Quad leaders summit gives space a shoutout. FCC approves a possible Viasat-Inmarsat deal. Special coverage from the GEOINT summit happening this week (and there’s already lots of it). Space Force goes meta. And Melissa Quinn gives us the insider perspective on Spaceport Cornwall and UK launch services.

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Our featured interview today is with Melissa Quinn, Head of Spaceport Cornwall, on what’s next for domestic launch services, providers, and users in the UK.

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Selected Reading

Quad Leaders’ Summit Fact Sheet - The White House 

Australia-United States Joint Leaders’ Statement - An Alliance for our Times - The White House 

Viasat’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat receives U.S. Federal Communications Commission approval - Press Release

Umbra and Ursa to collaborate on radar imaging data products - SpaceNews 

Planet seeks partners that can extract more value from data - SpaceNews

Planet-led RapidAI4EO Consortium Releases One of the Largest Earth Observation Training Datasets for Machine Learning Applications - Press Release 

Impact Observatory Launches IO Monitor to Understand Climate, Financial, and Environmental Risk in Near Real-Time - Press Release 

AT&T tries to block Starlink/T-Mobile plan for satellite-to-phone service - Ars Technica

Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the venture arm for the U.S. intelligence community - TechCrunch 

Space Force turns to metaverse to predict effects of spaceport congestion - SpaceNews 

Head of Spaceport Cornwall, Melissa Quinn, Announces Departure from Cornwall Council - Press Release 

Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex - NY Times 

Size of the Prize: Assessing the Market for Edge Computing in Space - Via Satellite

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