Space News for Friday, November 17, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch(00:50) Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network(01:14) OHB, feeling undervalued, going private in deal with KKR(01:42) Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions(02:10) Firms are tackling challenges to unlock the potential of hyperspectral imagery(02:43) Project Kuiper ready for satellite production after successful prototype tests(03:13) China launches new-gen Haiyang ocean monitoring satellite(03:39) Lockheed Martin jets into nuclear electrical spacecraft power – SatNews(04:19) SpaceX’s Starship’s second flight test tomorrow and ‘numerous lessons learned’ from first launch – SatNews(04:50) Rogue Space Systems and RocketStar’s innovative water-based propulsion system to provide payload hosting program – SatNews(05:29) Airbus’ patented “Detumbler” designed to tackle on-orbit debris – SatNews(05:58) Space ready optics for satellite data relay systems – SatNews(06:37) EUMETSAT Polar System satellites are now involved in testing + integration with Airbus D&S – SatNews(07:21) NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data(07:45) Webb Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation(08:15) NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking(08:53) NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Sets Stage for Quantum Chemistry in Space(09:21) Trailblazing New Earth Satellite Put to Test in Preparation for Launch(09:51) Launch Roundup: Waiting for Starship, three other flights planned this week