Space News for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) House introduces NASA reauthorization act(00:52) Japanese venture seeks to develop commercial space station module(01:15) Astroscale spacecraft continues inspection of upper stage(01:42) Space Force preparing for the age of proliferated low Earth orbit satellite networks(02:11) Pentagon greenlights $140 billion ICBM program despite cost overruns(02:43) Nine ventures join first SoCal-UK Space Accelerator(03:08) Tres Bon! As ESA celebrates successful sendoff of Ariane 6 – SatNews(03:40) China successfully launches new satellite group – SatNews(04:04) Russia wants 2,600 satellites in orbit by 2036. Is this realistic? – SatNews(04:39) Forrester’s Digest: German army orders €2.1 billion Airbus satellites – SatNews(05:08) SpaceX’s Wednesday sendoff of 20 Starlink small sats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews(05:43) Happy Birthday, Meatball! NASA’s Iconic Logo Turns 65(06:13) From Polar Peaks to Celestial Heights: Christy Hansen’s Unique Path to Leading NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program(06:47) Launch Roundup: SpaceX flies more customer payloads and Ariane 6 debuts