Space News for Thursday, October 17, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Thales Alenia Space and Argotec win IRIDE contracts(00:51) Zeroing in on the Icons: The 2024 SpaceNews Shortlist(01:25) China launches new Gaofen-12 remote sensing satellite(01:53) Axiom and Prada unveil design of Artemis spacesuit(02:20) Insuring commercial suborbital flight passengers could be tricky, at least initially(02:55) No simple answers for debris mitigation(03:23) Rocket Lab adds new mission to 2024 launch manifest + schedules launch in coming days – SatNews(03:57) ESA orders 6 more radar-based satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE constellation – SatNews(04:33) Argotec signs contract to deliver 15 more satellites – SatNews(05:03) Viasat working with European cybersecurity start-up on satellite encryption services – SatNews(05:39) Hydrosat gains million$ contract from the U.S.A.F. to enhance thermal imagery for National Defense – SatNews(06:09) Saab presents new compact sensor for comms surveillance – SatNews(06:39) SpaceX plans Thursday launch of Starlink smallsats at the Cape, yet weather looks foreboding – SatNews(07:10) Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?(07:45) NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses