The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS – SatNews (00:57) SpaceX finally receives FAA approval for up to 25 Starship launches annually – SatNews (01:30) Oracle-M Hot Fire Test is SSC and AFRL milestone in cislunar Space Situational Awareness and national...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space – SatNews (01:00) Northrop Grumman to develop additional relay ground stations to support USSF’s next generation OPIR program – SatNews (01:29) SpaceX plans Tuesday Starlink Group 6-92 launch of 28 smallsats – SatNe...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract – SatNews (00:53) China’s Monday launch of another SatNet LEO Group adding to broadband internet constellation – SatNews (01:21) IAF To Get Pseudo Satellites, Army Missile System – SatNews (01:50) F...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SSC’s Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 to bolster USSF spacecraft procurement—12 companies selected – SatNews (01:00) Aerospacelab stellar JAXA contract through Mitsui Bussan Aerospace – SatNews (01:32) Lockheed Martin completes Orion development for Artemis II mission to the...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Myriota expands agreement with Spire Global for 16 additional satellites – SatNews (00:53) Marlink launches External Attack Surface Management solution for cyber threat detection – SatNews (01:26) SpaceX moves Wednesday’s launch of Starlink Group 6-75 smallsats to Thursday – SatN...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic – SatNews (01:14) ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’ – SatNews (01:46) SpaceX will be busy with S...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) United Launch Alliance successfully launches Amazon’s first operational satellites – SatNews (00:50) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 12-10 from the Cape making it the second launch on Monday – SatNews (01:17) SpaceX Starlink Group 11-9 smallsats is 1 of 2 launches on Monday from b...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch? – SatNews (01:12) A new chapter for Ariane 6 + Vega launchers with the P160C rocket motor – SatNews (01:43) OroraTech brings world’s largest wildfire satellite constellation to the U.S...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX’s successful Thursday launch of Starlink’s Group 6-74 smallsats – SatNews (01:00) USSF awards WSF-M satellite Initial Operational Capability improving weather monitoring – SatNews (01:30) G launches three replacement astronauts to the Chinese Space Station – SatNews (01:56...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Hubble—Celebrating the space telescope’s 35th anniversary year on-orbit – SatNews (00:56) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-74 smallsats on Thursday – SatNews (01:24) Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos – SatNews (01:57) JAXA selected Spirent’s indu...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency – SatNews (00:51) ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport – SatNews (01:18) Hughes launches innovative + compact ESA – SatNews (01:43) The Bahamas: Future SpaceX Falcon 9 landings pending EIA appro...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) S. Korea to launch 4th military spy satellite this week – SatNews (00:51) Firefly Aerospace now plans a Sunday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission – SatNews (01:33) SpaceX’s Monday evening launch of Bandwagon-3 mission creates a ‘first for PHOENIX’ –...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28 – SatNews (01:09) Space Systems Command partners with the National Reconnaissance Office for Proliferated Architecture Mission – SatNews (01:43) Earth-Moon space now occupied by a three satellite Chine...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework – SatNews (01:00) Sidus Space’s LizzieSat®-powered vessel detection enables Little Place Labs near real-time maritime intelligence – SatNews (01:35) Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO – SatNews (00:54) Creotech Instruments secures a 52 million euros contract with ESA for the CAMILA constellation – SatNews (01:26) Space ISAC + NASA sign an agreement during the 4...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Chunghwa Telecom + Astranis sign strategic launch agreement for Taiwan’s 1st satellite – SatNews (00:55) ULA’s launch of Amazon Project Kuiper now is YTBD – SatNews (01:26) Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Frida...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) ULA’s Amazon Project Kuiper now set for April 28 launch – SatNews (00:53) Rocket Lab on-ramped to multi-billion$ U.S. + U.K. defense contracts for hypersonic HASTE – SatNews (01:33) SpaceX ready to launch NROL-174 the 2nd secret mission launch in a week, and one more to come – Sa...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 ‘glam’ human crew to launch on Monday – SatNews (00:57) SpaceX’s launch of Starlink Group 6-73 smallsats rescheduled to Monday – SatNews (01:30) Partisia, Squareroot8 + NuSpace forge alliance for quantum-secure SATCOM – SatNews (01:59) RTX’s Blue C...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX plans NROL-192 launch of spy satellites on secret mission this Saturday – SatNews (00:57) SpaceX declares Starlink Group 11-17 launch delay again of 21 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell until Saturday – SatNews (01:37) Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song (02:05) NASA’s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Northrop Grumman achieves 1st undocking between 2 commercial spacecraft in GEO – SatNews (00:54) ULA plans Amazon Project Kuiper’s launch on Monday – SatNews (01:24) Vast announces 3 additional payload partners for Haven-1 Lab + signs leverage agreement with ISS National Laborato...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) ULA scrubs Amazon’s Kuiper 1 mission a No Go due to nasty weather conditions – SatNews (00:51) Sidus Space + Reflex Aerospace sign MoU for global satellite solutions venture – SatNews (01:19) U.S. Space Force + NGA leaders discuss the power of collaboration – SatNews (01:49) Spac...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Cobham Satcom announces acquisition by Solix Group to accelerate growth – SatNews (00:52) U.S. Space Force Field Commands announce accelerated GPS III mission – SatNews (01:28) L-1 – ULA Atlas V readies for Wednesday Kuiper 1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper – SatNews (01:55)...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Millennium Space Systems completes FOO Fighter CDR in 10 months – SatNews (00:52) Russia to launch NASA’s American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to ISS – SatNews (01:21) Firefly Aerospace awarded DoD contract for responsive on-orbit mission with Elytra spacecraft – SatNews...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) United Launch Alliance’s competitive Space Force contract for continued critical National Security Space Launches – SatNews (00:59) Kyiv Post: Berlin reportedly funding Kyiv’s satellite internet in secret via Eutelsat – SatNews (01:24) Inside SDA, IRIS² + more: Novaspace unveils...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SSC awards National SSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts to the tune of $13.7 billion – SatNews (01:13) MDA Space acquiring SatixFy – SatNews (01:46) Intelsat secures USSF contract to provide Maritime satellite connectivity – SatNews (02:14) SpaceX Starlink Group 6-72 smallsats launch st...