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EARLY BIRD tickets are now SOLD OUT for the Payload Space Investor Summit! November 13, 2024 Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica, CA https://lnkd.in/eVWD9qpy

The Space Force should use its capabilities to improve security for the global community rather than focusing solely on American security, according to a report from RAND, a non-profit research organization. https://lnkd.in/eZ2-q_Ay

Defense tech firm Anduril Industries announced Friday that it is expanding its AI-powered tech into space, including working on national security missions from space domain awareness to command and control. https://lnkd.in/eJfHhKA4

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Japanese lunar firm ispace, inc. will launch its Hakuto-R lander to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than December, CEO Takeshi Hakamada said yesterday. https://lnkd.in/ep4FAzi9

Early Thursday morning, the Polaris Dawn crew opened their Dragon capsule to the vacuum of space, and two private astronauts walked right out. https://lnkd.in/ezkVkPNn

Introducing…drumroll…our first set of speakers for the second annual Payload Space Investor Summit (Nov 13 in LA)! We’re excited to announce “The Venture Panel,” featuring a leading group of VC investors focused on the space industry, including: – Delian Asparouhov, Partner at Founders Fund – Shahin Farshchi, General Partner at Lux Capital – Matt O'Connell, Operating Partner at DCVC and former CEO of OneWeb – Thomas Gillespie, Managing Partner at IQT (In-Q-Tel) We have a limited number of Early Bird tickets available. If you haven’t applied yet, be sure to do so here: https://lnkd.in/eVWD9qpy We’ll announce new speakers weekly, so stay tuned!

Astroscale’s UK branch announced it had won a £1.95M ($2.5M) contract on Wednesday to continue working on an active debris removal mission that will take two defunct British sats out of orbit. https://lnkd.in/enNwrQ-f

Boeing is developing a satellite that will make the first attempt to swap quantum entanglement in space, a potential step towards quantum networking at scale. https://lnkd.in/eqCXu62q