Space News for Saturday, June 10, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) U.S. Space Force in talks with allies about how to jointly protect space assets(00:50) House Republicans introduce bill to create an independent NOAA(01:15) Ursa Major confirms layoffs: ‘Necessary workforce reductions’(01:41) Iridium calls on US to follow Canada’s Ligado rejection(02:07) NOAA is tracking smoke moving from the East Coast over the Atlantic(02:33) China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch(03:02) New spending caps to create challenges for NASA(03:34) Month: (04:04) Astronauts install new roll-out solar array outside International Space Station(04:38) Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc. – SatNews(05:06) China outlines ambitious plans for Moon landing; ZhuQue-2 prepares to launch again