Space News for Tuesday, March 19, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) Raytheon’s satellite contract with Space Development Agency being ‘reevaluated’
(00:50) Aerospacelab to build Xona Space’s first navigation satellite
(01:18) GEO operators look to local service providers to compete against Starlink
(01:53) Startical orders test satellites for air traffic surveillance and comms constellation
(02:24) Satellite manufacturers defend diminished GEO market
(02:51) Orbith orders small Astranis GEO broadband satellite for Argentina
(03:20) Bundling enterprise service in the fractured Direct-to-Device LEO landscape
(03:51) SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on sunset Starlink flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base
(04:21) Spire Global to enhance AI-driven weather prediction with NVIDIA – SatNews
(04:52) AI comes to space with Comsat Architects and Ubotica Technologies – SatNews
(05:31) ST Engineering iDirect reveals next-gen ground system — Intuition – SatNews
(06:02) NEC + Skyloom partner for 100 Gbps space optical comms – SatNews
(06:29) NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations
(06:56) 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast
(07:26) Eclipse Photographers Will Help Study Sun During Its Disappearing Act
(07:55) Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL
(08:19) Leslie Livesay Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(08:45) Scientists discover first long-lasting radio bursts above sunspots