Space News for Friday, August 04, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) O3b mPower faces delays as SES investigates electrical issue (00:47) Rogers to launch investigation of U.S. Space Command’s basing decision(01:12) SpaceX launches Intelsat’s last C-band clearing satellite(01:44) Northrop Grumman planning Cygnus upgrades(02:11) Australia’s Southern Launch and Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation are new frontier for space with space launch facility in Koonibba – SatNews(02:42) IARPA launches micro space debris tracking program – SatNews(03:12) The Satellite Applications Catapult’s new CEO brings his expertise in geospatial technologies – SatNews(03:38) Orbit launches the advanced NetShroud+ solution – SatNews(04:08) NASA’s Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars(04:31) Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft