Space News for Thursday, March 30, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Starliner crewed test flight delayed to July(00:55) Rosotics unveils 3D printer for rocket tanks and fairings(01:22) Military space agency created to go fast is about to launch its first satellites(01:50) Planet acquires Slovenian startup Sinergise(02:16) SES confirms Intelsat merger talks(02:40) Israel launches Ofek spy satellite(03:10) Impact Observatory raises $5.9 million to apply AI to satellite imagery(03:42) Month: (04:07) SpaceX launches another bundle of Starlink internet satellites(04:44) First launch for Pentagon’s own mega-constellation set for Thursday(05:54) Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission to launch via a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB on March 30th – SatNews(06:24) SES statement regarding Intelsat – SatNews(06:47) First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational electric orbit – SatNews(07:15) SSPI’s new Chairwoman and President of Board of Directors come from ManSat and Speedcast – SatNews(07:45) Sep​​​​​tentrio launches Agnostic Corrections partner program – SatNews(08:16) SDA posts solicitation for Sabre payloads – SatNews(08:48) Free Tickets to ‘Explore JPL’ Available Online Soon(09:13) Falcon 9 launches for eigth time in March carrying Starlink 5-10(09:50) Israeli Shavit-2 successfully launches Ofek 13 military satellite(10:30) Historic scrubs and aborts that could happen to Starship