Space News for Wednesday, June 28, 2023

28/06/2023 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(00:24) SES wins $134 million DoD contract for X-band satellite communications(00:53) British startup powers up sensor for monitoring tiny orbital debris(01:22) Chinese company plans to launch rocket comparable to Falcon 9 in 2024(01:52) PLD Space postpones first launch to September(02:22) House appropriators target Space Force programs(02:51) Airmo raises 5.2 million euros for climate-monitoring constellation(03:18) SpaceNews names new CEO Andrew Pemberton (04:12) Month: (04:29) PLD Space re-schedules the MIURA 1 rocket launch – SatNews(04:56) Full ignition for ESA’s Prometheus reusable rocket engine – SatNews(06:20) NASA’s Roman and ESA’s Euclid Will Team Up to Investigate Dark Energy