Space News for Tuesday, July 25, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) CAPSTONE working well more than a year after launch(00:54) Startup Impulse Space raises $45 million in Series A round(01:26) Maxar to begin production of new small satellite bus (01:53) China’s CASIC to begin launching VLEO satellites in December(02:29) Iridium launches Iridium Certus for aviation connectivity – SatNews(02:58) Maxar’s Critical Design Review for first Maxar 300™ platform developed for the Space Development Agency is completed – SatNews(03:34) ESA: New Galileo station goes on duty – SatNews(04:00) Spire Global + Cloudeo join forces for global satellite-powered weather data – SatNews(04:29) Rhodes wildfire in Greece forces thousands to flee – SatNews(04:56) Forrester’s Digest: Project Kuiper gets closer – SatNews(05:30) Impulse Space secures million$$ in Series A funding round – SatNews