Space News for Thursday, February 08, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia(00:58) Japan funding water-based satellite propulsion upgrade(01:24) Tech executive Tim Solms named CEO of Slingshot Aerospace(01:58) Kuva Space establishes U.S. arm in Fairfax, Virginia(02:27) China to launch lunar navigation and communications test satellites(02:53) Space industry urged to take a broader view of sustainability(03:23) UPDATE 2: PACE launch delay again as weather creates stand down – SatNews(04:00) UPDATE 3: Another bump in time as SpaceX delays launch of 22 Starlink smallsats – SatNews(04:47) UPDATE 3: Three astronauts inside a Dragon successfully en route to Earth after Ax-3 mission at ISS – SatNews(05:19) AWS launches new Space Accelerator in India, applications are now open – SatNews(05:52) Pale Blue awarded up to million$$ for MEXT’s SBIR-3 for propulsion systems – SatNews(06:23) Vast selects TRL11 for full motion low delay video for Haven-1 space station – SatNews(06:49) Kuva Space appoints Jerry Welsh to spearhead U.S. expansion – SatNews(07:20) 50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Return From Record-Breaking Spaceflight(07:57) Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch lunar lander on Falcon 9’s 300th mission; JAXA looks to reach orbit with H3 rocket