Space News for Tuesday, March 28, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Isar Aerospace raises $165 million as it gears up for first launch(00:53) U.S. allies in the Middle East express interest in establishing space forces(01:16) NASA space operations head Lueders to retire(01:40) OneWeb completes constellation deployment for global broadband(02:09) Inflation, high demand driving up launch prices(02:35) Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market(03:03) SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite control authority transferred to SpOC – SatNews(03:34) Blue Origin’s report of NS-23 mishap – SatNews(03:58) Ball Aerospace has new Chief Technologist, and changes in executive leadership – SatNews(04:29) ABS-2 contracted to provide additional satellite capacity to TAP Digital Media – SatNews