Space News for Friday, March 08, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Slingshot Aerospace sets up UK base for global expansion(00:48) New congressional caucus seeks to build support for NASA’s planetary science programs(01:16) Planet Labs gets U.S. Navy contract for maritime surveillance in the Pacific(01:43) Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission(02:11) Month: (02:37) Exolaunch deploys 28 customer satellites onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission – SatNews(03:13) Viasat selects Rocket Lab to provide on-demand, low-latency data relay services for LEO satellites – SatNews(03:55) NanoAvionics satellites expand 2 constellations with the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission launch – SatNews(04:28) ICEYE’s SAR constellation strengthened with their latest launch – SatNews(05:09) AAC Clyde Space wins SEK 56.2 M order from LusoSpace – SatNews(05:40) Care Weather’s 3rd smallsat launches on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission – SatNews(06:06) Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a ‘Cold Saturn’(06:36) NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll(07:04) NASA Pi Day Challenge Serves Up a Mathematical Marvel(07:29) New Glenn completes initial cryogenic testing at Launch Complex 36