Space News for Wednesday, March 27, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Long March 6A launches second Yunhai-3 satellite(00:47) Ingersoll Rand to acquire ILC Dover(01:13) Space Force, Space Command seek over $2 billion for unfunded programs to counter anti-satellite threats(01:48) Apex commissions first payload on inaugural mission(02:14) Defense, military, intelligence agencies, all have a hand in U.S. space acquisitions(02:43) UK Space Agency moving HQ to Harwell space cluster(03:09) Month: (03:44) Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station(04:12) L-2 and a grand finale on Thursday for ULA’s Delta IV heavy in NROL-70 mission – SatNews(04:42) GMV to lead ESA’s LEO PNT End-to-End In-Orbit Demonstrator mission – SatNews(05:13) SpaceX Starlink launch on Thursday – SatNews(05:39) Ericsson announces headcount reduction – SatNews(06:06) NASA to launch sounding rockets into the Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse – SatNews(06:46) Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline(07:25) Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health(07:57) NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy(08:26) Amendment 6: New Horizons data now in scope for B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigator Open(08:58) Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of March