The Gist: Space News

• Space News for Wednesday, December 17, 2025

  In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Europe’s Vanishing Rocket Capability – SatNews(00:56) Space Systems Command Activates System Delta 80 to Unify Launch and Range Acquisitions – SatNews(01:24) Strategic Exit: Tower Corp Divests 91% of AST SpaceMobile Stake Ahead of Key Launch – SatNews(01:51) Viasat Unlocks “Roaming” for Government Users: The Operational Reality of the Inmarsat Merger – SatNews(02:26) Globalstar & Skydio Trial Validates “D2D” for Drones (Beyond Handsets) – SatNews(03:00) One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image(03:30) NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation(04:07) SpaceX advances Starbase upgrades at the launch site

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• Space News for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

  In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) KAI Networks + INTEGRASYS: World’s First NGSO Regulatory and Monitoring System Deployment – SatNews(00:54) When Playground Metaphors Drift into Warfighting Doctrine – SatNews(01:24) The Electron’s Pacific Conquest – SatNews(01:47) Blue Origin’s Heavy Hitter: New Glenn Takes the Stage – SatNews(02:15) Starfish Space announce Autonomous Rendezvous and Proximity mission success with Impulse Space(02:50) Roman telescope construction complete, moving into final testing ahead of 2027 launch

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• Space News for Sunday, December 14, 2025

  In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Featured – SatNews(00:48) SECAF Meink Unveils ‘Portfolio Acquisition’ Model to Speed Space Force Procurement – SatNews(01:13) Keysight and KT SAT Pioneer 6G Connectivity with First Successful Multi-Orbit Satellite Handover – SatNews(01:51) USSF Cements ‘Combat Identity’ with New Weapon System Names at Spacepower 2025 – SatNews(02:22) K2 Space Secures $250M Series C at $3B Valuation to Scale ‘Mega Class’ Manufacturing – SatNews

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• Space News for Saturday, December 13, 2025

  In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Featured – SatNews(00:51) SFA Launches National Spacepower Center to Educate Leaders on Space Warfare – SatNews(01:20) L3Harris Technologies Completes Critical Design Review For JMA’s Himawari-10 Instruments – SatNews(01:55) Operators Pivot to Managed Solutions as Ground Segment Complexity Grows per Novaspace Report – SatNews(02:27) FCC Renewing WRC-27 Advisory Committee, Seeks Members – SatNews(03:04) NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame(03:28) NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend(04:05) NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’(04:25) Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image(04:55) All eight ISS docking ports occupied for the first time, Expedition 74 begins

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• Space News for Friday, December 12, 2025

  In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Gen. Guetlein Accepts Leadership Honor at Space Power Conference, Outlines ‘Golden Dome’ Defense Shield – SatNews(00:59) Trace Systems Secures Position on MDA’s Massive $151 Billion ‘SHIELD’ IDIQ – SatNews(01:30) USSF Authorizes Export of ‘Meadowlands’ Offensive Space Warfare System – SatNews(02:00) Blue Origin Developing “Orbital Data Center” – SatNews(02:22) Pacific Moisture Drenches the U.S. Northwest(02:52) Blue Origin’s Cape Campus continues to expand ahead of New Glenn ramp-up

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