Space News for Saturday, August 17, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX launches Transporter-11 smallsat rideshare mission(00:51) Make Space Great Again(01:18) Long March 4B launches experimental Yaogan-43 satellite group(01:44) NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission(02:13) AST SpaceMobile starts work on 17 larger direct-to-smartphone satellites(02:42) Russian nukes in space: Why a Cold War response will only make it worse(03:05) SpaceX launches 116 payloads on Falcon 9 rideshare mission, Transporter-11(03:43) SpaceX shares the sky with smallsat rideshare mission – SatNews(04:14) Sateliot prepares for commercial ops following the successful launch of 4 new satellites – SatNews(04:55) HawkEye 360’s Cluster 10 satellites launched and in contact to increase global RF monitoring – SatNews(05:31) Comtech relocates their corporate HQ to Chandler, Arizona – SatNews(06:02) Hubble Rings in a New Galactic View(06:28) NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches