Space News for Thursday, March 09, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Relativity Space scrubs first launch attempt(00:48) U.S. intelligence report: China’s commercial space sector to become global competitor by 2030(01:18) U.S. Space Force game plan: Compete with China, prevent shooting war in orbit(01:47) Starfish Space raises $14 million for in-orbit servicers(02:22) Shield Capital adds retired general Goldfein to national security advisory board(02:53) ISS dodges commercial imaging satellite(03:21) SpaceX Falcon 9 prepped and ready to push the next OneWeb set of satellites to LEO – SatNews(03:53) BlackSky wins million$$$ contract for tactical GEOINT service – SatNews(04:26) L3Harris to provide deployable reflector antennas for Maxar’s satellites – SatNews(04:54) Gilat disrupts the community with Endurance, a new line of “Always-On” SSPA products – SatNews(05:22) NASA-ISRO Science Instruments Arrive in India Ahead of 2024 Launch(05:55) NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission