The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) FCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite (01:08) Earth observation satellites pass telecom in European space industry sales (01:40) China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortium (02:09) The space industry is weighing ambitious hiring against heritage (02:5...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:20) China becomes second country to recover orbital booster with Long March 10B (00:50) Interior Department requests information on offshore launch options (01:16) SDA TAP Lab Evolves Into BMC3I TAP Lab And In Partnership With Catalyst Campus Launches A New Multi-Phased Program To Ac...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill? (00:58) Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking (01:30) European Space Imaging Integrates Cloud Infrastructure Upgrades to Mitigate Critical Intelligence Delivery Gaps (01:55) U.S. Space Force Integrates Im...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to national security launch program (00:39) Skyroot prepares for first orbital launch attempt (01:29) D-Orbit signs launch-services contract with ArkEdge Space (02:22) Orbit Fab hires new CEO and raises funding to support satellite refue...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Isar Aerospace signs agreement for Canadian launch site (00:42) Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during recovery from New Glenn explosion (01:24) Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business (02:01) NASA adds three European firms to the c...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) NASA and Small Business Administration partner on funding key space technologies (00:49) Airbus to build Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite (01:32) Semiconductor manufacturing test bed flies alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch (01:56) Breaking Orbital Silence: Planet...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) GAO flags satellite costs, launch risks in Space Force portfolio (01:03) BNP Paribas Outlines Steep Regulatory Obstacles in SpaceX Mobile Integration Strategy (01:31) GAO Report Cites $11 Billion Cost Overruns and Launch Delivery Bottlenecks in Space Force Portfolio (01:51) Space...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission (01:04) Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million (01:40) Perovskite solar panel startup Verde Technologies shifts focus to space (02:14) Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite (03:01) Polish space t...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission (00:51) Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million (01:17) Starship in Florida pushing for launch this year (01:52) Inside the Deepening Ties Between Europe and the Middle East (02:39) Could humans someday explore Saturn's m...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Perovskite solar panel startup Verde Technologies shifts focus to space (00:56) Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite (01:38) Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market (02:16) Making satellite communications more re...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:20) Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules (00:52) FCC to vote on satellite licensing overhaul July 22 (01:09) Unseen threats overhead: Drones endanger U.S. rocket launch sites (01:38) Vantor offers up-to-date imagery with WorldView 3D (02:11) Lat...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) NASA awards nearly $600 million in lunar lander missions (00:54) TechnoMile Recognized among Notable Vendors in Contract Lifecycle Management Platforms Landscape Report (01:32) Space Force fields mobile satellite-jamming system (01:57) Matthew Williams Joins the Commercial Space...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:20) Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better (00:42) Pegasus XL set to air launch Swift Boost Mission to save NASA space telescope (00:58) US Army Establishes a Space Operations Branch (01:47) Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warf...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) OHB raises funding for expansion, acquisitions (00:42) Boeing wins $2 billion Space Force contract for communications satellites (01:13) Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes New Associate Member (01:32) NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline (...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight (01:03) Trump executive order directs NASA to plan quantum space applications (01:43) Rocket Lab launches satellite for U.S. Space Force Victus Haze responsive space exercise (02:23) Chinese spaceplane rel...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) SpaceX to launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg (01:02) Preparing for Day One: DARPA Solicits Tech to Rebuild Destroyed Satellite Fleets Within Hours (01:17) Staying in Their Lanes: SpaceX and Globalstar Join Forces to Defend Spectrum Exclusivity (01:...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) Astrobotic says sale to Voyager will allow it to scale up (00:52) Atmospheric Alignment: NASA Greenlights DAPHNE Mission to Map the Edge of Space Weather (01:32) Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new 'echo map' technique suggests (02:13) Do we ne...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:20) MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market (01:00) ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million (01:35) Northrop Grumman says industry ready to scale solid rocket production, with longer contra...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge (00:59) EQT to acquire Exolaunch (01:44) Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket (02:27) A legacy to help solve the space workforce pipeline (03:06) The Satnews offices Will Be...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission (01:03) Dawn Aerospace raises $25 million (01:46) Arianespace launches its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight (02:34) Direct-to-Device Momentum: AST SpaceMobile Successfully Launches Giant Next-Gen BlueBird S...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) June 25: Golden Dome: How Could Sensors Protect the United States? (01:02) Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander (01:44) The SpaceNews space unicorn tracker (02:15) Katalyst Space raises $12 million for GEO servicing demo mission (03:10) SpaceX launches 3 Block 2 BlueBird sat...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Gilat to buy Comtech satcoms business six years after failed merger (00:49) Space Force orders two more GPS satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514 million (01:13) DARPA to explore ways to rapidly rebuild satellite networks if attacked (02:01) Sustained maneuver has a propulsion...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) High-Stakes Rescue: Commercial Satellite Servicer Encapsulated for Swift Telescope Orbital Boost (00:59) 'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes (01:37) Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Missile production push runs into solid rocket motor bottleneck (01:06) Revised Artemis lunar lander plans take shape (01:51) The Next Arena: Why the WRC-27 Summit in Shanghai is the New Space Tech Frontline (02:28) SpaceX: The targets might be tough (02:57) Booster 20 Completes...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) SpaceX shares rise nearly 20% in historic IPO (00:52) Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale (01:40) Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations (02:38) All in on AI at Astra (03:28) SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral as stock tra...