Astranis announces that their Arcturus satellite has not only successfully settled into its spot in geostationary orbit over Alaska, it's also completed an end-to-end payload test, with the satellite connecting to a ground station in Utah and user terminals in Alaska. Satellite Vu reports a Series A2 investment of $15.8m. Northrop Grumman announces a Preliminary Design Review for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program. A round up of other news from GEOINT 2023, and more.

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Our guest for today’s episode is Marie Planchard from Dassault Systèmes who is the lead for 3D Experience Works Engagement on supporting student competitions such as the Spaceport America Cup.

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Selected Reading

Debut Astranis satellite beams first signals to Alaska- Space News 

Breaking barriers in climate action: Satellite Vu raises further £12.7m ($15.8m), bringing investment total to £30.5m ($37.9m)- Satellite Vu

Missile-warning satellite passes preliminary design review- Space News 

NGA emphasizing space GEOINT mission, developing lunar model for operators: Director- Breaking Defense

NRO seeking new electro-optical imagery from private sector- Breaking Defense

DARPA Awards 4 Contracts for SAR Collection and Processing Under the Drift Program- Via Satellite

Japan to expand use of space for defense, vow to protect satellites- Kyodo News

Moon crash site found! NASA orbiter spots grave of private Japanese lander (photos)- Space.com

Space Robotics Startup GITAI Raises US$30 Million in Funding- GITAI

Details On Mysterious Object That Followed China’s Spaceplane Revealed In Recent Space Threat Assessment- The Debrief

NASA Funds Small Business to Advance Tech for Space, Earth- NASA

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