Space News for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Earth observation camera maker raises $15 million for European expansion(00:59) SpaceX gets E-band radio waves to boost Starlink broadband(01:29) Buy Before Build: SSC’s Commercial Space Office seeks to disrupt business as usual(01:58) Space loves AI, AI doesn’t love Space(02:21) Phantom closes bridge funding round(02:49) SAIC scores $444 million contract to upgrade data systems at U.S. space launch sites(03:20) Final frontier or final countdown?(03:47) Crew-7 begins journey home following six-month stay at the International Space Station(04:25) Rocket Lab’s Owl Night Long Tuesday launch update – SatNews(04:46) SpaceX’s Dragon successfully departs the ISS to return NASA’s Crew-7 astronauts back to Earth – SatNews(05:24) IEC Telecom to provide SATCOM for NGOs and critical missions with Viasat’s ELEVATE program – SatNews(05:52) Sateloit’s 4 satellites will connect 7 million IoT devices, anticipating $1 Billion revenue by 2030 – SatNews(06:24) EarthCARE goes west for launch as ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer mission – SatNews(06:58) Thales Alenia Space contracts with Italian Space Agency to develop communications system for International Mars Ice Mapper mission – SatNews(07:32) NASA’s Webb, Hubble Telescopes Affirm Universe’s Expansion Rate, Puzzle Persists(07:59) Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 With NASA’s Webb