ESA’s spooktacular move to Japan.

Summary

T-Minus Space Daily – Episode Summary

Podcast: T-Minus Space Daily
Host: Maria Varmazas, N2K Networks
Date: October 31, 2025
Title: ESA’s Spooktacular Move to Japan

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Overview

In this Halloween episode of T-Minus Space Daily, host Maria Varmazas delivers a rapid-fire rundown of the week’s most critical space industry news. The main focus is ESA’s landmark expansion into Asia with a new hub in Tokyo, Japan. Alongside this, the episode details important commercial deals, funding rounds, and collaborative ventures shaping the future of global space infrastructure. The show also includes a thorough Space Traffic Report from Alicia Siegel at NASA Spaceflight, updates on ambitious spacecraft and rocket launches, a nod to citizen science, and a touch of Halloween humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. ESA’s New Hub in Japan

• ESA Establishes Tokyo Office

  • The European Space Agency (ESA) is opening its first Asian office in Tokyo, aiming to deepen cooperation with Japan’s JAXA and tap into the expanding Japanese space ecosystem, especially startups.
  • This collaboration is seen as pivotal for joint ventures in Earth observation, planetary defense, science, exploration, and commercialization.

  Key Quotes:

  • “The establishment of an ESA presence in Japan signals our clear intention to elevate our cooperation with Japan across all domains of space, from Earth observation and planetary defense to science, human and robotic exploration and commercialization.”
    — Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General [03:12]
  • “ESA’s presence in Japan will enable closer communication, deepen the relationship between our two agencies and contribute to addressing global challenges and advancing space science and technology.”
    — Hiroshi Yamakawa, JAXA President [03:40]

• Location & Significance

  • The ESA office will be at Ex Ihonbashi Tower, a major open innovation hub in Tokyo, operated by Mitsui Fudosan Corporation and Cross U.
  • The facility brings together startups, academia, government agencies, and now ESA, catalyzing new ventures and collaboration opportunities.

2. Major Industry Moves

• Orbit's IQ Global Acquires Unio Enterprise

  • Luxembourg’s Orbit's IQ Global acquires Munich-based Unio, strengthening efforts to eliminate connectivity dead zones by integrating terrestrial and space-based broadband (including 4G/5G). [04:44]
  • Both companies share aims to deliver continuous digital access globally.

• Catalyx Space Funding Success

  • Catalyx Space raises $5.4 million in seed funding (building on a prior $1.7 million pre-seed round), targeting commercialization of reentry architecture, overseas expansion, and global customer acquisition. [05:15]

• Rendezvous Robotics and Starcloud Partnership

  • Memorandum of understanding signed to integrate autonomous modular assembly with orbital power and thermal management platforms.
  • Aimed at enabling gigawatt-scale data centers and orbital power infrastructure.
  • Collaboration to focus on self-assembling solar arrays, thermal radiators, and potential in-orbit demonstrations. [05:55]

• Momentous & DeFi’s Clustergate 2 Mission

  • Momentous plans to launch DeFi’s Clustergate 2 in early 2026 aboard the Vigoride 7 vehicle (on a SpaceX Falcon 9).
  • Purpose: Dynamic, real-time, and autonomous data processing applications in orbit via software payloads. [06:51]

3. Additionals: Brief mentions & Selected Reading

• International Space Station 25th Anniversary—Feature available via show notes.
• ESA Solar Storm Exercise—ESA’s tabletop exercise explored satellite survivability in extreme solar storms, with warnings that the largest storm could overwhelm current satellite technology. [08:35]

Halloween Humor:

• “Why are skeletons so calm? Because nothing gets under their skin. Boom.”
  — Alice Carruth, N2K Senior Producer [09:08]

4. Interview Teaser

• Announcement of the next episode of “T-Minus Deep Space” featuring Professor Min Kwon Kim, focusing on the effects of satellite reentries on Earth's atmosphere. [09:55]

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Space Traffic Report (with Timestamps)

