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UKSA looks to grow the satellite communications sector. Mar 27, 2024

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The UK Space Agency is offering Up to £60 million for proposals that will help boost the UK’s satellite communications sector. NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. China launched a Long March-6 rocket, carrying an environmental monitoring satellite called Yunhai-3 02, and more.

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Selected Reading

C-LEO programme kicks off with £60 million for satellite constellation ideas - GOV.UK

Polaris And Aero Challenge Group Sign Strategic Cooperation And Investment Agreement

Joint Statement of the Second Meeting of the U.S.-France Comprehensive Dialogue on Space - United States Department of State

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment

Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities Broad Agency Announcement

Sidus Space Reports Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

China launches new satellite for environmental monitoring - CGTN

ULA Delta-4 Heavy NROL-70 | Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Governor Abbott Launches Texas Space Commission

Send robots into space rather than people, says Britain's Astronomer Royal- Reuters

The Next Generation of Cancer Drugs Will Be Made in Space- WIRED

Order Up: High School Students Compete to Launch Their Food into Space with NASA HUNCH Culinary Competition

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Boeing sues Virgin Galactic. Mar 26, 2024

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Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic, alleging theft of trade secrets and failure to pay $25 million for their collaboration on a new “mothership”. Ingersoll Rand has announced its intention to purchase ILC Dover for approximately $2.33 billion. Apex has announced a successful demonstration of end-to-end capabilities of the Aries platform, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr Elaina Hyde, Director of York University’s Allan I Carswell Observatory.

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Selected Reading

Virgin Galactic Sued by Boeing Over Trade Secrets - RetailWire

Ingersoll Rand to buy ILC Dover for about $2.33 billion in life sciences push- Reuters

Apex Completes First Payload Commissioning, Downlinks “Satellite Selfie,” as Part of Its Aries Call to Adventure Mission- Business Wire

Spire Global Announces Closing of $30 Million Registered Direct Offering- Business Wire

SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

Intuitive Machines' historic private moon mission comes to an end- Space

CSIRO 3D mapping tech blasts off for International Space Station

Momentus Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition- Business Wire

Venus Aerospace Achieves Successful Inaugural Supersonic Drone Flight

Space For Humanity Announce Support Of Amanda Nguyen Launch To Space. First Vietnamese Woman To Fly To Space

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Sowing the seeds of space. Mar 25, 2024

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The US Space Force requests an additional $1 billion from Congress for projects not included in the fiscal year 2025 budget. Russian Soyuz MS-25 mission carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus arrives at the International Space Station. The UK Space Agency is opening new headquarters at the Harwell Science Campus’ Space Cluster in Oxfordshire, and offices in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands, and more.

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Our guest today is Andrew Williams from the European Southern Observatory.

You can connect with Andy on LinkedIn and read the International Astronomical Union’s Position Paper detailing the way forward for mitigation of satellite constellations’ impact on astronomy on their website.

Selected Reading

Space Force sends Congress $1 billion list of unfunded projects

Russian Soyuz Spacecraft with 3 Astronauts Docks at the International Space Station

Orbit Fab RAFTI Fueling Ports Flight Qualified and Ready for In-Space and Launch Site Fueling

Aerospace Shifts Corporate HQ to DC area; investing $100M in EL Segundo campus

Launching a dedicated MicroGEO communications satellite for Argentina

la France prête à subventionner massivement ses mini-fusées- Les Echos

UK Space Agency announces new headquarters and regional offices - GOV.UK

China's Queqiao-2 relay satellite enters lunar orbit - CGTN

A Letter to the Chandra Community

Optical Fiber Production - NASA

Boeing Announces Board and Management Changes

Boom Supersonic Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft

The nation’s first academic space cybersecurity program welcomes the 2nd cohort

Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create striking aurora- AP News

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India’s push into the reusable landing vehicle market. Mar 25, 2024

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the Pushpak Reusable Landing Vehicle LEX 02 experiment flight at the Aeronautical Test Range in Chitradurga. The US Department of Defense and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are working with three companies to provide logistics services enabling low-cost, responsive access to geostationary and other orbits beyond low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Dragon capsule resupply mission heading to the International Space Station (ISS), and more.

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Our guest is Rebecca Boyle, science journalist and author of “Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are”.

You can connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn and learn more about her book here.

Selected Reading

ISRO successfully conducts second Pushpak RLV landing experiment | India News - The Indian Express

Intuitive Machines improves cash position to best since IPO after historic moon mission

Companies Selected for DIU Orbital Logistics Vehicle Project

NASA Science, Hardware Aboard SpaceX's 30th Resupply Launch to Station

Mars Sample Return Dominates House Hearing on NASA Science – SpacePolicyOnline.com

NASA Sees Progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Life Support System

Mission X Update #2: Fly, Fix, Fly

Astralintu and D-Orbit Sign MOU to Bring Space Cloud Services and Its Benefits to Latin America

NASA, Health and Human Services Highlight Cancer Moonshot Progress

Space tourists and crew suffer high radiation risks – regulation is needed to protect them

ESA - New missions selected for the fourth edition of the Fly Your Satellite! programme

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Our Moon with Author Rebecca Boyle. Mar 23, 2024

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Many of us know that the Moon pulls on our oceans, driving the tides, but did you know that it smells like gunpowder? Or that it was essential to the development of science and religion? Rebecca Boyle, science journalist and author of “Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are” shares her research and thoughts on the future of missions to explore the lunar surface.

You can connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn and learn more about her book here.

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In this ever changin’ world, you’ve got to live and let fly. Mar 21, 2024

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Rocket Lab launches the NROL-123 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA Wallops in Virginia. Varda Space has released results from its first orbital drug manufacturing mission called Winnebago-1. Roscosmos aborts the Soyuz MS25 mission 20 seconds ahead of liftoff, and more.

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Our guest today is Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of Xage Security.

You can connect with Geoff on LinkedIn and learn more about Xage Security on their website and read about the JCDC 2024 Priorities here.

Selected Reading

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Fifth National Security Mission for NRO

Live coverage: Dragon flights return to Cape Canaveral’s pad 40 with SpaceX’s 30th cargo mission to the Space Station – Spaceflight Now

Return of the Ritonavir: A Study on the Stability of Pharmaceuticals Processed in Orbit | Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | ChemRxiv | Cambridge Open Engage

Advanced Space Demonstrates Artificial Intelligence for Spacecraft Autonomy at the Moon

NanoAvionics selects Neuraspace for Enhanced Safety and Sustainability in Space Operations

Sidus Space Establishes Two-Way Communications with State-of-the-Art Hybrid 3D-Printed LS-1 Satellite- Business Wire

TTTech Aerospace and Réaltra collaborate on compact TTEthernet switch solution for space applications

ReOrbit Signs MoU with SatSure and KaleidEO to Offer Comprehensive Space Infrastructure Solution

China launches relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-moon communication - CGTN

Soyuz MS-25 set to launch to the International Space Station with crew from Russia, Belarus, and NASA - NASASpaceFlight.com

Four Veteran Space Industry Leaders Join Astrobotic as the Company Builds Griffin-1

Russia warns US against using SpaceX for spying

Space Force hosts annual Guardian Field Forum- United States Space Force

High School Students Contribute to Exoplanet Discovery

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Trainspotting on the Moon. Mar 20, 2024

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Northrop Grumman's making a concept study about a possible moon train for DARPA's 10 year lunar architecture capability study, or LunA-10. Intelsat has announced an expanded partnership with Eutelsat Group related to that company’s OneWeb low-earth orbit constellation. Blue Origin has announced that they will demonstrate Blue Ring’s mission operation capabilities and core flight systems on the DarkSky-1 Defense Innovation Unit sponsored launch, and more.

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Our guests today are Alex Pospekhov and Alexey Shirobokov of Mission Space.

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Selected Reading

Northrop Grumman to conceptualize Moon trains for DARPA - Breaking Defense

Intelsat Advances Multi-Orbit Strategy with Expansion of Eutelsat Group LEO Agreement- Business Wire

SpaceX to sell satellite laser links that speed in-space communication to rivals- Reuters

GITAI Completes Fully Successful Technology Demonstration Outside the ISS

Blue Origin’s Blue Ring to Demonstrate Operation Capabilities on DarkSky-1 Mission

Xodiac Night Flight 2024

Airbus continues to collaborate with NASA to monitor climate change from Space

ESA kicks off two new navigation missions

SWISSto12 setzt seine Expansion fort, vergrößert sein Team um 25 % und schafft weitere Produktionsflächen- Business Wire

MDA Space Named As One Of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies For 2024

China may be developing plans to take out US satellites from the moon, Space Force general says

Why astronauts age slower in space than the rest of us on earth - The Times of India

NASA to Select Lunar Terrain Vehicle for Artemis Missions

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All is fair in space and war. Mar 19, 2024

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The United States and Japan are co-sponsoring a UN Security Council resolution that calls for a ban on any nuclear weapons in orbit. Benchmark Space Systems has successfully deployed its next-gen Xantus electric propulsion aboard Space Solutions’ 12U cubesat in low Earth orbit.Terran Orbital’s subsidiary Tyvak International has delivered the Hera Milani satellite to the European Space Agency, and more.

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Our guest today is Nick Searra, Executive Director of the Interstellar Foundation.

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US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space- AP News

A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military - The Atlantic

Ready for take-off: A look inside the IDF's new Space Directorate Unit

Press Release: Benchmark Electric Propulsion Thrusters On Orbit And Poised For First Fire

Space Workforce 2030 Names New Executive Director in Landmark Partnership

Spire Global to Enhance AI-Driven Weather Prediction in Collaboration with NVIDIA

Terran Orbital’s Milani Satellite Delivered to the European Space Agency for Hera Mission- Business Wire

China building giant hypersonic railgun for space launches - Asia Times

While USSF Budget Dips, Funds for New Nuclear Command and Control Satellites Jump

1st Space Brigade’s tactical close space support is on the move

Biden’s tax proposals would hurt commercial space

ESA - Operations begin to de-ice Euclid’s vision

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Cyber threats to aerospace on the rise. Mar 18, 2024

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $15.5 million contract to Parsons Corporation for system integration and cloud management services for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Maxar Technologies’ first two of six planned high-resolution WorldView Legion satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base, ahead of launch as soon as April. Science Applications International Corporation known as SAIC, has announced results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year, and more.

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Our guest today is Gianluca Redolfi, Chief Business Officer at Sateliot.

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Selected Reading

The Aviation and Aerospace Sectors Face Skyrocketing Cyber Threats

SAIC Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2024 Results- Business Wire

NOAA selects system integrator for the Traffic Coordination System for Space

First Two WorldView Legion Satellites Arrive at Launch Base

The stages for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight currently being assembled | ArianeGroup

Thomas Stafford, NASA astronaut who led Apollo-Soyuz joint mission, dies at 93 | collectSPACE

How historic handshake in space brought superpowers closer | CNN

NASA to Send Research to Station Aboard 30th SpaceX Resupply Mission

Welcome to the OuterNET™

Kymeta Begins Fulfilling Customer Orders of its First Multi-Orbit, On-the-Move Flat-Panel Antenna for Military Users- Business Wire

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Data Centers on the Moon with Lonestar CEO Chris Stott. Mar 16, 2024

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Lonestar Data Holding’s Independence payload was delivered as part of the successful Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 Odysseus Nova-C lander mission that touched down on the south pole of the Moon on February 22, 2024. From the surface of the Moon, Lonestar successfully completed the first ever data center test in their proof-of-concept demonstration. Lonestar’s CEO and Cofounder Chris Stott shares with us the journey from idea to reality.

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