Space News for Tuesday, September 26, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:26) Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down(00:53) UAE’s $5 billion commitment opens doors for Yahsat (01:23) U.S. Space Force and Astroscale to co-invest in a refueling satellite(01:52) Beijing to foster commercial space and satellite constellations as key future industries(02:27) Space System Command (SSC) opens new TAP Lab for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) innovation – SatNews(02:58) Monday morning’s successful launch from California of SpaceX’s 21 Starlink smallsats – SatNews(03:34) ST Engineering iDirect sponsors WTA’s report Designing the Software-Defined Ground Segment of the Future – SatNews(04:05) etherWhere intros URSA-1 for precise timing applications – SatNews(04:38) Zenno Astronautics + D-Orbit sign MOU for superconducting electromagnets apps development – SatNews(05:09) Yahsat awarded billion$ by the UAE Government – SatNews(05:40) Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket