Health, handoffs, and heavy launch commitments in orbit.

Summary

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T-Minus Space Daily (January 12, 2026)

Episode: Health, Handoffs, and Heavy Launch Commitments in Orbit

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Episode Overview

This episode of T-Minus Space Daily delivers a comprehensive briefing on major recent events in the space industry—ranging from operational updates aboard the International Space Station (ISS), significant satellite and launch contracts, to launch failures and successes around the globe. The episode also debuts a new Nexus series on "Space & Cybersecurity," featuring a deep-dive discussion with experts from the Aerospace Corporation. The show’s tone is crisp, professional, and technically insightful, catering to space industry professionals, policymakers, and observers keen on the intersection of technology, security, and commerce in orbit.

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Key News Briefings

ISS Crew Return and Command Handoff

• Medical Situation Forces Early ISS Crew Return
  • Last week, NASA announced that Crew 11 astronauts would return to Earth ahead of schedule due to a medical issue on board. The undocking is scheduled for no earlier than 5 p.m. EST on January 14, 2026. (02:00)
  • NASA astronaut Mike Finke is handing command of Expedition 74 to Roscosmos' Sergey Kud Shverchkov.
  • Mike Finke’s update contributed context and perspective:

    • "This was a deliberate decision to allow the right medical evaluations to happen on the ground where the full range of diagnostic capability exists. It is the right call, even if it is a bit bittersweet. What stands out most to me is how clearly NASA cares about its people." — Mike Finke [02:45]

    • "The ground teams across mission control centers and partner organizations around the world have been extraordinary. We're proud of the joint work we've done and the camaraderie we've shared, including some great songs and more than a few dad jokes." — Mike Finke [03:00]

• Remaining ISS crew will continue the mission until Crew 12 arrives in a few weeks.

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Major Launch Contract Awards

• US Space Systems Command (SSC) Awards $739M in Launch Contracts
  • SSC is enhancing missile warning and tracking with nine new National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 missions.
  • Task orders include launches for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
  • Details:
    • SDA2: 2 launches for 18 Tranche 2 satellites (L3Harris) and 1 launch for 8 Fire Control satellites (Millennium Space Systems).
    • SDA3: 2 launches for 18 Tranche 2 satellites (Lockheed Martin).
    • NRO: 5 launches, all granted to SpaceX. Launches span 2026–2028. (04:00)

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Recent Launches and Anomalies

• SpaceX Falcon 9 "Twilight Rideshare" Success
  • Launch on January 11, 2026, from Vandenberg SFB, included NASA’s Pandora Planet Observing Satellite plus 39 rideshare payloads. (05:00)
  • Highlights:
    • NASA/SparX and Black CAT CubeSats aboard.
    • Spire Global: Hyperspectral microwave sounder demonstrator, eight Myriota commsats.
    • Hawkeye 360: Launched Cluster 13 for multi-domain RF intelligence (supporting U.S. Government and international partners).
• ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Failure
  • A PSLV experienced an anomaly post-liftoff, deviating off course and failing to deliver 16 payloads, including a Military Earth surveillance satellite. (06:30)
  • Quote:

    • "Close to the end of the third stage we are seeing a little more disturbance in the vehicle roll rates and subsequently there is a deviation observed in the flight path. We are analyzing the data and we shall come back at the earliest opportunity." — ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan [07:15]

  • This marks the second PSLV failure in eight months.

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Satellite Manufacturing & Industry Updates

• Eutelsat Orders More OneWeb LEO Satellites from Airbus

  • New contract for 340 satellites, adding to the 100 procured in December 2024—totaling 440 satellites to be built at Airbus Toulouse, France. Production starts late 2026. (08:00)
  • Contract value undisclosed.

