Space News for Monday, November 20, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) World View ends plans to go public through a SPAC merger(00:51) Rocket engine startup Ursa Major to venture into solid propulsion(01:19) NASA still studying Orion heat shield erosion from Artemis 1(01:43) Starship’s second test flight: where to watch(02:12) SpaceX’s Sunday Starlinks launch scrubbed, will be the third in a trio of weekend launches – SatNews(02:55) Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission – SatNews(03:27) Hughes JUPITER 3 initiates over the air testing with the ground system – SatNews(03:54) Firefly Aerospace closes 3rd Tranche of Series C Round + reaches million $$$ of financing – SatNews(04:31) EIRSAT-1 team discovers what it takes to be spacecraft operators – SatNews(04:59) DEWA + UAE Space Agency to enhance the UAE’s space industry – SatNews