Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink broadband satellites from California, lifting off at 4:00 a.m. EDT on Sunday, March 8. The flight placed additional Starlink spacecraft into low Earth orbit as part of the operator's ongoing effort to expand and replenish its broadband constellation.
Space.com
• Svetla Ben-Itzhak
By Space.com: Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, and even sending landers to the Moon.
CNBC
• Magdalena Petrova
By CNBC: China has become a great competitor to the United States in space. Over the last several years, the country has executed a number of milestones including launching its own low earth orbit space station called Tiangong, landing a rover on the surface of Mars, returning the first ever samples from the far side of the moon and completing its own global satellite navigation system called Beidou, which directly competes with the U.S.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: Laura Todd speaks with Rosa Schmidt, founder of DEFEM Agency for a quick tour of the atmosphere on the exhibition floor at Space-Comm Expo.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and food.
NASA
• Naomi Hartono
By NASA: New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September.
NASA
• Mark A Garcia
By NASA: NASA’s live coverage of the departure of JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s) uncrewed HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Eutelsat has completed the last step in a 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan to refresh its OneWeb constellation and support Europe’s IRIS² sovereign connectivity program, the French satellite operator announced March 6.
Via Satellite
Wall Street Journal
• Jason Zweig
