In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) Scientists praise performance of first global survey of surface water
(00:51) House and Senate pass 2024 defense policy bill by overwhelming majority
(01:20) Space Force eyes new breed of satellites that adjust their orbit and respond to threats
(01:50) Playback | SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards panel discussion
(02:22) Final Vega launch delayed because of upper stage tank problem
(02:47) China launches mystery reusable spaceplane for third time
(03:16) Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links
(03:44) Month:
(04:19) Rocket Lab successfully completes return-to-flight Electron launch
(04:49) UPDATE: SpaceX delays launch of 21 Starlink smallsats to include first six direct-to-cell capabilities – SatNews
(05:31) UPDATE 2: Rocket Lab’s The Moon God Awakens launch goes extremely well… – SatNews
(05:55) EUMETSAT’s multi-million euro contract to Spire for satellite weather data – SatNews
(06:31) Rogers + Lynk complete Satellite-to-Mobile call in Canada – SatNews
(07:14) RTX to track UK space assets with LEO observation system – SatNews
(07:44) Insitu’s successful Shryke demo with the Integrator UAS – SatNews
(08:05) NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus
(08:31) NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission
(09:03) SpaceX Pushes Ahead to Flight 3 with the Rollout of Ship 28
(09:38) Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab returns to flight; SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 three times