Space News for Friday, September 01, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Lawsuit claims Amazon’s board erred in awarding Kuiper launch contracts to Blue Origin and others(00:54) QinetiQ wins $224 million contract to provide technical services to Space Development Agency(01:23) SatixFy sells satellite payload subsidiary to MDA(01:50) NASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample(02:21) Chinese study finds GSSAP close approaches a threat to its GEO assets(02:57) Month: (03:23) SpaceX notches 60th launch of the year with Starlink mission, one shy of tying record(04:12) SpaceX launches 22 Starlinks from the Cape – SatNews(04:46) Satnews Publishers wishes everyone an enjoyable Labor Day Holiday – SatNews(05:13) NGA, NRO, USSPACECOM plan for threats to commercial satellites – SatNews(05:44) Orion Space Solutions launches Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation – SatNews(06:05) China launches new remote sensing satellite group – SatNews(06:26) SpaceX’s launch tonight from the Cape — fingers crossed – SatNews(06:55) NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search(07:19) SpaceX trying again with Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Friday, launches Starlink mission