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Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems enter a six-month hot standby phase for the US Space Force’s VICTUS NOX mission. QinetiQ's U.S. subsidiary has been awarded a $224 million five-year contract to engineer systems and provide other professional support services for the Space Development Agency’s future layered network of missile tracking satellites in low-Earth orbit. Helsinki-based ReOrbit has completed an oversubscribed Seed funding round for $7.4 million, and more. 

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Space Force is branching out with new subordinate command in Japan- Stars and Stripes

 KDDI Signs Agreement with SpaceX to Bring Satellite-to-Cellular service to Japan

QinetiQ Wins $224M SDA Proliferated Architecture Support Contract- GoveConWire

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications Study

ReOrbit Completes Oversubscribed $7.4M Seed Funding Round: Enabling Real-Time Dataflow in Space

AAC Clyde Space Q2 Report 

Polaris on course to develop hypersonic spaceplane Aurora- IE

AstroCardia develops artificial 'space heart' to study heart health- Space Applications

Spiral Blue Unveils Australia’s First ‘your Code In Space’ Initiative

Space Force in discussions to establish a cyber component to US Cyber Command- Defense Scoop

Old Soviet satellite breaks apart in orbit after space debris collision- Space.com

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Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak announces the successful demonstration of its OrbitSecure encryption technology aboard the International Space Station, showing that secure operations traffic could be successfully sent and received between ground and on-orbit stations. SAIC has been awarded a $574.5 million task order to help the US Space Force update and maintain a global network of ground based radar systems. India’s ​​Pragyan lunar rover has found evidence of sulfur on the Moon, and more.

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SpiderOak Announces Successful Demonstration of OrbitSecure on International Space Station- PR

SAIC Wins $575M Space Force Task Order for Ground Radar Sustainment, Modernization Services- Govconwire

TransAstra claims NASA contract for debris capture bag- SpaceNews

U.S. Space Force looks to boost allied tracking of North Korea missiles- Reuters

How Data from a NASA Lunar Orbiter is Preparing Artemis Astronauts- NASA

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover confirms sulphur on moon’s south pole- Al Jazeera

India's Satsure Raises $15m In Series A Round Led By Baring Private Equity Partners, India And Promus Ventures- technode.global

SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse Mission- European Spaceflight

Azerbaijan Adopts Primary Space Legislation- Space Watch Global

On this day in history, August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off for its maiden voyage- Fox News

Satellite Plants Roots in Agriculture- Via Satellite

New Space, New Rules? An overview of historical and current developments in global space governance- London Politica

Space Force Tries Out a ‘Unique’ Approach for Developing New Tactics- Air and Space Forces

Long Before SpaceX, Pan Am Was Booking Flights to the Moon- National Endowment for the Humanities 

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Starfish Space announces the successful stabilization of the Otter Pup. Hurricane Idalia causes delays to ULA’s launch of the NRO Silentbarker satellite. Robotics company GITAI raises an additional $15 million in a Series B Extension round, and more.

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Satellite Internet Market worth $17.1 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

ULA delays Atlas V launch to roll the rocket back ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia- Florida Today

US offers rare preview of upcoming spy-satellite launch- Defense One

TEMPO - Nitrogen Dioxide Air Pollution Over North America- NASA

NASA to Demonstrate Laser Communications from Space Station

India to launch solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 this week- TechCrunch

India's Skyroot expects to double rocket launches amid Chandrayaan-3's success- Reuters

South Africa and China Sign Agreements on Space Exploration Activities- Space in Africa

Space Robotics Startup GITAI Raises an Additional US$15 Million in Funding 

Kremlin plays down moon landing failure, says space programme will continue- Yahoo

Space Florida board picks Space Force Col. Long as next CEO- Orlando Sentinel

Announcement of Opportunity ETP - Open Call for Technology - Call Four- UKSA

A Very British Space Launch review – as flimsy as Richard Branson’s rockets- the Guardian

NASA and Forest Service offer seedlings to grow Artemis 'moon trees'- Space.com

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 docks with the International Space Station, bringing the total number of crew on the ISS up to 11 for the next few days. Japan delays the launch of the XRISM satellite and SLIM lunar probe to later this week due to high winds. India’s Vikram Lander has sent back scientific data from its ChaSTE payload measuring the temperature at the Moon’s south pole, and more.

