Space News for Saturday, December 16, 2023

The Gist: Space News · Dec 16, 2023 · 5m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Satellite transmission power battle drags on after WRC-23(00:57) Federal agencies caught in environmental crossfire over Starship launches(01:28) U.S. Space Command declares ‘full operational capability’(01:54) China launches large classified optical satellite towards geostationary orbit(02:24) Electron returns to flight with successful launch of Japanese radar imaging satellite(02:52) SpaceX delays first Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability(03:33) UPDATE #3…