Space News for Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Gist: Space News · Jan 25, 2024 · 8m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Freedom Space’s ground network software selected for U.S. Space Force program(00:54) ESA sees strong interest in commercial cargo program(01:24) Europe weeks away from finalizing sovereign broadband proposal(01:55) Eyes in the sky: The increasing importance of very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for national security(02:24) Blue Origin gets U.S. Space Force funding for New Glenn ‘integration studies’(02:56) ESA and EU collaborate on launch initiative(03:22) Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to…