Space News for Thursday, December 05, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday – SatNews(00:53) SpaceX’s Starlink Group 9-14 launches 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on Wednesday – SatNews(01:27) Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities – SatNews(01:56) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-70 smallsats from the Cape on Wednesday – SatNews(02:26) Forrester’s Digest: Rivada wins US Navy contract – SatNews(02:50) Europe’s Vega-C to return to flight with Sentinel-1C mission