Host: Alicia Siegel, NASA Spaceflight [11:05]

Highlights:

• SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches:

  • Oct 25: 28 Starlink V2 mini satellites, SLC-4E California, 19th flight for booster B1081 (“Of Course I Still Love Youe”) [11:16]
  • Oct 26: 28 Starlink V2 mini satellites, Florida (24th flight for B1077, “A Shortfall of Gravitas”) [13:18]
  • Oct 28: 28 Starlink V2 mini satellites, Vandenberg (record pad turnaround at SLC-4E, B1082’s 17th flight) [13:57]
  • Oct 29: 29 Starlink V2 mini satellites, Florida (B1083, 15th flight) [15:15]

• Record Turnarounds:

  • Vandenberg pad set a record: 2 days, 10 hours, 22 minutes, 59 seconds between launches.
    "Unbelievably this week the new record is about 8 and a half hours faster than last week." [14:25]
  • “According to SpaceX’s Vice President of Launch, Kiko Donchev, the drone ship arrived at the landing zone just 15 seconds before propellant loads start—really cutting it close.” [15:01]

• Japan: HTVX Cargo Spacecraft Maiden Flight

  • Oct 26: First HTVX launch to the ISS, first H3 rocket flight with four SRBs, new 5.4m fairing, improvements for late loading of cargo. [11:38]
  • HTVX has increased capacity and endurance (can remain in orbit for over a year), could service future commercial stations post-ISS. [12:20]

• China:

  • Oct 26: Changzheng 3BE rocket launches Gaofeng 1402 Earth observation satellite. [13:05]
  • Tiangong Space Station:
    • 10th crew delivered with Shenzhou 21; includes youngest taikonaut (Wu Fei, 32) and plans for 27 experiments including China’s first study of mammals in space. [16:17]
    • Outgoing commander Chen Dong exceeds 400 days in space and holds record for most spacewalks by a taikonaut. [17:14]
    • Pakistan involved in astronaut training, aiming for the first foreign visit to Tiangong. [17:45]

• Upcoming Launches:

  • Additional SpaceX Starlink launches
  • SpaceX Bandwagon 4 rideshare from Cape Canaveral (with booster return, expect sonic booms) [18:05]
  • Last Atlas V (excluding Kuiper/Starliner) with Viasat 3F2
  • India’s GSLV-Mk3 with GSAT 7R military comsat
  • Ariane 6 with ESA’s Sentinel 1D
  • Rocket Lab Electron “Nation God Navigates” with IQPS SAR satellite
  • “There may be a few last minute launches from China that could move around in the schedule.” [18:54]

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Citizen Science Spotlight

• Young Discoverer: Siddharth Patel
  • 12-year-old Siddharth Patel from London, Ontario, spots two provisional asteroids (2024 RH39 and 2024 RX69) in the asteroid belt through the International Astronomical Search Collaboration.
  • Verification process may take up to a decade; the discoverer can suggest names if confirmed.
  • Sid is self-taught, runs a YouTube channel ("Astro Sid Space"), and is active in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
  • “Keep dreaming big and working hard, Sid, and if you can believe it, you can achieve it.” — Maria Varmazas [21:53]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On ESA-Japan relations:
  “This will allow us to foster closer ties not only with JAXA, but also with Japan's dynamic and innovative space industry.” – Maria Varmazas [03:30]

• On solar storm risk:
  “Warnings have come out of ESA's tabletop exercise on whether satellites will survive the largest solar storm recorded. Spoiler alert. They wouldn't.” – Alice Carruth [08:39]

• Halloween Joke:
  “Why are skeletons so calm? Because nothing gets under their skin. Boom.” – Alice Carruth [09:08]

