Intuitive Machines says their IM-1 lunar lander is complete and will be prepared for delivery in September with a launch date set for November. AST SpaceMobile says the first five of its BlueBird satellites are fully-funded with a planned launch in Q1 of 2024 with a plan to offer initial commercial service 3 months after launch. Astra announces the first 4 shipments of their Spacecraft Engines out of their manufacturing facility as well as the completion of a Service Readiness Review for Astra's Space Force STP-29B mission, and more.

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Our guest today is Bryce Kennedy, President of the Association of Commercial Space Professionals (ACSP). 

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Selected Reading

Intuitive Machines Reports Q2 Financial Results and Expected First Lunar Mission Launch Date- Intuitive Machines

AST SpaceMobile Provides Second Quarter 2023 Business Update- AST SpaceMobile

Astra Announces Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results- Astra

Planet Closes Sinergise Acquisition- Via Satellite

Astrobotic Building a 3D Lunar Surface for Testing & Research- Astrobotic

Rocket Lab to Launch Climate Change Research Mission Focused on Arctic Ice Caps for NASA- Rocket Lab

Viasat Real-Time Earth Opens Ground Station in Japan- Viasat 

Roscosmos plans to participate in International Astronautical Congress in 2023- TASS 

No response for now from other states to join orbital station project — Roscosmos- TASS 

Vast Names New CEO and CTO- Via Satellite

Orbex Appoints Lesley Still as Chief of Spaceport Operations

Intelsat Completes C-Band Spectrum Clearing for 5G Deployment 

The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites- Wired

Europe forced to turn to Elon Musk’s rockets in the global space race- The Telegraph

Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Meteorite that crashed to Earth 3,500 years ago carved into arrowhead by Bronze Age hunters- Space.com

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