• Other Headlines (Selected Reading)

  • ispace launches new entity in Saudi Arabia.
  • Mitsubishi Corp joins STAR Lab as a major customer.
  • IEEE Simon Ramo Medal awarded to Michael Douglas Griffin for contributions to aerospace engineering and U.S. space exploration strategy. (09:15)

    • "Griffin has been recognized for shaping US Space exploration strategy and advancing aerospace engineering, including programs that laid the groundwork for today’s crewed flight and deep space missions." — Alice Carruth [09:30]

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Special Feature: Space & Cybersecurity (Nexus Series)

Introduction to the Segment

• Host: Parker Wyschek (Aerospace Corporation)
• Guest: Brandon Bailey, Principal Engineer in Cyber Dept. (Aerospace Corporation)
• Segment focus: The emerging centrality of cybersecurity in space systems, the evolution from ignoring cyber risk in the “space segment,” and the urgent need for resilience as space assets underpin global infrastructure. (11:44)

Key Discussion Points and Insights

Brandon Bailey on Cyber in Space – Career Retrospective

• Bailey began focusing on cyber for NASA space systems (ground side) in 2013/14, conducting penetration tests and vulnerability research across ground infrastructure such as the Space Station, Launch Control, and Deep Space Network.
• In 2019, moved to the Aerospace Corporation, focusing on cybersecurity for space vehicles. (12:16)

When Did Space Community Prioritize Cyber?

• Ground systems always had IT parallels, so cyber was more familiar.
• Crucial shift around 2019—publication and open discussion of space cyber threats began:
  • NASIC (now NSIC): “Competing in Space” report (2019).
  • DIA: “Challenges in Space Security.”
  • Industry and academia began to openly publish and discuss ASAP technology, pointing to the maturing recognition of cyber risks in space operations. (13:01)

  • "So it became less of a taboo topic that was discussed in the back rooms ... and then started becoming discussed in the open, probably around 2019, 2020.” — Brandon Bailey [13:50]

Why Is Space Now a Top Cyber Target?

• Digitization: Exponential growth in software code in space vehicles has amplified cyber risks.
• Networking: All 55 U.S. national critical functions rely in some part on space—underscoring the sector’s criticality.

  • “Everything that we do in life almost in the U.S. and globally depends on some level of space capabilities.” — Brandon Bailey [15:00]

• Criticality: Greater public awareness invites both defense preparations and adversarial interest.

  • “When the acknowledgement happened that space basically supports everything, that not only brings just, you know, the good people’s eyes, but it also brings the adversary eye to it as well.”

  • Cites GPS as an example—disruption could halt farming, stock trading, financial operations. [16:10]

Evolving Threats and The Commercialization of Space

• Modern satellites: Shift from almost exclusively government/defense missions to a robust, commercially-driven marketplace, with organizations at all levels of cyber maturity.
• Threat landscape specifics:
  • RF (Radio Frequency) Threats: Well-understood overlap with electronic warfare—signals sent to satellites can be hijacked or jammed.
  • Supply Chain Complexity: Space is especially vulnerable because a compromised component cannot be replaced once in orbit, making validation before launch absolutely critical. (18:13)

  • “If there is some sort of supply chain compromise, you can't really tug things once they're in space. So that makes the supply chain validation even more critical.” — Brandon Bailey [18:50]

What’s Coming Next?

