Space News for Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The Gist: Space News · Aug 15, 2023 · 7m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Intuitive Machines sets mid-November launch date for first lunar lander(00:54) AST SpaceMobile fully funds first five commercial direct-to-device satellites(01:36) NASA developing larger cubesat payload adapter for SLS(02:05) Intelsat meets conditions for $3.7 billion C-band clearing payout(02:36) Space Force pitch to private sector: ‘Help us with space protection’ (03:06) Earth observation evolution: Bigger satellites promise bigger payoff for imagery operators(03:34) China…