cargo spacecraft HTV-X to resupply the International Space Station in October, and more.

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Elysia Segal brings us the Space Traffic Report from NASASpaceflight.com 

Selected Reading

SpaceX - USSF-36 Mission

SpaceX - Starship's Tenth Flight Test

Japan to launch new spacecraft to resupply International Space Station in October- Reuters

Japan to provide H3 rocket for Europe's mission to observe Apophis asteroid- Reuters

L3Harris Expands Florida Facility to Support America’s Golden Dome

Live, Laugh, Launch | Rocket Lab

China, Russia, and U.S. Race to Develop Lunar Nuclear Reactors But technical challenges may stymy ambitious deadlines

Solar panels in space ‘could provide 80% of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050’

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The X-37 space plane mystery mission.

The Trump Administration seeks to cut air quality and ocean monitoring instruments from the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation and reduce the number of satellites. NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) to look for alternatives to the Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) mission. Japan’s Space Agency (JAXA) has selected Mitsubishi Electric to develop solar technology for satellites, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Dr. Emma Louden, President of Slooh.

You can connect with Emma on LinkedIn, and find out more about Slooh on their website.

Selected Reading

Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites- CNN

Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Mission Alternatives Assessment Team (MAAT): Request for Information (RFI)

Mitsubishi Electric Selected as Representative Organization for JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund to Develop Solar Cells and Related Components for Satellites

Solar System Internet Successfully Conducted Pioneering Delay Tolerant Network Edge Processing Test on Lonestar Data Holding's February Lunar Test Flight

LunaGrid-Lite Completes Critical Design Review, Flight Model Underway

Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station | WIRED

ALL.SPACE and Telesat Government Solutions begin terminal collaboration for Telesat Lightspeed

US Space Force scheduled to launch eighth X-37B mission

Opinion- Nuclear-powered rockets will win the new space race

SpaceX’s Expensive Starship Explosions Are Starting to Add Up

TOMEX+ Launch Update – Aug. 20 - NASA

This Chappell Roan song boosted interest in a Canadian dark sky preserve by 1,800%- Space

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GeoXO constellation reduced in scope.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) to become part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) by April 2026. BlackSky has signed a seven-figure contract with HEO to provide fully-automated low-latency non-Earth imaging services for defense, intelligence and commercial use. Ursa Space Systems has announced a strategic investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, and more.

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Selected Reading

UK space sector bolstered with government reforms to boost growth and cut red tape - GOV.UK

BlackSky Signs Seven-Figure Space Domain Awareness Expansion Contract with HEO for Fully Automated Non-Earth Imaging Missions

Sumitomo Corporation Invests in Ursa Space to Accelerate Global Growth and Expand into Japan

New Shepard’s 35th Mission Targets Liftoff on Saturday, August 23, Will Fly More Than 40 Payloads to Space | Blue Origin

Orbital Data Center Launching to ISS to Advance Space Computing

ESA Backs Hungarian Project to Improve Space Weather Forecasting

New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope

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UKSA makes moves to cut red tape.

SpinLaunch has raised $30 million in funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of Meridian Space. Space Kinetic Corp. has received an undisclosed amount of funding from CerraCap Ventures. X-Bow Systems and the US Army have announced a $13.9 million joint investment to strengthen the solid rocket motor supply chain for defense needs, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Richard Cooper, Vice President, Strategic Communications & Space Awareness at the Space Foundation.

You can connect with Rich on LinkedIn, and find out more about the Space Technology Hall of Fame on the Space Foundation’s website.

Selected Reading

SpinLaunch Announces Closing of $30M in Funding to Accelerate the Development of the Meridian Space Constellation

CerraCap Ventures Invests in Space Kinetic, Driving Breakthrough - Space Superiority and Missile Defense Innovation

X-Bow Systems and U.S. Army Announce $13.9 Million Joint Investment for Next-Generation GMLRS Rocket Motor

Construction Begins at NordSpace's Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) in Canada, Ahead of First Commercial Rocket Launch

China launches seven satellites with Lijian-1 rocket

Polish Consortium Selects Payloads for State-Sponsored Suborbital Rocket Launch 

TOMEX+ Launch Update – Aug. 18 - NASA

Shubhanshu Shukla gifts PM Modi National Flag flown in Space - News9live

Higher Orbits to Launch Four Student Research Experiments to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-33

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From Hall of Fame to New Space Capital.

According to internal company documents reviewed by The New York Times, SpaceX has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002. NASA and Google are collaborating to test an AI-powered medical assistant designed to support astronauts on long-duration missions. Voyager Technologies is investing in Latent AI, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Parker Wishik brings us The Aerospace Corporation’s monthly segment Nexus. Parker is joined by Craig J. Smith Executive Director at Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority, Scott McLaughlin, Executive Director at the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (Spaceport America) and Karen Jones, senior project leader in the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation.