• Teaser: In next Nexus editions, discussion of Sparta (Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis) and perspectives from commercial sector cyber leaders. (18:55)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "We're leaving the ISS in great hands. The three crewmates who arrived in November will continue the mission and they will be joined by Crew 12 in just a few weeks." — Mike Finke [03:18]
• "SSC awarded the SDA2 missions to SpaceX for launches projected to begin in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26..." — Maria Varmazes [04:45]
• "It was the second failure for the vehicle, known as PSLV, in eight months, denting the reputation for the Indian Space Research Organization’s rocket’s reliability." — Maria Varmazes [06:45]
• "Everything that we do in life... depends on some level of space capabilities... How do you inflict the most pain? If I take out [space] capabilities that provide services to the nation—something like GPS for instance—that would prevent farming, that could prevent bill of sale, stock market..." — Brandon Bailey [16:10]
• "If there is some sort of supply chain compromise, you can't really tug things once they're in space. So that makes the supply chain validation even more critical." — Brandon Bailey [18:50]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 01:39 | Episode theme and news rundown | | 02:00 | ISS Crew 11 early return; command handoff explained | | 02:45 | Mike Finke’s perspective and gratitude | | 04:00 | US Space Systems Command launch contracts | | 05:00 | SpaceX “Twilight Rideshare” mission highlights | | 06:30 | ISRO PSLV launch anomaly | | 08:00 | Eutelsat–Airbus OneWeb satellite deal | | 09:15 | IEEE Medal — Michael Griffin, industry bulletins | | 11:44 | Nexus Space Cybersecurity series debut | | 12:16 | Bailey’s career and cyber experience | | 13:01 | Shift in space community’s focus on cybersecurity | | 15:00 | Explanation: Why space has become so critical | | 18:13 | Threat landscape: RF, supply chain | | 18:55 | Teaser: Next Nexus segment (Sparta) |

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Additional Industry Events & Look-Ahead

• Artemis 2 Rollout Nears:

  • Artemis 2 could launch as soon as February 6, 2026, for a 10-day journey including a lunar flyby (19:27).
  • Rollout at Kennedy Space Center scheduled for January 17.

• Upcoming Conferences:

  • Commercial Space Week in Orlando, Florida.
  • T-Minus team will be reporting from the event floor and sharing exclusive videos (10:15).

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Summary

This episode delivered a brisk but deep update on key operational, technological, and business advances shaping today’s space industry—including the human side of astronaut health and handovers, shifts in launch procurement and contracting, sectoral vulnerabilites to cyber risk, commercial innovation, and the acknowledged urgency that comes with space's integration into virtually every aspect of modern life. The debut of the Nexus series on space cybersecurity simultaneously illuminated the growing sophistication of both threats and defenses, reminding listeners that as space gets more crowded and vital, its resilience isn’t just a technical issue, but a societal imperative.

