Space News for Thursday, December 07, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) DARPA picks 14 companies for lunar architecture study(00:53) Pentagon advisors: Despite reforms, Space Force still shackled to sluggish procurement system(01:23) NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab(01:56) Thales Alenia Space signs a multi-satellite contract with PT Len Industri – SatNews(02:25) PlanetiQ’s weather forecasting sensor launches on GNOMES-4 satellite aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 – SatNews(03:02) Firefly Aerospace to support DARPA LunA-10 with framework for on-orbit spacecraft hubs – SatNews(03:33) Viasat + Airbus deliver Secure Broadband SATCOM for Irish Defence Forces – SatNews(04:12) ESA’s Ariel mission moves to construction phase – SatNews(04:36) NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data