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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Published 1 month, 1 week ago
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:21) Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry
(00:47) Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software
(01:31) Orbes unveils Exo-ORB and agreement with Symphony Space
(02:31) Intel debuts new chip for space computing
(02:57) SpaceNews Welcomes Max Aliprandi as Business Development Associate
(03:22) L3Harris Signs Multi-Year Framework Agreement to Quadruple THAAD Propulsion Production
(04:05) STMicroelectronics Reports Q2 2026 Earnings Growth Driven by AI Data Centers and Satellite Demand
(04:42) Amazon Files FCC Application for 5,105-Satellite Constellation to Enable Direct-to-Device Mobile Services
(05:12) FCC Approves Upper C-Band Order, Allocating $5.6 Billion to SES and $504 Million to Eutelsat
(05:52) Astrolight Advances End-to-End Lasercom Network to Address Orbital Bandwidth and Spectrum Bottlenecks
(06:29) Smoke Blankets Oregon
(07:13) NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth
(07:46) NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse
(08:03) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week
(08:26) The unique DJI Lito X1 drone is packed full of functionality and you can't buy it in the USA
(08:37) Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)
(08:51) Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal
(09:33) On this day in space! July 27, 1962: The 1st zero-g cosmonaut training flight took off on a Soviet jetliner
(09:50) Are we overlooking signs of alien life that aren't technological or biological? 'Bread would be a signature of intelligence'
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:21) Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry
(00:47) Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software
(01:31) Orbes unveils Exo-ORB and agreement with Symphony Space
(02:31) Intel debuts new chip for space computing
(02:57) SpaceNews Welcomes Max Aliprandi as Business Development Associate
(03:22) L3Harris Signs Multi-Year Framework Agreement to Quadruple THAAD Propulsion Production
(04:05) STMicroelectronics Reports Q2 2026 Earnings Growth Driven by AI Data Centers and Satellite Demand
(04:42) Amazon Files FCC Application for 5,105-Satellite Constellation to Enable Direct-to-Device Mobile Services
(05:12) FCC Approves Upper C-Band Order, Allocating $5.6 Billion to SES and $504 Million to Eutelsat
(05:52) Astrolight Advances End-to-End Lasercom Network to Address Orbital Bandwidth and Spectrum Bottlenecks
(06:29) Smoke Blankets Oregon
(07:13) NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth
(07:46) NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse
(08:03) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week
(08:26) The unique DJI Lito X1 drone is packed full of functionality and you can't buy it in the USA
(08:37) Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)
(08:51) Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal
(09:33) On this day in space! July 27, 1962: The 1st zero-g cosmonaut training flight took off on a Soviet jetliner
(09:50) Are we overlooking signs of alien life that aren't technological or biological? 'Bread would be a signature of intelligence'