Space News for Friday, March 01, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Viasat links up with Northrop Grumman for Air Force communications experiment(00:53) Space Force general warns of ‘window of vulnerability’ in satellite defense(01:26) Elve raises $15 million to speed up manufacturing of millimeter-wave amplifiers(01:59) Intuitive Machines and NASA call IM-1 lunar lander a success as mission winds down(02:26) Space Force top buyer keenly watching ULA and Blue Origin: ‘They need to scale’(02:52) Legislation would make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt bonds(03:29) Connecting the Dots | Europe plots constellation manufacturing powerhouse(03:53) SpaceX squeezes in rare Leap Day Falcon 9 launch following Crew-8 astronaut delay(04:27) Month: (04:47) UPDATE 1: SpaceX’s new date for launch of NASA’s astronauts – SatNews(05:24) SpaceX takes a Leap Day to launch 23 Starlink smallsats – SatNews(05:58) Nova Systems selects SKYTRAC’s Iridium Certus® for Coast Guard programs – SatNews(06:35) Spectra Group awarded global distribution rights for Comtech’s Troposcatter Family of Systems – SatNews(07:09) WTA names the 2024 Teleport Executive of the Year – SatNews