Space News for Tuesday, August 15, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Intuitive Machines sets mid-November launch date for first lunar lander(00:54) AST SpaceMobile fully funds first five commercial direct-to-device satellites(01:36) NASA developing larger cubesat payload adapter for SLS(02:05) Intelsat meets conditions for $3.7 billion C-band clearing payout(02:36) Space Force pitch to private sector: ‘Help us with space protection’ (03:06) Earth observation evolution: Bigger satellites promise bigger payoff for imagery operators(03:34) China launches first geosynchronous orbit radar satellite(03:57) Rocket Lab to launch a NASA research mission – SatNews(04:28) UK partnership between Pulsar Fusion and the University of Michigan – SatNews(05:03) RTX space sensor to monitor coastal ecosystem health – SatNews(05:39) Warpspace selected for NEDO’s “SBIR Program” for FY2023 – SatNews(06:14) Metal additive manufacturing results in Rocket Turbopump Design – SatNews(06:44) NASA Announces Launch Service for Arctic Warming Experiment