Oct 27-2020 Space News Brief (SNB)

Twitter- @spacenewsbrief Instagram - @bluehelmco (https://www.bluehelmco.com) Sponsor- (https://hopeschest.com) Headlines- 1) NOAA and Google to apply machine learning to satellite data a.(https://spacenews.com/noaa-google-cloud-ota/) 2) NorthStar orders three satellites to collect space situational awareness data a. (https://spacenews.com/northstar-orders-three-satellites-to-collect-space-situational-awareness-data/) 3) Lunar water discovery may have limited effect on NASA exploration plans
 a.(https://spacenews.com/lunar-water-discovery-may-have-limited-effect-on-nasa-exploration-plans/) 4) Ovzon’s ultimate goal: global coverage with its own fleet of satellites a.(https://spacenews.com/ovzons-ultimate-goal-global-coverage-with-its-own-fleet-of-satellites/) 5) Aerospace Corp. seeks to license laser communications a.(https://spacenews.com/aerospace-rogue-laser-comm/) 6) Engineering software firm Ansys to acquire AGI for $700 million a.(https://spacenews.com/engineering-software-firm-ansys-to-acquire-agi-for-700-million/) 7) Europe will help build NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station a.(https://www.space.com/europe-help-build-gateway-moon-space-station) 8) Law and policy- 1) Space Force extends Peraton’s contract for orbital analysis services a.(https://spacenews.com/space-force-extends-peratons-contract-for-orbital-analysis-services/) 2) NASA weighing lunar lander budget options a.(https://spacenews.com/nasa-weighing-lunar-lander-budget-options/) 3) CREW-1 LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 14 a.(https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/crew-1-launch-rescheduled-for-november-14/) ** WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE POLICY Oct 25th—Oct 31st, 2020 a. (https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-happening-in-space-policy-october-25-31-2020/) Launches- 1) China launches latest trio of Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites a.(https://spacenews.com/china-launches-latest-trio-of-yaogan-30-remote-sensing-satellites/)) Events- 1)September 2020 Space Calendar of Events a.(http://spaceref.com/calendar/) 2) Launch Calendar a. (https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html 3) Space: The final Economic Frontier a.(https://thefinaleconomicfrontier.splashthat.com)