Gotta' Get Some Pentagon Money! | TMRO:News
Channel: TMRO Space News
Date: 2020-08-25

Alternate title: Cash Rules Launch Services Around Me

We return from a nice, long break rested and ready to deliver to you what's happening off of the Earth. Ryan dives right in to a busy time for SpaceX [we'll have SN-6's static fire in our next News], Jared delivers the details on RocketLab's last reusability system test before flight and Northrop Grumman's first test of the new GEM 63XL Solid motor. We hope you've got your wallets and lungs ready, as we take a detailed look at which of the four major aerospace companies in the United States has won the Big Pentagon™ money in the recently awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement. Let's bounce back between China and South America for a pair of launches. Then our weekly Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov, looks like we got a little lucky! We wrap it up with a Bonanza closeout updating the status of the three mission en-route to Mars, the X-37B winning the Collier Trophy, and damage to Arecibo Observatory [thanks Sean Bean].

GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER:
00:00 | Intro
00:42 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan Caton
03:00 | Last RocketLab Reusability Test
04:27 | Northrop Grumman's first GEM 63XL test
05:30 | The Pentagon selects two launch providers for Phase 2 contracts
10:30 | Space Traffic
12:38 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov
15:45 | Jared's Spaceflight Bonanza
18:10 | Thank's y'all!
18:59 | Stay safe, stay healthy, and keep exploring!
19:18 | 67 seconds of bloopers

Jared had way too much coffee.

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