Space News for Friday, May 19, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) PLD Space prepares for suborbital test launch(00:49) Space Force delivers second U.S. payload to be hosted on Japanese satellite(01:14) Zeno Power gets $30 million to build radioisotope-powered satellite for U.S. military(01:41) Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak gets new investors(02:13) U.K. government won’t buy Virgin Orbit(02:42) Month: (03:11) Astra’s new launch add-on contract with Department of Defense – SatNews(03:43) HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program – SatNews(04:19) Momentus deploys Qosmosys satellite + starts comprehensive on-orbit support – SatNews(04:45) Australian Prime Minister Albanese launches the Eris rocket at Gilmour Space Technologies – SatNews(05:14) neXat expands with KT SAT partnership – SatNews(05:37) NASA’s CAPSTONE primary mission successfully completed by Advanced Space – SatNews(06:02) SpinLaunch’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer is veteran aerospace investment strategist – SatNews(06:29) NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures View of Mars’ Belva Crater(06:57) Beidou-3 G4 gets launched and Chinese Raptor gets tested, as it receives its own name