Space News for Saturday, October 21, 2023

The Gist: Space News · Oct 21, 2023 · 6m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Upgraded star trackers could give more satellites a debris-monitoring role(00:56) PLD Space calls first launch a success(01:22) Space Development Agency awards York Space $615 million contract for 62 satellites(01:52) Pakistan becomes latest country to join China’s ILRS moon project(02:26) Canada’s budget boost for Radarsat is part of its climate strategy(03:00) Blueprint for an In-Space Community(03:29) SpaceX frustrated by Starship licensing delays(04:00) SpaceX Falcon 9…