• On personal achievements:
  “Commander Chen Dong became the first taikonaut to spend over 400 days in space.” – Alicia Siegel [17:14]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Episode Theme & Main Stories Intro | 01:37–03:00 | | ESA’s Tokyo Office Announcement & Reactions | 03:00–04:25 | | Orbit’s IQ Global-Unio Deal | 04:44–05:10 | | Catalyx Space Funding | 05:15–05:41 | | Rendezvous Robotics & Starcloud Collaboration | 05:48–06:37 | | Momentous/DeFi Clustergate 2 Launch Announcement| 06:51–07:28 | | Additional Reading (ISS + ESA Solar Storm) | 08:35–09:00 | | Halloween Joke | 09:08 | | T-Minus Deep Space Interview Teaser | 09:55–10:19 | | Space Traffic Report (Launches, ISS, China) | 11:05–18:54 | | Citizen Science: Siddharth Patel | 20:17–21:53 |

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Tone and Style Notes

• Conversational, succinct, occasionally playful—especially around the Halloween segments and citizen science.
• Technically detailed but accessible for a broad audience, making space industry news digestible and engaging.

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For Those Who Missed the Episode

This summary provides a thorough, timestamped overview of the week’s most pressing space developments, with insider commentary and memorable moments. From ESA’s strategic move into Japan to milestone launches, commercial partnerships, and the achievements of both professionals and citizen scientists, the podcast situates listeners at the pulse of global space activity—minus the ads and fillers.

Transcript

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Today is October 31, 2025. Happy Halloween. I'm Maria Varmazas and this is T -T/20 seconds. Momentous has announced that it plans launch DeFi's Clustergate 2 payload in early 2026. Rendezvous Robotics and Starcloud are going to explore integration of Rendezvous modular assembly systems with StarCloud's orbital power generation and thermal management platform. Space infrastructure company Catalyx Space has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. Luxembourg telecommunications company Orbit's IQ Global has acquired Unio Enterprise. The European Space Agency is establishing its first hub in Asia with a new office in Tokyo, Japan. And later in the show we will be getting the latest launch news from our partners at NASA space spaceflight.com they will be wrapping up the news on what's gone up over the last seven days and taking a look at what's on schedule in the coming week. Stick around for more on that after today's intelligence briefing. Happy Friday everybody. Thank you for joining me and I hope you are having a spooktacular Halloween if you celebrate. In any case, let's dive into today's intel briefing, shall we? First up, the European Space Agency is establishing its first hub in Asia with a new office in Tokyo, Japan. The move aims to reinforce ESA's long standing and trusted partnership with Japan and work to deepen cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Japan's vibrant and rapidly growing space ecosystem, including its startup sector. Josef Aschbacher, who is the ESA Director General, said the establishment of an ESA presence in Japan signals our clear intention to elevate our cooperation with Japan across all domains of space, from Earth observation and planetary defense to science, human and robotic exploration and commercialization. This will allow us to foster closer ties not only with jaxa, but also with Japan's dynamic and innovative space industry. And as for Japan's reaction to the movement, they've welcomed it with open arms, with Hiroshi Yamakawa, JAXA's president, saying, we are confident that ESA's presence in Japan will enable closer communication, deepen the relationship between our two agencies and contribute to addressing global challenges and advancing space science and technology. Issa will be based in an office situated at the Ex Ihonbashi Tower, operated jointly by Mitsui Fudosan Corporation and Cross U, both key players in Japan's open innovation landscape. The facility is known as a hub for the growing space business community in Japan, bringing together startups, academia, government agencies and now ESA to catalyze new ventures and collaborative opportunities and we see big things for this collaboration in the future. Luxembourg telecommunications company Orbit's IQ Global has acquired Unio Enterprise, a Munich based provider of broadband connectivity solutions that merge space based and terrestrial Networks and including 4G and 5G. Unio was founded in 2022 as a joint venture between Isar Aerospace, Reflex Aerospace, Minarec and scs. The company has been working to eliminate connectivity dead zones to deliver uninterrupted digital access for mobile users. Orbit's IQ was only founded in 2024 and has a similar mission to build a bridge across terrestrial, cellular and space based connectivity to deliver uninterrupted services. The terms of this transaction were not disclosed. Space infrastructure company Catalyx Space has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The new funding adds to the previously announced $1.7 million pre seed round from January. Catalyx has already conducted their first successful capsule drop test within an accelerated six month timeline. The company says that the new funds will be used to commercialize their next generation reentry architecture, bolster overseas operations and expand global customer acquisition capabilities. Rendezvous Robotics and starcloud have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integration of Rendezvous modular assembly systems with StarCloud's orbital power generation and thermal management platform. The partnership is one of the first efforts to use autonomous in space construction to build orbital computing at scale. The companies see it as a foundational step towards realizing gigawatt scale data centers and power infrastructure in Orbit. Under the agreement, the companies will explore technical pathways and commercial modules for next generation orbital architectures supporting high performance, computing, communications and energy applications. The collaboration includes joint assessments of Rendezvous's self assembling solar arrays and thermal radiator technologies with potential for future flight demonstrations. Validating combined systems in orbit Momentous has announced that it plans to launch DeFi's Clustergate 2 payload in early 2026. The payload will travel aboard its Vigoride 7 orbital service vehicle to deliver dynamic compute capabilities in orbit. The Clustergate 2 mission will focus on software payloads to enable the deployment and operation of software applications throughout the mission lifecycle, which defy hopes will unlock new opportunities for real time and autonomous data processing from orbit. Momentous Vigoride 7 launch is targeted for early 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and that wraps up today's top five stories for this Halloween. But there are always more stories that don't quite make it into the final briefing that we are watching. And this is where I bring in N2K senior producer Alice Carruth. Now to wrap up the other stories included in the selected reading section for you. Alice, what is in there today?

