Space News for Friday, July 07, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Europe leans on SpaceX to bridge launcher gap(00:49) Viasat signs deal to commercialize European airspace tracking service(01:22) China’s Landspace set for second methalox rocket launch(01:50) Space Command argues for shift from static to dynamic satellite operations(02:18) HawkEye 360 satellites to monitor illegal fishing in Pacific Islands(02:51) SpaceX planning for a Starlink launch on July 7th – SatNews(03:55) Astrolight’s ATLAS-1 and Cailabs to demonstrate Space-to-Earth optical communications – SatNews(04:25) XipLink names a Senior Vice President of Marketing – SatNews(04:54) Momentum, Eutelsat and OneWeb to provide connectivity solutions for the oil & gas industry – SatNews(05:31) Nuclear fusion rocket breakthrough – SatNews(05:57) Ocean Signal launches EPIRB2 series – SatNews(06:14) Goodbye to the Ariane 5, the ‘Swiss Knife’ of Europe’s launch industry