GeoXO constellation reduced in scope.

The Trump Administration seeks to cut air quality and ocean monitoring instruments from the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation and reduce the number of satellites. NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) to look for alternatives to the Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) mission. Japan’s Space Agency (JAXA) has selected Mitsubishi Electric to develop solar technology for satellites, and more.

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Selected Reading

Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites- CNN

Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Mission Alternatives Assessment Team (MAAT): Request for Information (RFI)

Mitsubishi Electric Selected as Representative Organization for JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund to Develop Solar Cells and Related Components for Satellites

Solar System Internet Successfully Conducted Pioneering Delay Tolerant Network Edge Processing Test on Lonestar Data Holding's February Lunar Test Flight

LunaGrid-Lite Completes Critical Design Review, Flight Model Underway

Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station | WIRED

ALL.SPACE and Telesat Government Solutions begin terminal collaboration for Telesat Lightspeed

US Space Force scheduled to launch eighth X-37B mission

Opinion- Nuclear-powered rockets will win the new space race

SpaceX’s Expensive Starship Explosions Are Starting to Add Up

TOMEX+ Launch Update – Aug. 20 - NASA

This Chappell Roan song boosted interest in a Canadian dark sky preserve by 1,800%- Space

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