Space News for Saturday, August 03, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover
(00:55) Rocket Lab launches fifth Synspective satellite
(01:22) China launches second secretive high orbit internet satellite
(01:48) SES searching for cost savings to tackle video woes
(02:17) SDA is set to award satellite servicing contracts
(02:48) Rocket Lab sends off “Owl For One, One For Owl” smallsat mission for Synspective – SatNews
(03:41) SpaceX’s Cygnus mission ready to resupply the ISS on Saturday – SatNews
(04:14) SpaceX is back in the groove with Friday’s launch of 23 Starlink small satellites – SatNews
(04:49) Amendment 37: DRAFT F.11 Stand-Alone Landing Site-Agnostic Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon released for community comment.
(05:14) August’s Night Sky Notes: Seeing Double