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Transcript

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Eutelsat has awarded Airbus Defense and Space a contract to build a further 340 OneWeb low earth orbit satellites. India's Polar Satellite Launch vehicle experienced an anom takeoff, failing to transport 16 payloads into orbit. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying NASA's Pandora Planet Observing Satellite along with 39 payloads as part of the Twilight Rideshare mission. US Space Systems Command awards $739 million in launch contracts. The SpaceX NASA's astronaut Mike Finke hands command of Expedition 74 to Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud Shiverchkov ahead of Crew 11's return to Earth. And today we're bringing you the first part of a new Nexus series on space and cybersecurity. Parker Wyszek will be joined by Brandon Bailey later in the program. Stick around for more on that after today's intelligence briefing. Happy Monday, everybody. Thank you for joining me. Let's update you on the latest with the medical situation on the ISS. First, last week NASA made the call to return Crew 11 astronauts back to Earth ahead of schedule due to a medical situation. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman made the announcement on January 8th, and now we know that the crew is due to undock from the International Space Station to no earlier than 5pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 14. NASA astronaut Mike Finke is due to hand Command of Expedition 74 aboard the Orbital Complex to Roscosmos Cosmonaut Sergey Kud Shverchkov at the time of our publishing today. Mike Finke shared on LinkedIn this update as many of you have heard, our crew will be coming home just a few weeks earlier than planned due to an unexpected medical issue. First and foremost, we are all okay. Everyone on board is stable, safe and well cared for. This was a deliberate decision to allow the right medical evaluations to happen on the ground where the full range of diagnostic capability exists. It is the right call, even if it is a bit bittersweet. What stands out most to me is how clearly NASA cares about its people. Flight surgeons, engineers, managers and support teams came together quickly and professionally to chart the best path forward. The ground teams across mission control centers and partner organizations around the world have been extraordinary. We're proud of the joint work we've done and the camaraderie we've shared, including some great songs and more than a few dad jokes. We're leaving the ISS in great hands. The three crewmates who arrived in November will continue the mission and they will be joined by Crew 12 in just a few weeks. We here at T minus do wish the returning crew the best, best of luck with their upcoming mission and hope the medical situation with one of the crew members is quickly resolved once they are back on terra firma. Next up, we're catching up with a flurry of awards from the U.S. space Systems Command, or SSC. SSC is looking to enhance missile warning and missile tracking capability with nine National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 launches that were awarded recently. These recent task order awards provide launches for the Space Development Agency, or SDA and and the National Reconnaissance Office, or NRO. The SDA2 task order will provide two launches for a total of 18 tranche, two tracking layer space vehicles built by L3Harris and one launch for eight fire control on orbit support to the Warfighter or F2 space vehicles built by Millennium Space Systems. F2 is an eight vehicle low earth orbit demonstration satellite constellation that will provide advanced missile defense capabilities against challenging targets. The SDA3 task order will provide two launches for a total of 18 tranche 2 tracking layer space vehicles by Lockheed Martin. SSC awarded the SDA2 missions to SpaceX for launches projected to begin in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26 and awarded the SDA3 missions also to SpaceX for launches to begin in the third quarter of fiscal year 27. SSC also awarded the NRO5 launches to SpaceX projected to occur in the first quarter of fiscal year 27 and also the second quarter of fiscal year 28. The total value of all of these awards is US$739 million. And speaking of SpaceX, their ears are burning today they launched a Falcon 9 on Sunday carrying NASA's Pandora Planet Observing Satellite along with 39 payloads as part of the Twilight Rideshare mission. The mission to Dusk Dawn Sun Synchronous Orbit lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. On board were two other NASA sponsored CubeSats. One was SparX, which stands for Star Planet Activity Research CubeSat and the other is the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope, also known as Black Cat. SpaceX also carried payloads for Spire Global including a hyperspectral microwave sounder satellite demonstrator and eight communications satellites designed for Myriota. Hawkeye 360 also launched its latest cluster satellite trio Cluster 13, which will support US government and international partners with consistent high quality radio frequency insights across multi domain mission environments. Unfortunately, it's not always successful launches that we report on here on T minus as India's Polar Satellite launch vehicle experienced an anomaly after takeoff earlier today. The rocket was carrying 16 loads of equipment and experiments, including a Military Earth surveillance satellite and the rocket then deviated off track. It was the second failure for the vehicle, known as PSLV in eight months, denting the reputation for the Indian Space Research Organization's rockets reliability, which had a more than 90% success rate over about 60 past missions. ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said in an update during the agency's launch webcast quote Close to the end of the third stage we are seeing a little more disturbance in the vehicle roll rates and subsequently there is a deviation observed in the flight path. We are analyzing the data and we shall come back at the earliest opportunity. We wish them the best of luck in figuring out the issue quickly. Eutelsat has awarded Airbus Defense and Space a contract to build a further 341 Webb Low Earth Orbit satellites. This new contract, along with the previous batch of 100 satellites procured in December 2024 brings the total number of satellites ordered up to 440. The satellites will be manufactured at Airbus Defense and Spaces to lose facility on a newly installed production line with delivery starting at the end of 2026. No details were shared in the press release about the contract's value, though we are sure it came with many zeros. And that, my friends, wraps up our top five stories from today. As always, there are a lot of other things going on in the global space industry. N2K senior producer Alice Carruth joins me now with a look at what we are keeping an eye on Alice. What do you have for us today? Maria it's been a busy day, so we've added three additional stories to the selected reading section of our show. Notes. They cover ispace's new entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mitsubishi Corporation has joined STAR Lab as a major space station customer, and the IEEE Awards have also been announced. Of note, the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal has been awarded to Michael Douglas Griffin of Logic. Q. You probably remember him best as former NASA administrator. Griffin has been recognized for shaping US Space exploration strategy and advancing aerospace engineering, including programs that laid the groundwork for today's crewed fly and deep space missions. Congrats to him. Hello there T minus listeners. Pretty soon we will be attending all of the events at Commercial Space Week and that includes the Global Spaceport Alliance Annual Summit, Space Mobility and spacecom. Oh, and by the way, there will be a lot of moments from it that we'll want to share with you, but that we just can't fit into our daily show. But the good news is we post those moments over on Instagram. So if you're on Instagram, we are too. We are US Daily. If you'd like to see some exclusive videos there as well as some behind the scenes moments from the show floor, hope to see you there. Hey, it's Brooklyn Adams and I'm partnering with Abercrombie to tell you about the newest drop from their active brand. Your personal best YPB leggings are made with buttery soft fabrics that hug you in all the right places and come in Abercrombie's viral curve Love fit designed to eliminate waist gap. Paired with sports bras and super soft sweatshirts. 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[Parker Wyschek]

