Space News for Tuesday, January 02, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) India launches X-ray astronomy satellite(00:52) UPDATE 4: SpaceX plans Tuesday launch of 21 Starlinks including six Direct to Cell satellites – SatNews(01:36) UPDATE 6: Success as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52’s secret payload – SatNews(02:17) UPDATE 3: T-minus one week until ULA’s launch of Vulcan rocket – SatNews(03:02) U.S. Air Force awards Viasat a Technology Integration and Architecture contract – SatNews(03:38) NASA Wallops signs Space Act Agreement to support STEM outreach – SatNews(04:09) ESA + GomSpace sign contract for continued mission control system development – SatNews(04:43) Intuitive Machines scheduled to launch IM-1 lunar mission in February via SpaceX – SatNews