Space News for Tuesday, July 18, 2023

18/07/2023 5 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Young space firms are driving acquisition activity(00:56) LightRidge acquires space electronics supplier Trident Systems(01:26) China sets out preliminary crewed lunar landing plan(01:58) Return to Tranquility Base first(02:22) Month: (03:07) Rocket Lab Electron launches satellites for NASA, Space Flight Laboratory + Spire Global – SatNews(03:40) SWF’s 2023 fact sheets on anti-satellite testing, military and intelligence RPOs, and the X-37B – SatNews(04:17) Euroconsult marks a 40 year milestone – SatNews(05:12) Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions – SatNews