Space News for Thursday, August 08, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) NASA considering returning Starliner astronauts on Crew Dragon(00:50) PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month(01:19) Heavier smallsats weigh down market forecasts(01:49) Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris(02:15) Little Place Labs and Loft Orbital to test analytics in orbit(02:43) In the West, ties between space and defense are strengthening(03:05) Oxford Space Systems shares Yagi antenna deployment(03:33) NASA ‘getting more serious’ about backup plan to bring Starliner astronauts home if needed(04:01) Firefly Aerospace announces contract with L3Harris for up to 20 launches on Alpha rocket(04:35) As it happened: NASA discusses ISS schedule shuffle, SpaceX Crew-9 launch delay, Boeing Starliner questions(05:07) SpaceX to launch Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission August 11-12 – SatNews(05:43) SpaceX to launch Starlink 10-7, V2 mini satellites on Saturday – SatNews(06:07) C-COM antenna deployed in Australia for fast, remote edge connectivity – SatNews(06:40) Rocket Lab intros next generation satellite dispenser – SatNews(06:54) Eyes on the Earth(07:14) From Star City to Cape Canaveral, how a cosmonaut trains for a SpaceX flight