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Thanks, Maria. We've included a write up on the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station and the results of. Well, really warnings have come out of ESA's tabletop exercise on whether satellites will survive the largest solar storm recorded. Spoiler alert. They wouldn't. You could read more about those stories and all the others mentioned throughout this episode by following the links in our show notes Maria, Can I tell you a Halloween joke?

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You know, I don't think I'm getting much of a choice here. Go for it.

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I'm gonna take that as a yes. Then why are skeletons so calm?

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Oh boy.

[C]

Because nothing gets under their skin. Boom.

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Boom.

[C]

Thanks to Jim for all the fun jokes.

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Tomorrow, be sure to check your podcast feed for T Minus Deep Space. It's our special edition Saturday show where we share an in depth interview and dive a bit deeper into fascinating topics with brilliant guests. And on T Minus Deep Space tomorrow we have Professor Min Kwon Kim joining me and we will learn a lot more about what we know about the effects that satellite reentries are having on our atmosphere and what questions still need investigation, and how the space industry can play an important role in furthering our understanding here. And that is on T Minus Deep Space tomorrow. You definitely do not want to miss it.

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I'm Alicia Siegel for NSF and this is your weekly Space Traffic Report for T Minus Space. Kicking off the week, we had the launch of a Falcon 9 on October 25 at 14:20 UTC from Space Launch Complex 4 East in California. The rocket was carrying 28 Starlink V2 mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage, B1081, was flying for a 19th time and as usual, it successfully landed on SpaceX's drone ship of Course I Still Love youe. This week we also had the first launch of Japan's HTVX cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred on October 26th at midnight UTC from the iconic Tanegashima center in Japan. The launch was not only the first launch of HTVX, but also the first launch of the H3 rocket with four solid rocket boosters as well as the wider 5.4 meter fairing built by Beyond Gravity, the same company that provides fairings for Vulcan, Terran R&Ariane 6. This new fairing has a hatch as part of its design, allowing for late loading of cargo onboard HTV X while on the pad. The HTV X is the successor to Japan's HTV Cargo spacecraft, which supplied the ISS on nine missions between 2009 and 2020. Both cargo vehicles were developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which also developed the H3 rocket that launched the craft last week. The HTVX is a significant redesign that was once hoped to fly by 2021. However, delays with the H3 launcher caused its maiden launch to slip even further. The spacecraft can carry more payload than the previous generation, with up to 7.2 metric tons when accounting for both pressurized and unpressurized cargo. HTVX's design has also been optimized with the modules rearranged to carry as much cargo. HTV featured a classical spacecraft module design with the pressurized section in the front, a power and propulsion module in the back, and an unpressurized section in the middle. But for HTVX now the unpressurized section is in the front, allowing unpressurized cargo to stick out the front of the vehicle while inside the payload fairing. The pressurized section is now at the bottom, allowing easier access for late loading. As previously mentioned, with the power and propulsion systems in the middle to move and power the spacecraft. HTVX also has longer on orbit endurance compared to the previous generation, allowing it to stay in orbit on its own for over a year. The question now is whether HTVX will have more life than just being an ISS resupply vehicle. The station has an expiration date of 2030, so most likely JAXA may pitch the use of this vehicle for future private stations that are in development right now. From Japan we go to China with the launch of a Chongjung 3BE from Shichang on October 26th at 3:55 UTC. The rocket was carrying the Gaofeng 1402 Earth observation satellite into sun synchronous orbit from the U.S. we had three Starlink launches in a row, with the first taking off on October 26th at 1500 UTC from Florida. The mission was carrying 28 Starlink V2 mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage for this mission was B1077, which completed its 24th flight and successfully landed on SpaceX's drone ship, a shortfall of Gravitas. The following Starlink launch happened From Vandenberg on October 28th at 43 minutes past midnight UTC, with another 28 