Space News for Wednesday, October 12, 2022

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (0:00) Podcast Introduction(00:17) Space companies face difficult investment environment(00:40) Launch on demand: If satellites are shot down, will Space Force be ready to restock?(01:05) Yahsat invests in direct-to-cell enabler eSAT Global(01:27) Jumping on the direct-to-cell bandwagon(01:59) NASA’s DART spacecraft changes asteroid’s orbit(02:25) Inmarsat wins $980 million U.S. Navy contract for global communications services(02:55) NASASpaceFlight.com(03:26) Commercial Archives(03:51) International Archives(04:13) Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101(04:52) Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101(05:30) ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station(05:55) Featured – Spaceflight101(06:20) News – Spaceflight101(07:00) Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body – Spaceflight101(07:27) NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa’s Icy Crust Could Erupt(07:51) NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean(08:16) JPL’s Venus Aerial Robotic Balloon Prototype Aces Test Flights(08:43) NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm(09:15) JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space(09:45) Citizen Scientists Enhance New Europa Images From NASA’s Juno(10:08) NASA Study Finds Climate Extremes Affect Landslides in Surprising Ways(10:51) Podcast Outro