Space News for Tuesday, November 21, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit(00:51) Battle of the Bands: What’s at stake for space at WRC-23(01:19) MDA gets $131 million from mystery NGSO constellation customer(01:55) U.S. delegation stokes optimism on wireless and satellite goals at WRC-23(02:17) Emirati university signs up to China’s moon base project(02:50) Sierra Space lays off 165 in workforce realignment(03:15) Satnews Publishers Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving – SatNews(03:42) Starlink’s successful launch is SpaceX’s third launch in four days – SatNews(04:13) MDA receives a $170M ‘go ahead’ Authorization to Proceed on a Non-Geostationary Orbit satellite constellation – SatNews(05:00) Rocket Lab to establish space structures complex in Maryland for advanced composite products – SatNews(05:28) Japan to establish billion$ JAXA fund to develop the nation’s space industry – SatNews(06:00) New AI-based done safety + awareness system for commercial drones + urban air mobility aircraft – SatNews(06:32) NISAR Completes Trial in ISRO's Compact Antenna Test Facility(06:55) Perseverance's Parking Spot During Conjunction(07:26) Ingenuity's Landing Spot During Mars Solar Conjunction(07:55) Ingenuity's View of Sand Going Into Conjunction(08:19) Ingenuity Views Its Footprints on Flight 66(08:48) Cylindrical Orientation of Jupiter's East-West Jet-Streams(09:13) NASA's Juno Mission Images Jupiter's Belts and Zones(09:47) Webb detects neon in young star system, provides insight into planet formation