Reuters
• Camillus Eboh
Nigeria's telecoms regulator has granted seven-year satellite permits to Amazon's Kuiper Systems, Israel's NSLComm (BeetleSat) and Germany's Satelio IoT Services, joining an earlier clearance for SpaceX and clearing multiple operators to expand space-based broadband services in the country, the regulator said on Thursday.
Associated Press
• Marcia Dunn
By Associated Press: CABO CAÑAVERAL, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — El nuevo y gigantesco cohete lunar de la NASA se dirigió el sábado a la plataforma de lanzamiento en preparación para el primer vuelo lunar de astronautas en más de medio siglo.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China hit by dual launch failures as Long March 3B and Ceres-2 debut mission fail China suffered a pair of launch failures Friday, seeing the loss of a classified Shijian satellite and the failed first launch of the Ceres-2 rocket.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The White House has resubmitted a nomination for NASA deputy administrator but is seeking a new nominee for the agency’s chief financial officer.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy.".
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board a space capsule called Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System, and exit low-Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, en route to a 10-day flyby of the moon.
By Spaceflight Now:  Update Jan. 17, 12 a.m. EST (0500 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster at Landing Zone 4.
GeekWire
• Alan Boyle
By GeekWire: A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be rebranded with a time-honored name: Rocketdyne.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
Reuters
• Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette
