Space News for Saturday, January 27, 2024

The Gist: Space News · Jan 27, 2024 · 4m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Space Force selects vendors for suborbital launch services(00:55) Virgin Galactic launches four private astronauts as it prepares to end Unity flights(01:30) FCC reaffirms orbital debris mitigation rules(01:55) US seeks dismissal of Ligado’s $40 billion roadblocked 5G spectrum claim (02:24) Satellites and the specter of IoT attacks(02:56) New effort seeks to study health issues for private astronauts(03:24) What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission(03:53) NASA’s…