You're here in the Nexus courtesy of the T Minus Space Daily Podcast. My name is Parker Wyschek with the Aerospace Corporation. A bit of a special Nexus episode today. I'm going one on one with an expert of ours at the Aerospace Corporation on Space Cyber. His name is Brandon Bailey and he is principal Engineer in our Cyber department at Aerospace. Brandon, thanks for joining me today. Give us a little bit of a background on your background in Cyber and Space Cyber. How long have you been working on.

[Brandon Bailey]

This specialization since 2013 I worked at NASA for a number of years, still support NASA through aerospace. But basically in 2013, 2014 is when I started really interacting with the cyber aspect where we were doing a lot of penetration testing, vulnerability research across NASA's infrastructure on the ground side. So we basically got to go and test a bunch of individualized ground systems, you know, space station launch control, deep space network, things like that. And then in 2019 moved over to Aerospace and then did a hyper focus on space vehicle cybersecurity. While we've been here, how long would.

[Parker Wyschek]

You say the space community has been developing a focus on cyber?

[Brandon Bailey]

On the ground side there's been a little bit of focus because it's more like a terrestrial based IT system. So that's gotten some focus. But more on the space vehicle side. It really started to hit the, I would say mainstream in 2019. And some of that is due to aerospace doing publications, some of that is due to academia starting to do research and publish. But I think the real groundbreaking publication that really talked about it was NASIC, which is now NSIC. They published Competing in Space in 2019 and then DIA followed that up with Challenges in Space Security. And then you started seeing things like CSIS and these other publications really starting to publish around ASAP technology and things of that nature related to space and cyber and just security in general. So it became less of a taboo topic that was really kind of discussed in the back rooms on the, you know, on the military, government side and then started becoming discussed in the open probably around 2019, 2020. And that's when we actually started publishing a lot of information to aerospace as well.

[Parker Wyschek]

You and I and aerospace and others in the space sector that, that we collaborate with regularly know. Space cyber is an important consideration. You hit on a general theme in this area, that ground used to be the focus. And that's because it was, I would wager it was familiar. Like you said, it was similar to terrestrial IT systems, space segment, not always. Given that extra cyber focus, the prevailing thought of days past was that space borne satellites and other assets were untouchable. And we know that not to be the case today. We also know that space is more integrated with critical industry sectors, finance, weather, navigation, things people use every day. They rely on this information that is under constant attack. Can you describe the environment that space systems are operating in? Whether it's a focus on threat in an environment where there's all these different use cases relying on resiliency?

[Brandon Bailey]

