T-Minus Space Daily

Stoke Space has announced an extension of its previous Series D financing, bringing the total amount raised in the round to $860 million. Starcloud has revealed plans to launch Amazon Web Services’ AWS Outposts to space. Eutelsat has signed for €1bn Export Credit Agency financing for the procurement of satellites for its OneWeb constellation, and more.

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Our guests today are Stacey Connaughton and Jon Ferency from Purdue University. 

You can find out more about Purdue University’s Space Policy, Science, and Technology Symposium on their website.

Selected Reading

Stoke Space Technologies Extends Previously Announced Series D Financing to $860 Million

Starcloud to launch AWS Outposts hardware in space, aims to deploy fleet of 88,000 satellites

Eutelsat Signs Almost €1bn in Export Credit Agency Financing for the Procurement of LEO Satellites for its OneWeb Constellation

China moves toward manned lunar landing with Long March-10 rocket test - CGTN

Alpha FLTA007

2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science- UNESCO

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Elon Musk pivots SpaceX’s focus from Mars to the Moon. SpaceX has acquired a cylinder storage business, Hexagon Masterworks, for $15 million. Voyager Technologies has been awarded a new contract to provide full-service mission management services to the International Space Station (ISS), and more.

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Our guest today is Felipe Machado, Commercial Sales Director at OPW Clean Energy Solutions’ CPC-Cryolab.

You can find out more about CPC-Cyrolab here.

Selected Reading

SpaceX prioritizes lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project, Musk says- Reuters

Elon Musk X Post

SpaceX Acquires Aerospace Storage Cylinder Business from Hexagon Purus- Design and Development Today

Voyager Awarded $24.5M NASA JSC Mission Management Contract

Starlab Space and Auxilium Biotechnologies to Advance Life Sciences Research in Microgravity

International Space Station - NASA

Space Station Research Contributes to Artemis II - NASA

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has laid out plans to restore the US Space Agency’s core competencies. Starfish Space has been awarded a $54.5 million contract to produce another Otter satellite servicing spacecraft for the US Space Force’s (USSF’s) Space Systems Command (SSC). NASA has selected two missions for continued development as part of the Earth System Explorers Program, and more.

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Our guest today is Patrick O'Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory.

You can connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, and learn more about the ISS National Lab on their website.

Selected Reading

Restoring NASA’s Core Competencies

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 ‘Go’ For Launch

Starfish Space Awarded $54.5 Million Space Force Contract for Dedicated Otter Satellite Servicing Vehicle

Contracts for Feb. 2, 2026, Through Feb. 4, 2026

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions

Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations

New studies for manufacturing advanced materials in orbit - GOV.UK

NASA Conducts Repairs, Analysis Ahead of Next Artemis II Fueling Test

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Orbit Fab positions itself as a future gas station in space. Is there a need for on-orbit refueling? Who is buying this service? We speak to CEO Daniel Faber.

You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn, and learn more about Orbit Fab on their website.

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Tomorrow.io has raised $175M to accelerate the deployment of DeepSky AI-native weather satellite constellation. Voyager Technologies and Max Space have announced a strategic partnership to advance expandable space exploration technology. TrustPoint has been awarded a contract to adapt and upgrade the company’s commercial C-band positioning navigation and timing (PNT) payload, and more.

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

Selected Reading

Tomorrow.io Announces $175M Financing to Deploy DeepSky, The World's First AI-Native Weather Satellite Constellation

Voyager and Max Space to Accelerate Deep-Space Human Exploration

TrustPoint Accelerates Defense-Grade, GPS-Independent PNT with Fifth Phase II SBIR Award in 18 Months

UK Space Agency investment helps launch cutting-edge electric propulsion lab - GOV.UK

China sets new speed record on space-ground laser communication - CGTN

Pentagon asked to probe SpaceX for potential Chinese ownership- Reuters

NASA will finally allow astronauts to bring their iPhones to space - Ars Technica

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