Intelsat and SES call off the merger. Anomaly affects the Otter Pup. A Russian hacker claims they’ve got Maxar satellite access if you have coin. SDA taps SAIC to make an app store for BMC3 LEO satellites - and yep we’ll translate that for you. NorthStar pivots from Virgin Orbit to Rocket Lab. NASA opens Earth Information Center. Ecuador joins the Artemis Accords. Danti unveils a search engine for geospatial data. And Kim Macharia, Executive Director at the Space Prize Foundation, joins us to discuss the space workforce.

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Kim Macharia, Executive Director at Space Prize Foundation, joins us to talk about space education and empowering women to participate in the space economy.

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Selected Reading

Intelsat ends merger talks with rival satellite communications giant SES- CNBC 

Starfish Space Otter Pup Mission update- LinkedIn 

Military Satellite Access Sold on Russian Hacker Forum for $15,000- HackRead 

Upcoming Space Force-NRO critical thinking wargame to focus on space conflict in 2030- DefenseScoop 

Great Power Space Competition Event Details- Liberty Alliance 

SAIC to build software app factory for Space Development Agency- Breaking Defense 

Mynaric selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program- Press Release

Space Force Budget Brief: New Priorities and Long-Term Developments Toward a New Architecture- Aerospace Corporation

NorthStar pivots to Rocket Lab following Virgin Orbit’s collapse- SpaceNews

SIA President Tom Stroup Testifies Before Congress on Satellite’s Role in Agriculture- Via Satellite

NASA opens Earth Information Center amid budget uncertainty- SpaceNews

NASA Welcomes Ecuador as 26th Artemis Accords Signatory- NASA    

Startup Danti unveils search engine for geospatial data- SpaceNews 

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