Space News for Thursday, August 04, 2022

04/08/2022 11 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy! (0:00) Podcast Introduction(00:17) ESA ends efforts to recover Sentinel-1B(00:41) Momentus deploys additional satellites from Vigoride tug(01:05) Biden to sign chips bill in a boost for satellite supply chains(01:30) Geospatial analysis provider Descartes Labs sold to private equity firm(01:58) ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite(02:21) Rocket Lab launches classified mission for National Reconnaissance Office(02:46) First SLS launch remains on schedule for late August(03:15) Cape Canaveral on the cusp of new records amid blistering launch rate – Spaceflight Now(03:41) NASASpaceFlight.com(04:11) Commercial Archives(04:40) International Archives(05:05) Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101(05:32) Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101(06:01) ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station(06:26) Featured – Spaceflight101(06:52) News – Spaceflight101(07:14) Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body – Spaceflight101(07:40) Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere(08:05) Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy(08:35) NASA’s Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data(08:55) NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033(09:29) NASA Marks 25 Years Since Pathfinder Touched Down on Mars(09:56) US-European Satellite Will Make World’s First Global Freshwater Survey(10:20) NASA, ESA to Discuss Mars Sample Return Mission(11:04) Podcast Outro