Episode Details

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:21) China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions
(01:04) Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters
(01:31) Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction
(02:13) Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation
(02:57) Blue Origin Unveils Project Quartz Global Ground Station Network
(03:12) NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Extend Interstellar Mission
(03:31) Blue Origin Achieves First Booster Reuse but Satellite Enters Off-Nominal Orbit
(04:08) Geographic Hotspots: Where Demand Is Accelerating
(04:19) New Glenn launches on third mission, successfully reuses booster for the first time
(04:42) SpaceX Won A Mars Mission That Might Get Cancelled
(05:10) 'Dark subhaloes' may explain why galaxies seem to form pre-determined shapes
(05:53) Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure