Space News for Friday, February 16, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) India targets a surge in civil and commercial launches(00:52) Varda gets reentry license for space manufacturing capsule(01:13) SpaceX launches U.S. missile-defense satellites(01:44) Startup pitches AI tool to prevent Pentagon procurement blunders(02:20) Chinese launch startup Orienspace secures $83.5 million(02:51) US Department of Defense launches L3Harris missile tracking satellites that exceed current ballistic missile detection capabilities – SatNews(03:27) Videosoft Global and Viasat use AI-powered video streaming to provide real-time industrial monitoring – SatNews(03:55) Lockheed Martin’s Pony Express 2 tech demo satellites are ready for launch – SatNews(04:28) SpaceX is busy with another successful launch of 22 Starlink small satellites – SatNews(05:03) SpaceX launches missile tracking satellites for MDA and SDA