Space News for Monday, December 18, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift(00:53) Blue Origin’s New Shepard 24th mission is set for Monday, December 18th – SatNews(01:22) Defense and intelligence agencies now ‘Hear The Whole Sky’ with Quasar Sense – SatNews(01:57) UPDATE 1: The Ovzon 3 launch is now targeting liftoff no earlier than December 22, 2023 – SatNews(02:39) Archimedes orbital system showcases successful applications of directed energy – SatNews(03:05) Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense helps to get spacecraft into orbit – SatNews(03:33) Spacecraft Makers: Sewing Blankets for NASA’s Europa Clipper(03:58) Meet the Mars Samples: Pilot Mountain (Sample 21)(04:23) Mars Look Like if an Astronaut Could Orbit the Planet? (Mars Report - Nov. 2023)(04:53) Two Views of a High-Altitude Flight for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter(05:24) Meet the Mars Samples: Otis Peak (Sample 20)(05:49) How Your Name Will Fly Aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper(06:17) How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Map the Cosmos(06:40) Chinese spaceplane takes flight again; iSpace and LandSpace prepare to hop