Starlin V2 mini satellites on board. But if you do the math, that's just a bit over two days since the previous SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg. If you remember, on our last space traffic report we mentioned that SpaceX had broken their turnaround record at that pad and well, it happened again this week. The record set Last week was 2 days, 28 hours, 52 minutes and 20 seconds between flights. And unbelievably this week the new record is about 8 and a half hours faster at 2 days, 10 hours, 22 minutes and 59 seconds. SpaceX has been trying to lower the maintenance and reduce the turnaround time from its launch pads for a few years now. And for a long time, Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida was the winner, and it still is the winner. But now with this latest record, SpaceX's Vandenberg teams are just three hours away from the Florida record. I wonder if they have an internal race going on for that. All of these records are obviously enabled by Falcon 9's reusability, and for this mission, SpaceX flew Booster B1082 on its 17th mission. The booster successfully landed on the deck of Of Course I Still Love youe, which was also turned around in record time. According to SpaceX's Vice President of Launch, Kiko Donchev, the drone ship arrived at the landing zone just 15 seconds before propellant loads start really cutting it close. Continuing with the SpaceX Steamroller, there was another Starlink launch from Florida on October 29 at 16:35 UTC. The mission, supported by Booster B1083 on its 15th flight, successfully carried 29 Starlink V2 mini satellites into orbit. China has launched its 10th crew to the Tiangong Space Station, who are due to arrive just before this is published. This was the 16th crew spaceflight for the Shenzhou program, which has continuously occupied China's orbiting outpost since June of 2021. Shenzhou 21 is commanded by Zhongliu, who previously visited the station as part of the Shenzhou 15 crew almost three years ago. He's joined by flight engineer Wu Fei, who became the youngest Taikonaut to fly at the age of 32. Payload specialist Zhang Hongzhong completes the trio. He's a new energy researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics who will conduct some self designed experiments during their crew rotation. The three will conduct 27 experiments in total, including China's first study of mammals in orbit. Four mice will accompany the crew to study the effects of microgravity and enclosed spaces on the animals, then return to Earth with the current crew. The Shenzhou 20 crew will depart the station in early November after a handover ceremony and about a week together. They're currently expected to land at the the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region around 12:30 UTC on November 5th. During his most recent stay, Commander Chen Dong became the first Taikonaut to spend over 400 days in space. He also earned another distinction for the most spacewalks conducted by a Taikonat when he took his sixth outing in August. His crew also matched the record of four spacewalks first set by Shenzhou15, adding further protection against space debris. Depending on their departure date, they may even beat the record for the longest single mission duration, currently set at 192 days by Shenzhou 18 last year. China and Pakistan have also begun the selection process of Pakistani astronauts who will train alongside Taikonauts, one of whom will become the first foreign astronaut to visit the Tiangong Space Station. The launches will keep on coming next week, with several Starlink launches expected from SpaceX. The company also aims to launch the Bandwagon 4 rideshare mission from the Cape, which will include a return of the booster back to the Cape, so if you're in the area, expect some sonic booms. Another launch expected from Cape Canaveral is ULA'S Atlas v carrying the Viasat 3F2 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. This will be the last planned launch of Atlas V for a commercial customer that isn't Kuiper nor Starliner and the last time that this rocket is launching into GTO. India will also be launching its launch vehicle MK3 rocket with the GSAT 7R military communications satellite on board headed to geosynchronous transfer orbit. And Ariane 6 is also on tap for next week carrying the European Space Agency's Sentinel 1D Earth observation satellite into sun synchronous orbit. And we'll even have an electron by rocket lab from New Zealand on the Nation God Navigates mission carrying another IQPS Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite. As usual, here's your weekly warning that there may be a few last minute launches from China that could move around in the schedule. So as always we recommend that you go to nextbaseflight.com or download the app on your phone so you can stay up to date with your space traffic. I'm Alicia Siegel for NSF and that's your weekly space traffic report. Now back to T minus space.

