Space News for Tuesday, December 05, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) India returns Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth orbit(00:56) SatixFy handed stock exchange delisting warning(01:26) Industry report: Demand for satellites is rising but not skyrocketing(02:01) York reveals latest commercial space-as-a-service mission(02:32) US, UK, Australia announce trilateral Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability initiative – SatNews(03:08) SpaceX’s two launches in a weekend and plans for Falcon Heavy’s test for U.S. Space Force – SatNews(03:41) Small but mighty companies working on ESA’s planetary defense mission – SatNews(04:08) HawkEye 360’s inaugural satellite cluster “Pathfinder” celebrates 5 years in space – SatNews(04:37) Airbus receives ESA TRUTHS mission contract – SatNews(05:01) NOAA using new cloud-based system + business model to supply data from older environmental satellite fleet – SatNews(05:35) Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to Cosmic Collison(06:18) Finding Life Beyond Earth: What Comes Next?(06:48) Searching for Signs of Intelligent Life: Technosignatures(07:16) Discovery Alert: See the Image – 2 Planets Orbit a Sun-like Star(07:42) New clues to compositions of TRAPPIST-1 planets