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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Saturday, March 21, 2026
Published 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Officina Stellare wins $2 million contract for lasercom ground station in Spain
(01:07) Rocket Lab launches eighth Synspective radar imaging satellite
(02:03) Another GPS launch shifts from ULA to SpaceX as Vulcan investigation continues
(02:50) OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation
(03:12) Holistic space observation: the shift from SSA to SDA
(03:48) SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
(04:28) The Pentagon’s SmallSats Have An Amnesia Problem
(05:00) Eutelsat Group Leadership and 2026 Strategic Roadmap
(05:28) NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight
(06:10) Hangar One Restoration Project
(06:34) NASA Selects University Finalists for Technology Concepts Competition
(07:01) How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries
(07:40) Smiles and Spacesuits
(08:15) SLS enters pad flow ahead of historic Artemis II mission
(08:35) Kayhan Space Launches Satcat Terminal
(09:22) Astronomers keep finding new moons of Jupiter and Saturn
(10:07) Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart
(10:39) Rocket Lab scores $190 million launch deal to test hypersonic tech for US military
(11:25) Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 20, 2026
(11:52) Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
(12:35) NASA wants to know how the launch industry's chic new rocket fuel explodes
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Officina Stellare wins $2 million contract for lasercom ground station in Spain
(01:07) Rocket Lab launches eighth Synspective radar imaging satellite
(02:03) Another GPS launch shifts from ULA to SpaceX as Vulcan investigation continues
(02:50) OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation
(03:12) Holistic space observation: the shift from SSA to SDA
(03:48) SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
(04:28) The Pentagon’s SmallSats Have An Amnesia Problem
(05:00) Eutelsat Group Leadership and 2026 Strategic Roadmap
(05:28) NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight
(06:10) Hangar One Restoration Project
(06:34) NASA Selects University Finalists for Technology Concepts Competition
(07:01) How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries
(07:40) Smiles and Spacesuits
(08:15) SLS enters pad flow ahead of historic Artemis II mission
(08:35) Kayhan Space Launches Satcat Terminal
(09:22) Astronomers keep finding new moons of Jupiter and Saturn
(10:07) Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart
(10:39) Rocket Lab scores $190 million launch deal to test hypersonic tech for US military
(11:25) Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 20, 2026
(11:52) Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
(12:35) NASA wants to know how the launch industry's chic new rocket fuel explodes