Space News for Tuesday, July 09, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) House spending bill directs NASA to study asteroid and orbital debris missions(00:59) SpaceX launches Turkey’s first home-grown communications satellite(01:25) JAXA to support work on commercial space station technologies(01:53) Military-to-civilian space traffic transition nears critical juncture(02:16) Europe set for crucial first launch of Ariane 6(02:43) ESA’s statement regarding Ariane 6 the day before launch – SatNews(03:23) SpaceX sends Turkey’s first ‘home grown’ communications satellite despite threatening weather – SatNews(03:52) AAC Clyde Space secures the company’s 1st customer for the Cyclops EO constellation – SatNews(04:24) SpaceX’s Wednesday Starlink smallsats launch from California – SatNews(04:50) Max Space appoints company president – SatNews(05:18) Scout Space to join DARPA’s BRIDGES Consortium for Space Superiority – SatNews(05:48) Avances en estación espacial ayudarán a exploración de la Luna y Marte(06:12) Misión internacional SWOT puede mejorar la predicción de inundaciones(06:34) PACE celebra el Mes de los Océanos con coloridas vistas del planeta(06:58) InSight reveals high meteoroid impact rate on Mars