Space News for Tuesday, May 21, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) U.S. claims recently launched Russian satellite is an ASAT(00:50) Unlocking Connectivity: The Satellite Industry’s Approach to Achieving Interoperability with Telco(01:17) Viasat taps OneWeb to provide multi-orbit maritime broadband(01:42) Space Force plans deep-dive study on pros and cons of orbital refueling(02:09) National Security Memorandum-22 omitted space entirely. Here’s a path forward.(02:40) China launches four high-resolution remote sensing satellites(03:09) Blue Origin resumes crewed New Shepard suborbital flights(03:33) Blue Origin resumes passenger flights, carries crew of six and 90-year-old aerospace pioneer to space(04:01) DataPath names new President – SatNews(04:28) SSC’s EPS-R program completes factory confidence test – SatNews(05:01) Marlink strengthens its global customer proximity to meet the growing demand for digital solutions – SatNews(05:33) The SES Ethiosat delivers 95% of the TV content to homes in Ethiopia – SatNews(06:02) 55 Years Ago: Two Months Until the Moon Landing(06:32) Episode 4: A Lifetime on Mars: The Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity(06:57) Astronomers find an Earth-sized exoplanet around a tiny star and a large, but ultra-light exoplanet around a Sun-like star(07:39) Blue Origin returns crew flights to New Shepard with NS-25 mission