Space News for Friday, May 19, 2023

The Gist: Space News · May 19, 2023 · 7m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) PLD Space prepares for suborbital test launch(00:49) Space Force delivers second U.S. payload to be hosted on Japanese satellite(01:14) Zeno Power gets $30 million to build radioisotope-powered satellite for U.S. military(01:41) Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak gets new investors(02:13) U.K. government won’t buy Virgin Orbit(02:42) Month: (03:11) Astra’s new launch add-on contract with Department of Defense – SatNews(03:43) HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their…