Space News for Thursday, September 19, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Smallsat manufacturers weigh megafactories versus microfactories(00:57) Blacksky wins contract to gather imagery of space objects(01:22) Belgian spacetech gem VEOWARE secures €2,5 million euro to empower spacecrafts with next-generation agility(01:55) LEO takes center stage for communications at sea(02:24) 35 years of SpaceNews: A trusted voice in a transforming space industry(03:01) SpaceNews Celebrates 35th Anniversary as a Global Media Brand(03:30) Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for MHI’s H3 rocket(03:54) Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket experiences abort as its Rutherford engines began firing, prior to liftoff(04:29) Month: (05:00) Rocket Lab experiences a T-0 abort and scrubs Wednesday’s launch of Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star – SatNews(05:27) L3Harris Advanced Weather Imager captures 1st GOES-19 image – SatNews(06:04) France’s Sirius signs to become ‘Resident Launcher’ with Equatorial Launch Australia at the Arnhem Space Center in 2026 – SatNews(06:39) Eutelsat and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ agreement for multiple H3 launches – SatNews(07:04) Forrester’s Digest: Starlink’s South Africa launch gets closer – SatNews(07:29) 8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter