Space News for Tuesday, January 30, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Orbital Outpost X names Negar Feher CEO(00:57) PLD Space wins Spanish government funding for Miura 5 launch vehicle(01:28) Grasp instrument monitors Earth’s atmosphere and surface(01:53) ABI shows promise for methane monitoring(02:21) Ground delays holding back Eutelsat’s global LEO broadband services(02:47) Former head of NRO’s space launch office joins Stellar Solutions(03:17) Airbus takes over Space Coast constellation factory(03:44) SpaceX to dispatch Northrop Grumman’s NG-20 mission via Falcon 9 on January 30th – SatNews(04:11) Kinéis smallsat IoT launches via Rocket Lab to occur this summer – SatNews(04:39) GCF’s certification of 3GPP satellite connectivity – SatNews(05:05) GITAI autonomous robotic arm set to launch to ISS – SatNews(05:40) Spectra Group launches GENSS tactical radio – SatNews(06:11) Archer Aviation + NASA sign collaborative Space Act Agreement – SatNews(06:43) NASA’s Webb Depicts Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies(07:12) NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools(07:45) Ingenuity’s mission ends after 72 flights