The House is scheduled to take up several bills on July 25, 2023 on the suspension calendar including two related to satellite telecommunications: H.R. 682, Launch Communications Act, pertaining to spectrum for commercial launches and reentries and H.R. 1338, the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (SAT Streamliming) to streamline the FCC's satellite licensing process. Bills …

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NASA will hold two news conferences on July 25, 2023 at Johnson Space Center in preparation for the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station, Crew-7. Launch is targeted for August 15, 2023. Crew-7 is comprised of Jasmine Moghbeli (NASA), Andreas Mogensen (ESA/Denmark), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) and Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos). In addition, …

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The NOAA Science Advisory Board will meet July 26-27, 2023 at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Road, Costa Mesa, CA. The meeting on July 26 is 8:00 am-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time and on July 27 is 8:00 am-12:00 pm PACIFIC Time. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is …

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 9:00 am ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Force, to be promoted to General and serve as Commander of U.S. Space Command (to succeed Gen. James Dickinson). The committee …

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The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications for National Security, Public Safety and Government Transparency."  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Ryan Grush, Executive Director, Americans for …

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The Brookings Institution will hold an in-person event at its offices at 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC on July 26, 2023 from 10:00-11:15 am ET to discuss "U.S.-China Proximate Operations in the Maritime, Air and Space Domains."  It will be livestreamed. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants are: Josiah …

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Boeing will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on July 26, 2023 at 10:30 am ET.  The audio will be broadcast on the company's website. Participants are: President and Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian West  

The Beyond Earth Institute will hold a webinar on July 26, 2023 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET on "Making Tomorrow's Moon: Artemis, ILRS, and the Future of Cislunar Development." ILRS is the International Lunar Research Station being planned by China and partners including Russia. Participants are: Cody Knipfer, Policy and Program Associate, BEI Dallas Bienhoff, Space …

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The Hudson Institute will hold a seminar on July 26, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET at its offices at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The event will be livestreamed. The topic is "Space and National Security" and the speakers are: Even Rogers, CEO, True Anomaly Dean C. Bellamy, Executive Vice President of National Security …

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Update, July 15:  The webpage now says Meeting 6 will take place at Marshall Space Flight Center from July 27-28. The agenda was not posted, but it says some sessions will be open and some will be closed and livestream links for the open sessions will be posted later. Update: On July 6, the webpage …

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Northrop Grumman will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on July 27, 2023 at 9:00 am ET. It will air on the company's investor's website. Participants are: Kathy Warden, chair, chief executive officer and president, and Dave Keffer, chief financial officer

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will mark up a number of bills on July 27, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building.  The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. Among the bills is the Orbital Sustainability or ORBITS Act sponsored by Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) addressing the …

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The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up four bills on July 27, 2023 in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building starting at 10:30 am ET.  The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. The four bills are: Defense Labor-HHS-Education Interior-Environment Homeland Security These are the last four of the 12 appropriations bills to reach full …

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NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Nicky Fox will hold a virtual "town hall" meeting on July 27, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET. The event will take place via WebEx and livestreamed on YouTube. More information is in the emailed announcement, which is reproduced below: Date: July 27, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm …

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NASA will hold a media telecon on July 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET following the Launch Readiness Review for Northrop Grumman's NG-19 cargo mission to the International Space Station. The time could change if the LRR runs long. The NG-19 launch is scheduled for August 1 (see separate calendar entry). Participants in the July …

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Update, July 31:  NASA announced today that it will livestream some of the sessions.  The list is in this press release.  Note that the times in the press release are EDT while the times on the agenda are PDT. Separately, organizers told SpacePolicyOnline.com today that plenary and keynote sessions will be livestreamed on the conference's …

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Update, April 9:  The meeting has been postponed to August 1-3, 2023 according to the ExMAG website. Original Entry: NASA's Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) will meet virtually April 25-27, 2023. More information is on the ExMAG website.

The European Astrobiology Institute, University of Tartu, and Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre will co-host a workshop on Microsatellites and Their Use in Planetary and Astrobiology Research at the Hotel Dorpat, Tartu, Estonia from August 1-8, 2023. More information is on the event's website.

Virgin Galactic will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET.  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.

Update, July 21: The launch time has been refined to 8:31 pm ET on August 1.  If launch is on schedule, NG-19 will arrive at the ISS on August 4. Original Entry: NASA and Northrop Grumman will launch the next Cygnus cargo mission, NG-19, to the International Space Station from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) …

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