Space News for Thursday, January 23, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite – SatNews
(00:54) Rocket Lab to launch global wildfire detection and monitoring mission for OroraTech – SatNews
(01:25) Forrester’s Digest: Thales, Hispasat start Quantum Key geo-system – SatNews
(01:51) Kratos receives $34.8 million contract for Valkyrie Mission system integration – SatNews
(02:29) SpaceX plans a Friday launch of Starlink Group 11-6 smallsats – SatNews
(02:59) Gilat awarded more than $5 million to support critical connectivity for defense forces – SatNews
(03:30) Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock
(04:00) Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense
(04:32) XMM-Newton observes black hole that exhibits strange oscillations