Space News for Tuesday, September 17, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles(00:50) Leanspace secures €10.5 Million to Champion Next-Gen Satellite Constellation Operations(01:16) Ex-Im Bank’s space project pipeline doubles to $9.5 billion in one year(01:47) U.S. military satellites built by York Space demonstrate optical communications in orbit(02:18) Planet signs three-year DLR contract(02:43) Connecting the dots | FCC’s space sustainability authority in question as need grows(03:17) Want to challenge Starlink in the satcom market?(03:45) SpaceX’s Galileo L13 set for Tuesday launch weather permitting at the Cape – SatNews(04:26) Al Jazeera, Saba World sign Eutelsat deals – SatNews(04:49) SpaceX’s Group 9-17 batch of Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell is set to launch on Wednesday – SatNews(05:21) The European Astro Pi Challenge 2024-25 is now open! – SatNews(06:05) Telesat’s $2.54 Billion funding agreements with Canadian governments for Telesat Lightspeed satellite constellation – SatNews(06:49) NASA and ESA missions unexpectedly collaborate to reveal what accelerates solar winds