Sept 30-2020 Blue Helm Space News Brief

Twitter- @bluehelmco Instagram - @bluehelmco (https://www.bluehelmco.com) Sponsor- (https://hopeschest.com) On this Day Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet. Headlines- 1) Space Force weighing options to modernize ground antennas for military satellites a.(https://spacenews.com/space-force-weighing-options-to-modernize-ground-antennas-for-military-satellites/) 2) OneWeb secures additional financing as bankruptcy restructuring continues a.(https://spacenews.com/oneweb-secures-additional-financing-as-bankruptcy-restructuring-continues/) 3) Japan’s iQPS to update technology for future radar satellites a.(https://spacenews.com/iqps-constellation-plan/) 4) German cubesats to showcase formation flight technology a.(https://spacenews.com/netsat-formation-flight/) 5) Swissto12 and Thales Alenia Space turn to 3D printing for communications satellite parts a.(https://spacenews.com/swissto12-and-tas-3d-waveguides/) Law and policy- 1) Space Force buyers make recruiting pitch to tech companies a.(https://spacenews.com/space-force-buyers-make-recruiting-pitch-to-tech-companies/) 2) US military eyes nuclear thermal rocket for missions in Earth-moon space a.(https://www.space.com/darpa-nuclear-thermal-rocket-for-moon-contract) ** WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE POLICY September 27—Oct 3, 2020 a. (https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-happening-in-space-policy-september-27-october-3-2020/) Events- 2)September 2020 Space Calendar of Events a.(http://spaceref.com/calendar/) 3) Launch Calendar a. (https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html Fun 1) Tiana Schowe - Aint quite right a.(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiana-schowe-aint-quite-right/id1521374073) 2) Jeff Talks a.(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/learning-to-rise/id1502669808)