Selected Reading

SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.

FAA approves Starship Flight 10 after mishap probe, eyes August 24 launch - NASASpaceFlight.com

NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars- Space

Voyager and Latent AI Bring Advanced AI to Orbit

Firefly Aerospace eyes Alpha rocket launch in Japan for Asia market-Reuters

Flight test of Chinese start-up LandSpace's rocket fails -Reuters

China launches low Earth orbit internet satellites - CGTN

TOMEX+ Launch Update - Aug. 17 - NASA

EUMETSAT Assumes Control of Inaugural Metop Second Generation Satellite

Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons - ABC News

NASA Seeks Proposals for 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge

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AI in orbit and the future of spaceports.

Sift is focused on solving the hardware/software problem in aerospace. Their mission and vision argue that hardware has been left behind. Sift argues that the industry still lacks the runtime observability tools to debug systems in real-time. Sift is filling that gap by providing a full-stack AI SaaS solution to hardware observability. We speak to Sift’s CEO Karthik Gollapudi.

You can connect with Karthik Gollapudi on LinkedIn and learn more about Sift on their website.

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Solving the hardware/software problem in aerospace.

The California Coastal Commission has voted against a plan to nearly double the number of Falcon 9 rocket launches SpaceX is permitted to conduct each year from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Air and Space Forces says that there are calls for nearly $2.3 billion in spending cuts hidden in the 2026 fiscal year budget. NASA has released a call for industry input for developing efficient power supply on the lunar surface, and more.

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Elysia Segal brings us the Space Traffic Report from NASASpaceflight.com 

Selected Reading

California rejects Elon Musk’s rocket-launch proposal - POLITICO

Here's All the DOGE-Linked Cuts in the Air, Space Force Budget

NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Fission Surface Power

Sidus Space Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

China's Shenzhou-20 crew to conduct 3rd spacewalk with new spacesuits - CGTN

Colorado space company hopes to land contract for President Trump's Golden Dome project

ESA - No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

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California votes to block SpaceX from increased launches.

US President Donald Trump signed the “Enabling Competition In The Commercial Space Industry” Executive Order (EO). Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by Israel’s Ministry of Defense for the delivery and integration of satellite communication systems (SATCOM) and services. The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has signed an agreement with SpaceX for an uncrewed mission to Mars aboard a future Starship mission, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Luis Torres, founder of Torres Orbital Mining (TOM). 

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Selected Reading

Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry – The White House

Gilat receives a multimillion contract from Israel’s Ministry of Defense for advanced strategic defense SATCOM project

Agenzia Spaziale ITA (@ASI_spazio) / X

Spire Global Announces Preliminary Second Quarter 2025 Revenue and Provides Business Update

KBR and Axiom Space Successfully Complete Initial Crewed Spacesuit Tests in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab

Space Kinetic Corp. LinkedIn

This real 'Eye of Sauron' spits out ghost particles in space. Here's what it looks like

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The US eases space license and permit approvals.

A United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Vulcan rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying the USSF-106 mission for the United States Space Force's (USSF’s) Space Systems Command (SSC). Arianespace’s Ariane 6 liftoff from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) spaceport in French Guiana carrying EUMETSAT's Metop-SGA1 satellite. The Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) has obtained its license to operate a Spaceport in Santa Maria, Azores, and more.

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Selected Reading

Vulcan Rocket Ushers in New Era of National Security Space Launch

Space Systems Command Prepares to Launch first Operational Vulcan Mission for the U.S. Space Force- Space Systems Command 

With Ariane 6, Arianespace successfully launches Metop-SGA1 satellite

Successful Launch of Metop-SGA1 to Take Weather Forecasting to New Heights

ASC secures Spaceport Licence

NASA Awards Second Human Health, Performance Contract

Momentus Secures NASA Contract to Study the Launch of Robotic Technologies for Future Space Exploration

SaxaVord Spaceport Statement

Exclusive: Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show- Reuters

Ukraine successfully tests Starlink's direct-to-cell technology- Reuters

Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident

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Vulcan Blasts Off, Ariane Delivers, and Portugal Joins the Spaceport Club.

Wendy Lawrence (Captain, US Navy, Retired) is an engineer, pilot (helicopter), and a former NASA Astronaut. She flew on four space shuttle missions, and is now using her experience to inspire the next generation of the space workforce. She tells us about her work with the Challenger Learning Center and Higher Orbits.

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