Space News for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Satellogic gets NOAA license for move to the United States(00:53) As military weather satellites near end of life, DoD turns to partners for data(01:23) Astrolab announces first customers for commercial lunar rover mission(01:52) ArianeGroup begins testing prototype of multirole Susie upper stage(02:29) Starliner “on track” for April crewed test flight(02:54) NASA Mars smallsat mission to be on first New Glenn launch(03:20) U.S. delegation stokes optimism on wireless and satellite goals at WRC-23(03:50) Viasat and Skylo Technologies launch world’s first direct-to-device network – SatNews(04:16) NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches – SatNews(04:39) Telenor Group sells Telenor Satellite to Space Norway – SatNews(05:05) Celestia TTI-led consortium’s €9.9 million ESA contract develops Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece – SatNews(05:36) Thales Alenia Space to provide transponder for Turkey’s 1st lunar mission – SatNews(06:03) Cobham Satcom signs with U.S. Prime for advanced LEO(06:30) Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April