Space News for Friday, September 29, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:26) China to attempt lunar far side sample return in 2024(00:54) NASA delays Psyche launch a week(01:17) Rogers to continue to challenge decision to keep Space Command in Colorado(01:45) Astroscale inspector satellite ready for launch(02:15) Mynaric optical terminals selected for Northrop Grumman satellites pass key tests(02:48) Eutelsat completes multi-orbit OneWeb merger after shareholder vote(03:18) Month: (03:50) Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue(04:16) Starlink’s Starshield wins $70M contract with U.S. Space Force – SatNews(04:46) SpaceX’s launch date moved to Friday for Starlink mission – SatNews(05:12) ULA’s Atlas V readies for Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight – SatNews(05:44) Mynaric passes major product milestone of CONDOR Mk – SatNews(06:08) Space Force accepts second weather satellite through NOAA partnership – SatNews(06:34) Transatel signs 3 strategic partnerships with Stellar, Skylo and Sateliot – SatNews(07:19) Vega launcher’s fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings – SatNews(07:49) 2023 Annular Eclipse News and Articles(08:20) Requests for Exhibits, Artifacts, or Speakers