SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
Chinese commercial firm CAS Space flew the maiden Lihong‑1 suborbital mission and achieved a successful parachute descent and capsule recovery. The flight validated the vehicle's end‑to‑end suborbital flight and recovery sequence in the company's first integrated test campaign.
Space.com
• Charles Q Choi
By Space.com: "If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe.".
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Spacecoin, the space startup working to build a decentralized satellite network has signed agreements to pilot satellite internet demonstrations in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intelsat’s former CEO David Wajsgras has joined cyber firm Everfox as the company’s CEO.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — A French parliamentary committee used the occasion of the ratification of the….
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Undocking occurred at 5:20 p.m. EST today (Jan. 14).
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: The space community is breathing a sigh of relief after lawmakers rejected Trump proposed cuts.
SpaceNews.com
• Clinton Clark, Ralph Dinsley
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
