Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
NASA has launched a mission to maximize science output from the James Webb Space Telescope through targeted measures to address a growing concern. Agency officials say the seriousness of the underlying problem was not recognized until about 2017 or 2018.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: "We are in constant contact with NASA.".
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, has hired Joe Yaffe as chief operating officer (COO) and chief legal officer (CLO).
Airbus
By Airbus: Eutelsat awarded Airbus a contract for further 340 low Earth orbit OneWeb constellation satellites, to be built in Toulouse, France.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has provided a long-awaited update on plans for the Artemis 2 launch, including a Jan. 17 rollout of the launch vehicle to the pad.
Flying Magazine
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The 30-nation Eumetsat meteorological organization, after months of delays, has secured the….
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: GRU Space opened applications for a $1M deposit to reserve a spot in the company’s planned lunar hotel, which aims to open its doors by 2032.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China files ITU paperwork for megaconstellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites China has submitted two filings for huge non-geostationary satellite networks to the International Telecommunication Union, indicating moves to secure options for next-generation megaconstellations.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner, Mike Wall, Tariq Malik
