The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches (00:57) China launches internet technology test satellite from sea barge (01:25) OSIRIS-REx parachute deployment affected by wiring error (01:54) NRO signs agreements with five commercial suppliers of electro-optical imagery...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) India returns Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth orbit (00:56) SatixFy handed stock exchange delisting warning (01:26) Industry report: Demand for satellites is rising but not skyrocketing (02:01) York reveals latest commercial space-as-a-service mission (02:32) US, UK, Aus...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA updating policy for rideshare missions (00:54) UPDATE: Lift-off for EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first ever satellite – SatNews (01:27) Vector Space Biosciences reveals smallsat drug repurposing platform using data from space – SatNews (02:15) Marlink adds Starlink + Eutelsat OneWeb...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission (00:53) U.S., U.K., Australia sign agreement to jointly operate deep space radar network (01:21) Air Force Secretary: Military needs AI to augment human capabilities (01:54) Canada taps into U.S. military satellites for mo...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Angola signs Artemis Accords (00:49) Amazon adds Falcon 9 to multi-billion-dollar Project Kuiper launch campaign (01:20) How to stop Europe’s space sector from lagging behind in defense (01:42) GAO report warns Artemis 3 landing may be delayed to 2027 (02:13) NASA researchers get...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Australian startup develops dual-headed space camera (00:53) Intelsat to bring multi-orbit Wi-Fi to regional American Airlines jets (01:22) Ursa Major closes $138 million Series D and D-1 financings (01:53) Intelsat steps up partnership with SpaceX in multi-orbit antenna (02:22)...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket (00:50) House Science Committee advances commercial space bill (01:17) Satellite imagery analysis firm launches free greenhouse gas tracker (01:45) Defense Innovation Unit solicits new round of proposals for...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Industry group opposes White House mission authorization proposal (00:56) Millennium Space to build a missile-sensor layer in medium Earth orbit (01:22) NASA postpones Dragonfly review, launch date (01:52) Amazon’s Project Kuiper nets first broadband partnership in Asia (02:21) S...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Pentagon looks to commercial space for an edge (00:56) Additional vendors selected for DoD’s low Earth orbit satellite services contract (01:26) China makes progress on Raptor-like engines for super heavy rocket (01:53) Astra secures $2.7 million in additional financing (02:21) F...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) HummingSat is the world’s first commercial GEO smallsat creating a new chapter in space innovation – SatNews (00:57) OQ Technology + o2 Telefónica join forces for global 5G IoT connectivity – SatNews (01:28) EnduroSat’s new satellite Space Centre enables satellite modules deliver...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Space Force extends Kratos’ contract for satellite ground systems (00:54) Launch of Ireland’s 1st satellite is upcoming… – SatNews (01:25) Satellogic wins NOAA license – SatNews (01:54) Skyrora + Spirit to enhance future UK launch capability – SatNews (02:23) AAC Clyde Space wins...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Finding Life Beyond Earth: What Comes Next? (00:46) Searching for Signs of Intelligent Life: Technosignatures (01:18) Discovery Alert: See the Image – 2 Planets Orbit a Sun-like Star (01:44) New apps: 'NASA Selfies' and TRAPPIST-1 VR (02:13) New clues to compositions of TRAPPIST-...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket (00:56) Viasat warns satellite power limit review would hurt GEO innovation (01:27) Members of Congress seek increase in Mars Sample Return funding (02:02) NASA acknowledges possibility of short-term post-ISS gap (02:29) NA...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Satellogic gets NOAA license for move to the United States (00:53) As military weather satellites near end of life, DoD turns to partners for data (01:23) Astrolab announces first customers for commercial lunar rover mission (01:52) ArianeGroup begins testing prototype of multiro...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit (00:51) Battle of the Bands: What’s at stake for space at WRC-23 (01:19) MDA gets $131 million from mystery NGSO constellation customer (01:55) U.S. delegation stokes optimism on wireless and satellite goals at WRC-23 (02:17) E...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) World View ends plans to go public through a SPAC merger (00:51) Rocket engine startup Ursa Major to venture into solid propulsion (01:19) NASA still studying Orion heat shield erosion from Artemis 1 (01:43) Starship’s second test flight: where to watch (02:12) SpaceX’s Sunday St...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) WRC-23: Time to Get the Rules Right for Satellite Broadband (00:54) Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on second flight (01:22) Starship’s second test flight: where to watch (01:50) Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 launches, NASA says (02:19) STARSHIP UPDATE #2: St...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Investors grant Astra extension on loan (00:56) Delay for Peru’s first telecoms satellite creates opportunity for the Philippines (01:20) Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 launches, NASA says (01:37) Radical Transparency: The promise and peril of generative AI (...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch (00:50) Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network (01:14) OHB, feeling undervalued, going private in deal with KKR (01:42) Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions (02:10) Firms are tackling challenges t...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Intuitive Machines planning up to three lunar lander missions in 2024 (00:53) Morpheus unveils Journey software for mission planning (01:22) Air Force warns programs will come to ‘screeching halt’ without budget deal (01:52) NASA slows down work on Mars Sample Return due to budge...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Halo Space, Eos X and Arthur D. Little Spain indicted for unlawful use of Zero 2 Infinity’s trade secrets (00:59) SpaceX launches final pair of O3b mPower satellites needed for commercial services (01:30) Rogue Space launches its first demonstration mission on Transporter-9 (01:5...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SpaceX launches ninth dedicated rideshare mission (00:52) Transportation Department official suggests industry help pay for FAA commercial space office (01:26) Avanti in LEO talks to become a multi-orbit connectivity provider (01:58) Qualcomm ends partnership for connecting Andro...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SpaceX launches cargo Dragon mission to ISS (00:53) Satellite industry at odds over proposed power limit review ahead of WRC-23 (01:19) Rocket Lab to launch hypersonic test vehicle for the Defense Innovation Unit (01:43) Airbus and Voyager sign agreement with ESA on Starlab comme...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) ViaSat-3 failure investigation to conclude next week (00:56) Virgin Galactic to halt Unity suborbital flights by mid-2024 (01:29) U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (01:56) Startups, universities selected for accelerator focused on space dom...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) EU finalizing contract with SpaceX for Galileo launches (00:52) Virgin Galactic lays off staff as it focuses on next-generation suborbital vehicle (01:22) Space Force procurement chief to ‘double down’ on reforms (01:49) Lynk Global starts initial direct-to-device services in Sol...