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to International Space Station- PR Newswire

Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moonshot because of strong winds- Reuters

First Scientific Data Sent By Chandrayaan-3 From Moon's South Pole- NDTV

Voyager Space Awarded $900 Million Ceiling Contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Architecture and Integration Directorate- PR Newswire

24 hours to launch: Space Force, DIU kick off new ‘Tactically Responsive Space’ mission- Breaking Defense

Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS)- DIU Solicitation

Exotrail’s electric propulsion systems to be used in Muon Space’s climate monitoring constellation.- PR

Astranis announces new contract for US government mission, starting with on-orbit demonstration using Arcturus satellite 

SCOUT Space Acquires Free Space to Expand Technical Capabilities & Defense Expertise- SCOUT

Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window For Third Commercial Spaceflight

Spaceport America Releases Economic Impact Study for 2022

Broken Satellite Risks Big Claim in Shrinking Insurance Market- Bloomberg

Meet Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, the 'Rocket Woman' behind Chandrayaan-3's historic Moon landing- First Post

Save New Horizons, the Pluto flyby and Kuiper Belt exploration mission

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In a week where India’s space program has made headlines around the world for being the first nation to soft land at the lunar south pole, we speak to the CEO of one of the country’s leading commercial space companies. Dhruva Space is working to build a sovereign network of commercial companies to support a global space market. We spoke with Dhruva Space CEO and Co-founder Sanjay Nekkanti. 

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Sanjay Nekkanti: Leading India’s satellite revolution through Dhruva Space

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The Indian Space Research Organization says its Pragyan rover is on the move and “All planned Rover movements have been verified.” JAXA moves the launch of its SLIM lunar lander and XRISM satellite to Saturday. The US Department of Justice has sued SpaceX alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylees, and more. 

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Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls onto moon's surface as ecstatic India celebrates- Reuters

Exclusive: L&T, HAL vetted to bid on India rocket privatization-source- Reuters

The Launch Schedule of the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) [Rescheduled]- JAXA

SpaceX aiming for September launch from Boca Chica facility 

Department of Justice Sues SpaceX for Hiring Discrimination Against Refugees- Via Satellite

Launch of 4 astronauts to space station bumped to Saturday- ABC News

Russia, US agree additional US astronaut flight to ISS- Reuters

Space SPAC: Mission Control Acquisition Files for IPO - FLYING Magazine 

SpaceWERX TacRS Space Challenge 

Viasat reports second satellite malfunction in a matter of weeks- CNBC

European Union nations join ASAT testing ban- Space News

American spaceflight company, Spinlaunch, to conduct a feasibility study in Western Australia - ABC News 

Orbital Sidekick Shares First Images from Hyperspectral Satellites- Via Satellite

Tomorrow.io announces its first weather measurements from space-based radar - UPI.com 

Europe has a productivity problem. It can be solved from space- Euronews

How NASA Picked Sally Ride to Be the First American Woman in Space- Bloomberg 

Why does the US government need Elon Musk and SpaceX so badly?- QZ 

Japan’s space observatory will measure X-rays in exquisite detail- Nature

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Rocket Lab successfully lifts Capella Space satellites to orbit and marks its 40th Electron launch. North Korea’s second attempt to launch a spy satellite ends in failure. Australian startup HEO raises $8 million in Series A funding to develop its space imagery platform, and more.

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Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine- Business Wire

North Korea's space launch program and long-range missile projects- Reuters

Chandrayaan-3 on Moon: India to shift focus on Chandrayaan-4 with Japan- India Today

Blue Blocks School Celebrates Successful Inauguration of Innovative Space Lab

SES Signs Broadband Deal in the Philippines With We Are IT- Via Satellite

Airtree leads $12m Series A for space imagery enabler HEO Robotics- Business News Australia

Momentus to Provide Hosted Payload Services for FOSSA Systems- Business Wire

SAB Orbital Vehicle Could Work in Concert With Space Rider - European Spaceflight 

Space Foundation Partners With The Netherlands Ministry Of Foreign Affairs To Support And Promote Dutch Space Sector In U.S.‘

He’s made a huge sacrifice’: US astronauts praise Frank Rubio for staying a year in space 

A Lexicon for Outer Space Security- UNIDIR

European astronomers detect new component of radio halo in a nearby galaxy cluster 

NASA Begins Integrating ‘Nervous System’ for Roman Space Telescope- NASA

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Chandrayaan-3 soft lands on the moon making India the first nation to reach the lunar south pole. The target of the European Space Agency ClearSpace-1 space debris removal mission hit by other space debris. NASA announces its Artemis 3 geology team, and more.

