Space News for Wednesday, January 31, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test(00:54) Satellite-services industry awaits critical demand signal from U.S. military(01:27) Space Force’s Orbital Prime program looking to turn R&D into commercial products(01:53) U.S. Space Force wary of China’s expanding spy satellite fleet(02:21) Space weather: One major event from a fully funded program(02:51) ESA’s Vigil space weather mission balances operational and scientific demands(03:20) Falcon 9 launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station(03:54) Month: (04:18) SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on its way to the Space Station(04:49) Beautiful day for a SpaceX launch in Florida as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft heads to ISS – SatNews(05:19) Airbus purchases Eutelsat OneWeb’s stake in satellite constellation manufacturing JV – SatNews(05:46) EasyJet to the skies with Iris: next generation air traffic comms service – SatNews(06:14) Voyager Space’s former VP of Exploration is now CTO and member of Starlab’s Space Board – SatNews(06:46) NSR’s top SATCOM industry predictions for 2024 – SatNews(07:17) How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse(07:52) Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard(08:17) International Space Station Welcomes Trio of Experiments Focused on Enhancing Life Beyond Earth(08:50) Station Science 101: Epigenetics Research in Space(09:22) New Glenn hardware assembling at Launch Complex 36(10:05) CRS NG-20 launches cargo, science to ISS aboard Falcon 9