The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Arianespace announces change of schedule for launch of Ariane 6 Flight VA263 with the CSO-3 satellite – SatNews (00:57) Toei Reefer Line selects Inmarsat NexusWave for evolving crew + business connectivity needs – SatNews (01:28) GA-ASI welcomes USAF designation for new Collabora...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Space Systems Command accelerates missile warning capabilities – SatNews (00:49) Spire achieves 2-way laser comms between satellites in space – SatNews (01:24) Astroscale France appoints a senior technical expert – SatNews (01:47) AgEagle Aerial Systems’ eBee is the most used con...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Rocket Lab signs 2nd multi-launch deal—eight Electron missions with iQPS – SatNews (00:55) Firefly Aerospace is “over the Moon” as the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon – SatNews (01:29) Sierra Space to advance cancer research on the inaugural Dream Chaser...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Tenchijin selected as data service provider of JAXA’s ALOS-4 – SatNews (00:52) L3Harris + Shield AI team for autonomy breakthrough – SatNews (01:22) Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil (01:49) NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX Starship’s eighth flight test launch delayed – SatNews (00:50) SES: ‘FCC wants more C-band spectrum’ – SatNews (01:25) Isar Aerospace successfully completes Stage 1 + 2 static fire tests—test flight prep starts – SatNews (01:53) Deep Space Advanced Radar capability makes t...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Firefly Aerospace, just 4 days from Moon landing, shows Blue Ghost – low lunar orbit Moon footage – SatNews (00:55) SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to a lunar transfer orbit and includes lunar orbiter and lunar spacecraft – SatNews (01:24) Neumann Space fires the...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Blue Origin’s successful human spaceflight mission NS-30 and “the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from Space” – SatNews (01:02) Hiltron’s latest-generation satellite communications products and services at GovSatCom 2025 – SatNews (01:37) UPDATE SpaceX Starlink Group 12-13 s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Starship’s eighth flight test as early as Friday – SatNews (00:50) Global Konet contracted to upgrade Korean Marine Navy trucks with ESA antennas – SatNews (01:25) SpaceX’s Starlink Group 12-13 with 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell now Tuesday – SatNews (02:02) N...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract – SatNews (00:59) SpaceX sends 23 Starlink smallsats soaring including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews (01:27) Arianespace ‘postpones’ Ariane 6 launch of French CSO-3 with operations underway – SatNews (02:00) For...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 12-14 smallsats including Direct to Cell on Friday – SatNews (00:56) Forrester’s Digest: Viasat lawsuit reopens satellite bid – SatNews (01:22) Spectra Group to supply Troposcatter COMET to the Irish Defence Force – SatNews (01:52) Insitu awarded a...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Forrester’s Digest: Australia’s NBN could switch to LEO from GEO – SatNews (00:59) China surveys Vietnamese naval base using U.S. satellite data – SatNews (01:27) L3Harris completes assembly of 1st RS-25 engine for NASA’s Artemis V mission – SatNews (02:05) Gilat launches Gilat D...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Eutelsat suffers a 71% reduction by bank – SatNews (00:47) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats from the Cape and lands in the Bahamas for the first time – SatNews (01:30) Rocket Lab’s Electron launches BlackSky’s Fasten Your Seatbelts – SatNews (02:10) National remote s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Rocket Lab’s dress rehearsal complete now “Fasten Your Seatbelts” for Electron Tuesday launch – SatNews (00:53) Iranian unveils tracker with military, civilian applications – SatNews (01:23) Nokia upgrades Orange Jordan’s broadband network gateway – SatNews (01:58) UK’s new satel...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) BlackSky and Rocket Lab establish launch window for first Gen-3 satellite – SatNews (00:56) NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients (01:23) How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon (01:58) Documentary Series: JPL and the Space Age (0...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration – SatNews (01:01) SpaceX Starlink Group 12-8 of 21 smallsats now Saturday including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews (01:33) Trans Lunar Injection completed by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost + imag...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) AURA Network Systems awarded FAA contract to enhance UAS integration in National Airspace – SatNews (00:57) What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse (01:30) NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm (01:59) February’s Night Sky Notes:...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort – SatNews (00:59) CGI awarded ASCEND contract by ESA to support ESA-MAAP platform development – SatNews (01:30) Infostellar selected by JAXA for a feasibility study on lunar mission support ground station devel...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Rocket Lab is back and scheduled to launch IoT 4 You on Sunday – SatNews (01:01) Propulsion: changes in systems and choices for satellites – SatNews (01:28) Building a Toolbox for National Security – SatNews (01:54) The new Administration is opening up space funding – SatNews

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews (01:01) Rocket Lab signs multi-launch contract with iQPS for four Electron missions – SatNews (01:39) PointCast debuts a self-pointing, future-ready VSAT system – SatNews (02:1...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Forrester’s Digest: Falklands unhappy over OneWeb – SatNews (00:46) SpaceX launch of Starlink Group 12-3 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell now on Tuesday – SatNews (01:23) Vodafone, AST test video call game changer – SatNews (01:45) UK’s Cohort tech group acquires Australia’s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Indra Group to acquire a majority of the share capital of Hispasat – SatNews (00:51) SpaceX to launch Maxar 3’s Worldview Legion 5 & 6 Monday – SatNews (01:26) SpaceX’s successful Saturday launch of Starlink Group 11-4 smallsats – SatNews (02:07) Rocket Lab’s launch of IoT 4 You...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX Starlink Group 11-4 smallsats launch now on Saturday – SatNews (01:01) 6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope (01:31) Amendment 111: F.5 FINESST SMD’s Graduate Student Research opportunity: Updated Text and Charts and Reviewers Sought (01:49) NASA Ra...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Arianespace’s Ariane 6 to launch the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency’s CSO-3 satellite – SatNews (00:56) SpaceX to launch Maxar’s Worldview Legion 5 and 6 on Monday – SatNews (01:27) Rocket Lab’s launch of IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) scheduled February 4 – Sa...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Gilat receives $4 million in orders for advanced portable satellite terminals from defense clients – SatNews (00:57) SpaceX launches Hisdesat SpainSat NG I and retires hard working Falcon 9 booster – SatNews (01:33) Sky New Zealand suffering satellite problems – SatNews (01:59) P...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Alien Cube: UK startup launching 1st billboard and memes to the Moon – SatNews (01:06) GPS III SV-07 receives operational acceptance – SatNews (01:40) SpaceX ready for SpainSat NG1’s launch tomorrow from Kennedy – SatNews (02:05) U.S. Army awards L3Harris nearly $300 million for...