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India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first on the south pole, with Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft- CNBC

Objects detected in the vicinity of ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission target- ESA

NASA Selects Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing- NASA

Break the Ice Lunar Challenge Phase 2 Level 3 Competition Venue- NASA

Light Detection and Ranging Sensor for OSAM-1 Mission- NASA

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts rehearse ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos)

West Coast Falcon 9 launches SpaceX’s 100th Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

Sidus Space Acquires Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company, Exo-Space

Momentus Inc. ​​reverse stock split 

Spire Global Participates in Prize Challenge to Advance Measurements of Earth’s Magnetic Field with Multi-Million-Dollar Support from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Scientists calculate minimum number of astronauts needed to build and maintain Mars colony- The Independent 

Top Guard space officer fears readiness loss as Space and Air Force processes diverge- Breaking Defense

U.S. intelligence office to investigate lagging procurement of commercial satellite data- SpaceNews

The Space Force needs to get bigger- The Washington Post

Valves are a regular concern at SpaceX, just like every other space company- Ars Technica

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EOS Space Systems warns Chinese surveillance satellites were and are keeping a keen eye on two military exercises held in Australia. The Japanese Coast Guard says that North Korea is planning a space launch as early as Thursday. The head of Russia’s Space Agency says that the Luna 25 crash was caused after the spacecraft’s engines failed to shut down correctly, and more.

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Our guests today are Trudy Kortes, Director of NASA STMD Technology Demonstrations, and Greg Richardson, Director of COSMIC, about the NASA-created consortium for space mobility and ISAM capabilities.

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China’s Constant Spying On Australian Drills From Space A Sign Of Shifting Orbital Balance- The Drive

World's first high-orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite enters operational orbit- CGTN

New 'AI-brained' Chinese satellite has just been launched- Interesting Engineering 

North Korea's space launch program and long-range missile projects- Reuters

HKUST Launches Hong Kong's First Higher Ed Satellite- Pr Newswire

Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander’s crash on the moon- AP

Hughes Awarded Space Force IDIQ Contract for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Services- PR Newswire

Space Development Agency taps Mynaric for optical ground station project- Mynaric

Umbra Selected by AFWERX for SBIR Phase II Contract- PR Newswire

Ecuador Minister and CNT Inaugurate O3b mPOWER Terminals in the Galapagos- Via Satellite

Quant Data & Analytics to Leverage Satellogic Imagery in Saudi Arabia - Via Satellite

CSA Awards $1.03 Million for Industry-Academia Collaborative Research including for Quantum Technology - SpaceQ 

Russia's Moon Crash 'Speaks Volumes': A Storied Space Program Falls Short. Again.- RFE

Despite the Luna-25 failure, Russia is not a declining space power 

The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader | Ars Technica 

The New Race to Reach the Moon—and Find Water - WSJ 

We need to get our space junk problem under control- The Washington Post

Why Your NASA T-Shirt Is Behind the Curve- Newsweek

LA Company Squid3 Space Develops Camouflage for Satellites - Parabolic Arc 

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The FAA and DoT propose new rules for government and commercial space launches. The Space Development Agency selects Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer contract worth $1.5 billion. Axiom Space secures $350 million in its Series-C round of growth funding, and more.

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Our guest today is Andrew Williams, External Relations at the European Southern Observatory.

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Federal Register:: U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act Incorporation 

Space Development Agency Makes Awards to Build 72 Beta Variant Satellites for Tranche 2 Transport Layer

Axiom Space Raises $350M at Series-C Close with $2.2B+ in Customer Contracts

Sierra Space and Redwire Partner to Bring In-Space Biotech Facilities to Customers via the Sierra Space Platform- Sierra

US Intelligence Community warns of cyber threats to space systems. 

Intelligence Agencies Warn Foreign Spies Are Targeting U.S. Space Companies- The New York Times

Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure- Reuters

Visit of the Mauritius Minister to ISRO enhanced the scope of India-Mauritius space cooperation- ISRO

Dr Sherif Sedky Reappointed as EgSA CEO- Space in Africa

The Spirit of Camp David: Joint Statement of Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States- White House

NASA spacecraft reunites with Earth after 17-year trip around the sun- The Washington Post

Why startups are investing millions to make drugs and semiconductors in space- CNBC

Bezos’ Blue Origin Methane Emissions Were Spotted by the Space Station- Bloomberg

BAE Systems wins DARPA contract to develop next-gen airborne signal processing technology- Shephard

Canadian space agency shares ‘Moon Crater’ picture, but it has roads, buildings

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