Space News for Friday, January 12, 2024

The Gist: Space News · Jan 12, 2024 · 8m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Europe considers launching Copernicus satellite on Falcon 9(00:51) NGA to tap commercial satellite data under ‘Luno’ program(01:24) Space Force to award multiple contracts for ‘Digital Spaceport’ up to $1.9 million each(01:51) Astrobotic gets payloads working on ailing Peregrine lander(02:17) D-Orbit raises $110 million to expand space logistics services(02:48) Orienspace breaks Chinese commercial launch records with Gravity-1 solid rocket(03:17) Upcoming private astronaut…