Iran claims it sent animals to space. DARPA picks its 14 faves to study what’s possible in lunar services. SpaceX adds a key demo for NASA to its next Starship flight test plan. And we have the latest updates from the Earth Observation Market, and a look at the year that was, with our guest Aravind Ravichandran in our monthly Overview segment. And more!

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We have the latest updates from the Earth Observation Market with our guest Aravind Ravichandran.

Selected Reading

Iran launches animals into space as it revives bid for human missions- Al Jazeera

Collaborating Toward Integrated Commercial Lunar Infrastructure- DARPA

Exolaunch USA Wins Launch Contract from Capella Space for Pioneering SAR Satellite Mission- ExoLaunch 

SpaceX plans key NASA demonstration for next Starship launch- CNBC

Rogue Space Systems Announces Barry-1 Satellite Launch and Operations Commencement- Rogue Space

Aalyria Wins Contract with European Space Agency to Build O-RAN Compliant Orchestration Platform to Unlock 5G/6G Non-terrestrial Connectivity- Business Wire

Japan targeting Jan. 19 for nation's 1st-ever moon landing- Space 

UAE Organizes First Space Agencies’ Leaders Summit during COP28- SpaceWatch

NASA Leaders to Highlight 25th Anniversary of Space Station with Crew- NASA

Maine manufacturer of high-temp materials will expand, driven by defense, space industries- Mainebiz.biz

Start of new space race? First private spacecraft may land on the Moon as early as next month- Times of India

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