AST SpaceMobile has been awarded a contract in support of the US Space Development Agency (SDA) through a prime contractor, with total expected revenue of $43 million. SpaceX says a small liquid oxygen leak caused its Falcon 9 second stage to reenter Earth's atmosphere over Europe last week. Astroscale’s ADRAS-J concludes phase I of the commercial removal of debris demonstration for JAXA, and more.

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Our guest today is Rahul Rughani, Chief Systems Engineer at Arkisys.

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Selected Reading

AST SpaceMobile Secures $43 Million Contract in Support of U.S. Space Development Agency Through Prime Contractor | Business Wire

SpaceX

Astroscale ADRAS-J Update Phase I of the Commercial Activity

Flight VA263 now scheduled on March 3, 2025

NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Journey to Moon

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Mission - NASA

Huntsville, Ala., hopes President Trump delivers on Space Command 

Praveen Kurian Promoted to Senior VP of Defense Space at SAIC - GovCon Wire

TESS and JWST Unveil Disintegrating Planetary Interiors

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