Space News for Tuesday, June 18, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Spain’s Ienai Space gets funds to demo electrospray thrusters(00:52) Space Force taps four firms for laser network project (01:24) GAO raises red flags over supply chain issues and delays in DoD space programs(02:01) Rocket Lab and Kinéis count down to Europe’s first launch of IoT constellation of 25 nanosatellites – SatNews(02:30) Synspective signs MLA with Rocket Lab – SatNews(03:02) SpaceX to launch two on Tuesday with SES ASTRA 1P mission from Florida – SatNews(03:32) In celebration of Juneteenth – SatNews(03:53) Ubotica achieves breakthrough in Live Earth Intelligence with CogniSAT-6 – SatNews(04:21) Sols 4214–4215: The Best-Laid Plans…(04:50) Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb(05:18) Webb identifies surprising carbon-rich ingredients around young star