The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Forrester’s Digest: O3b satellites suffer launch delays – SatNews (00:57) SpaceX launches the National Security’s Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 on a special mission – SatNews (01:36) Lunar Outpost Oceania co-leads Australia’s historic 1st lunar rover mission – SatNews (02:07) Teli...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) USSF celebrates its 5th anniversary, sets sights on the future – SatNews (00:54) RTX Raytheon continues upgrade of GPS satellite navigation ground control segment in $196.7 million order – SatNews (01:31) Esper + Loft team up for next-generation hyperspectral imagery – SatNews (0...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink Group 11-2 smallsats on Friday the 13th – SatNews (00:56) SpaceX to launch RRT-1 mission on Friday the 13th – SatNews (01:23) Starlink vs AST SpaceMobile: Tortoise or Hare? – SatNews (01:52) Novaspace’s Report: Smallsat market maintains momentum with...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) HyImpulse unveils HyMOVE OTV + partners with Spacemanic for smallsat missions – SatNews (00:56) Northrop Grumman’s missile-warning satellites for Next-Gen Polar Program proceed to manufacturing – SatNews (01:26) C-COM Flyaway antennas are demonstrated to the President of Peru and...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Astranis to launch next four satellites on Tuesday, December 17th, via SpaceX Falcon – SatNews (00:53) L3Harris’ Design Review for new Tranche 2 Missile Tracking Satellites is complete ahead of schedule – SatNews (01:24) EchoStar Mobile expanding services by adding LoRaWAN satell...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch – SatNews (00:56) Blue Ring Pathfinder payload ready for launch — Blue Origin’s New Glenn on track for this year – SatNews (01:25) Lockheed Martin’s newest tech demo for space connectivity is ready for launch –...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Orbex starting development of medium sized launch vehicle + operations going to SaxaVord – SatNews (00:51) SpaceX ready for lucky Friday the 13th launch of O3b mPOWER 7&8 – SatNews (01:16) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 12-5 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell in Florida’s earl...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole (00:55) Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River (01:26) How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane Research (01:56) Students Aim High at NASA JPL ‘Candy Toss’ Competition (02:21) NASA JPL Unveils th...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana – SatNews (01:04) Rocket Lab sets the launch window for Synspective satellite deployment – SatNews (01:42) SpaceX sends off SiriusXM SXM-9 on Thursday from Kennedy – SatNews (02:21) Viasat supports multi-domain...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday – SatNews (00:53) SpaceX’s Starlink Group 9-14 launches 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on Wednesday – SatNews (01:27) Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Wednesday – SatNews (00:49) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-70 smallsats on Wednesday – SatNews (01:19) Rivada tapped for VNO contract with U.S. Navy + establishes secure services office – SatNews (01:49) Future heavy-lift launch market o...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday including Direct to Cell – SatNews (00:58) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink smallsats on Saturday – SatNews (01:28) China set to build next-generation BeiDou system – SatNews (01:57) SpaceX launches secret NROL-126 mission, the...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Comtech’s new Executive Chairman brings expertise in leadership – SatNews (00:50) Thales Alenia Space to lead Carb-Chaser project – SatNews (01:16) Exolaunch set to deploy 22 customer satellites during the Bandwagon-2 mission with SpaceX – SatNews (01:47) Eseye + Sateliot join fo...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) L3Harris completes CDR for SDA satellite radios – SatNews (00:52) Episode 11: Digging In: When Rovers Get Dirt on Mars (01:17) Episode 9: Before You Can Drive, First You Have to Fly (01:45) Episode 8: How to Drive a Mars Rover (02:03) Episode 7: Flying with Ingenuity: the Mars He...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats, but before the booster recovery “satellite link disconnected” – SatNews (01:04) Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31 – SatNews (01:33) Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon r...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission – SatNews (00:51) Yafa Medya TV channels on Es’hail-2 – SatNews (01:30) Telenor Sweden’s CEO steps down after intense, fun and challenging years – SatNews (01:52) NASA’s Commercial Partners Make Progress on Low Earth Orbi...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle soars testing hypersonic test launch capabilities – SatNews (01:01) Rocket Lab launches “Ice AIS Baby” the second launch in less than 24 hours from 2 hemispheres – SatNews (01:31) SpaceX ready for Starlink Group 12-1 smallsats launch i...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) FCC’s Rosenworcel announces departure – SatNews (00:55) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink smallsats from Group 66-6 – SatNews (01:30) Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 tech demo is set to launch in 2025 – SatNews (02:00) User terminal growth outpaces ground site ​rationalization – SatNews (02:2...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload – SatNews (00:50) SpaceX Starlink Group 6-66 ready to launch 24 smallsats on Thursday – SatNews (01:18) Ligado can sue U.S. Government for $39bn in claims that the government stole its L-band spectrum...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload – SatNews (00:50) New WTA Research Report: Ground Segment for the VHTS Generation – SatNews (01:18) U.S. Navy awards Comtech million$$ SLM-5650B modem contract – SatNews (01:46) SpaceX to launch Starli...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX ramps up for Integrated Flight Test 6 Tuesday – SatNews (00:55) SDA selects vendor to deliver Advanced Fire Control ground infrastructure – SatNews (01:26) Rakon subsystem selected for ISS mission – SatNews (01:51) South Korea to launch 3rd spy satellite from Vandenberg ba...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Impulse Space secures three SpaceX Falcon 9 missions – SatNews (00:51) SpaceX launches Starlink’s smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on a California Sunday night – SatNews (01:26) Australia’s Optus X payload or TD7 satellite on secret mission is launched by SpaceX from Florida...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Impulse Space awarded BALISTA contract by NRO – SatNews (00:53) Observation rocket to test ‘detonation engine’ launched by JAXA – SatNews (01:17) CBC: Canadian province of Ontario is purchasing capacity on Starlink – SatNews (01:47) Northrop Grumman-built Optus X for Australia’s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe (00:58) NASA’s Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy’s Scrape with Milky Way (01:26) Hubble Takes a Look at Tangled Galaxies (01:52) NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews (00:58) AST SpaceMobile selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to deliver BlueBird satellites to space – SatNews (01:29) SpaceX sends 24 of Starlink Group 6-68 smallsats soaring on a beautiful Florida morning – SatNe...