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From the video store:

Japan launches Kirameki 3 military communications satellite with H3 rocket - SpaceNews

Using microgravity for stem cell research:

Russia sends 53 satellites to orbit on record-breaking launch (video)

Satellites capture havoc caused by Spanish floods 

NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video) | Space

SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites from Florida

Satellite survives impact with object in space, takes selfie to prove it

Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works (video)

Reading material:

Skynet-1A: Why did the UK's oldest space satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been? - BBC News

SpaceX CRS-31 supports heart health, neurodegeneration, and student science

Space-based solar power: 'We have nothing to lose and everything to gain' – Physics World

Rocket Lab confirms plan to bid for Pentagon launch contracts with new medium rocket - SpaceNews