Space News for Wednesday, February 07, 2024
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Viasat preparing to start services from hobbled ViaSat-3 satellite(00:51) Venture-backed space companies face “year of reckoning”(01:21) JPL to lay off 8% of workforce(01:48) Space VCs urge startups to pursue government contracts but stay focused on commercial success(02:18) Spectrum for the Space and Satellite Industry(02:50) AI startup Synthetaic raises $15 million in Series B funding(03:23) UPDATE: It’s a stand down at final minute as SpaceX scrubs Starlink smallsats launch…
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