The Australia-USA connection in the space industry. Apex Space is ramping up. Loft Orbital is staying busy. The SDA is happy with how the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is progressing. SDA Director Tournear is bending ears about supply chain and sustainability. China and Venezuela shake on it, to the moon and back ❤️. And more.

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Selected Reading

Aerospace Corporation Virgin Orbit Hiring Fair | Event Registration

Advanced power systems blaze a trail for America's space effort | GeekWire 

SSIB 2023 Hybrid Space Architecture and Advanced Power & Propulsion Working Groups | New Space NM

US$400m opportunity for Australian space sector | SpaceConnect

Economic opportunities in the space industry | KPMG  

Satellite bus startup Apex Space plans first launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 | TechCrunch

Loft Orbital orders 15 more buses from Airbus OneWeb Satellites | SpaceNews 

Space Development Agency’s first satellite launch hailed as model | SpaceNews

Tournear: Demand Likely to Grow for Commercial Deorbiting Systems | Via Satellite 

SDA’s Tournear ‘Just Not’ Afraid of Satellite Shootdowns. Supply Chain Is the Greater Worry | Air & Space Forces Magazine

China invites Venezuela to join moon base project | SpaceNews 

Mars Ingenuity helicopter breaks record for speed and altitude, NASA says | CBS News 

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