Space News for Saturday, June 15, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Ovzon’s first broadband satellite reaches geostationary slot(01:09) NASA extends Starliner stay at ISS for additional testing(01:38) Webinar – Race to the Moon(02:18) Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA to compete for $5.6 billion in Pentagon launch contracts(02:50) SIA reports more record growth for the global commercial satellite industry(03:21) House Appropriations Committee pares back Space Force budget request(03:50) SpaceX dramatic scrub as engines ignite for Flag Day Starlink fourth attempt at launch – SatNews(04:27) SpaceX hopes better weather for Flag Day Starlink launch of 22 smallsats – SatNews(05:03) Sols 4214–4215: The Best Laid Plans…(05:37) NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Launch Student Experiments(06:13) NASA’s Hubble Restarts Science in New Pointing Mode