Space News for Wednesday, July 12, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) China’s Landspace reaches orbit with methane-powered Zhuque-2 rocket(00:57) U.S. sharpens plan for military space race(01:26) Astranis to deliver GEO broadband satellite for the Philippines next year(01:52) India’s renewed effort toward space preeminence(02:16) Former NASA astronaut to advise Vast on commercial space station efforts(02:49) Muon wins option to monitor ionosphere for Space Force(03:18) Thermal imagery sector heats up(03:39) Orbex’s facilities’ footprint expands 30% for UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch – SatNews(04:20) hiSky’s FCC certification of Smartellite™ fixed KA terminal completes qualification of Smartellite™ 8×8 terminal family – SatNews(04:54) GMV to implement innovative cybersecurity system for UAVs in Galicia – SatNews(05:22) ESA’s CanSat 2023 — a total success – SatNews(05:48) Aerojet Rocketdyne develops + successfully tests new solid rocket motor for Kratos’ Zeus program – SatNews(06:19) Launch Roundup: SpaceX to finish Starlink v1 flights