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Welcome back. Here in the last story of the show, I often like to give a shout out to citizen science opportunities where we all can pitch in and help advance our understanding of the cosmos. It's cool, right? And what a lovely bookend to some of that with this news today that possibly two new asteroids have been spotted, thanks to one Siddharth Patel of London, Ontario, who was participating in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration. The Minor Planet center has said that these two asteroids, 2024 RH39 and 2024 RX69 are indeed provisional discoveries in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. That said, it could take up to a decade for the actual verification process to be complete and if verified, the original discoverer can suggest names for these asteroids. Now Siddarth, who also goes by Sid, well, he's got plenty of time to think about possible names. I should mention right now that Sid is 12 years old and he is absolutely astronomy obsessed with and basically entirely self taught too. With his own telescope and everything. Shout out to his YouTube channel Astro Sid Space where he shares his astrophotography and reviews his favorite scopes. And while Sid waits on the asteroid verification processes, he is working hard at achieving his dream of becoming an astronaut. He has already joined the Royal Canadian Air Cadets to get his piloting skills and I am sure the Canadian Space Agency would absolutely love to have him on the team one day. Here's hoping that we will be hearing the name Siddharth Patel along with other great Canadian astronauts like Chris Hadfield and Jeremy Hansen. In the meantime, keep dreaming big and working hard Sid, and if you can believe it, you can achieve it. And that's T minus. Brought to you by N2K CyberWire we'd love to know what you think of this podcast. Your feedback ensures we deliver the insights that keep you a step ahead in the rapidly changing space industry. If you like the show, please share a rating and review in your podcast app. Please also fill out the survey in the show notes or send an email to spacen2k.com we are proud that N2K CyberWire is part of the daily routine of the most influential leaders and operators in the public and private sector. From the Fortune 500 to many of the world's preeminent intelligence and law enforcement agencies, NTUK helps space and cybersecurity professionals grow, learn and stay informed. As the nexus for discovery and connection, we bring you the people, the technology and the ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn [e-mail] N2K's senior producer is Alice Carus. Our producer is Liz Stokes. We Are Mine Mixed by Elliot Peltzman and Trey Hester with original music by Elliot Peltzman. Our Executive Producer is Jennifer Ibin. Peter Kilpe is our publisher and I am your host, Maria Varmazes. Thank you for listening. Have a lovely weekend.

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