Space News for Wednesday, December 18, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) SES launches 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites, stregthening MEO constellation – SatNews
(01:07) SpaceX’s foggy Tuesday launch of NROL-149 mission – SatNews
(01:33) NRO launches sixth mission of Proliferated Architecture with NROL-149 and the last launch of 2024 – SatNews
(02:18) Forrester’s Digest: EU spends €10bn on Starlink rival – SatNews
(02:56) NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe
(03:24) Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission
(03:58) Cutting-Edge Satellite Tracks Lake Water Levels in Ohio River Basin