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Weekly Recap #49 + Kall Morris Inc Interview

Weekly Recap #49 + Kall Morris Inc Interview31 aug1 u 24 min

This week we interviewed Troy Morris, Co-Founder and CEO of Kall Morris Inc, on their recent STRATFI win, hear how they plan to use that money for on-orbit servicing!

Main Topics

Launch

* SpaceX announced plans for a $100B Starship launch site in Louisiana. [source]

* Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket has successfully completed its first Geostationary mission. [source]

* China’s Long March 6C fragmented on orbit, generating 10s to 100s of fragments from the event. [source]

* China’s Chang’e-7 moon rover mission was delayed indefinitely. [source]

* Space Angel won a $1.75M grant from the Western Australian government to support plans for new spaceports. [source]

Government

* Tomorrow.io won a 5 year, $49M, IDIQ NOAA contract to provide advanced weather modeling services. [source]

* Spire Global won a $28M NOAA contract to advance hyperspectral microwave sounding technology. [source]

* Leolabs was awarded a $20M USSF contract for their mobile space tracking Scout radar system. [source]