Yeah, so there's a couple of things you touched on There. So on the, on the ground side, yeah, that is true. It's more familiar. But I also think about just the legacy nature of space. Right. If you go back to obviously in the Apollo days, early space exploration, a lot of it was analog on the space side, right. And then we've went into this like digitization revolution, if you will, on the space assets. I've seen a study by NASA that just shows like an exponential growth of software lines of code as we've moved through in this current space age. So that brings cyber ramifications. So that's a big part of it. It's just the technology changed. And then from the threat landscape perspective, we know more now than we did before. These are embedded computers in space, so that all goes into it. Also what makes this interesting is the critical aspect of it all. Everything that we do in life almost in the US and globally depends on some level of space capabilities. I know when DHS, they did analysis through the 18 critical sectors and the 50, some 55, I think, national critical functions. How many of those supported by space? And all 55 national critical functions are supported by space. I actually, I think I wrote about that in the congressional testimony in 2022, trying to get space recognized as some sort of critical infrastructure component. So the criticality in space brings eyes on it and everyone's acknowledged this fact. So when the acknowledgement happened that space basically supports everything, that not only brings just, you know, the good people's eyes, but it also brings the adversary eye to it as well. Because it's like, well, how do inflict the most pain? Well, if I take out capabilities that provide services to the nation, something like GPS for instance, if I can take out some of those assets that will prevent farming, that could prevent bill of sale, stock market, financial sector, all these things. So I think it's just a combination of a bunch of different things kind of all happening in this, I would say 20 year Spanish.

[Parker Wyschek]

All of those sectors you mentioned are populated by government and industry users. Individual people use those things. The demographics of what's in space also looks dramatically different. Where it used to be just government systems in space, now there is a robust commercial sector that is operating things in space, proposing new things to operate in space. This is a sector that is defined by companies of all stripes, all maturity levels, and theoretically a range of cyber readiness. Talk a little bit about what we know about the cyber threats that are specifically facing all of these actors in space.

[Brandon Bailey]

Yeah, so we have the obviously the RF based threat, which I think is pretty well understood. Is from a It's where you blend the EW electronic warfare and the cyber element is just communicating signals to these assets. So that's kind of a legacy. We've known about something that's relatively new that not just space deals with it, but everyone deals with is the supply chain, right? That's just a global problem. In general, it's exacerbated on the space side because if there is some sort of supply chain compromise, you can't really tug things once they're in space. So that makes the supply chain validation even more critical.

[Parker Wyschek]

We'll be back in the Nexus with more about Sparta, the space attack research and tactic analysis, and Space Cyber with Brandon Bailey and a leading cyber expert from commercial space. Thanks so much to T minus and you the listener and we'll see you again next time in the Nexus.

[Maria Varmazes]

We'll be right back. This episode is brought to you by Peloton Break through the busiest time of year with the brand new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus. Powered by Peloton iq. With real time guidance and endless ways to move, you can personalize your workouts and train with confidence, helping you reach your goals in less time. Let yourself run, lift, sculpt, push and go Explore the new peloton cross training Tread [e-mail] Welcome back. A bit sooner than maybe quite a lot of us might have expected, Artemis 2 is seriously for real life, maybe actually going to launch as soon as February 6th to make its 10 day journey and then also swing around the moon. While it's doing that and doing the quick math. February 6th is not far away, so that can only mean one thing. The rocket needs to be rolled out to the launch pad from the Vehicle Assembly Building. So anyone who happens to be local to The Space Coast January 17th is the day that NASA says the SLS rocket with the Orion capsule on top and will be slowly, slowly, slowly, carefully crawled over from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B. And for all of us who will be at Commercial Space Week in Orlando, Florida later this month because reminder, the T Minus team will indeed be there. Yours truly included, of course. Oh yeah, wild horses could not keep me away from seeing this beauty on the launch pad. And I will absolutely be making the trek over there while I'm in Florida. I imagine I'll see many other Commercial Space Week attendees there as well. Just a reminder that Artemis 2 has three designated launch windows coming up, with the soonest one being February 6th through the 11th, the second one being March 5th through the 11th and the third is April 1st through the 6th. Good luck and ad astraemis two. And that is T minus brought to you by N2K Cyberwire we'd love to know what you think of our 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 space2k.com we are proud that N2K Cyberwire is part of the daily routine of the motor 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, N2K 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 Senior Producer is Alice Carruth. Our producer is Liz Stokes. We are mixed by Elliot Peltzman and Trey Hester with original music by Elliot Peltzman. Our Executive producer is Jennifer Ibin. Peter Kielpe is our publisher and I am your host, Maria Varmazes. Thank you for listening. We'll see you tomorrow.

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