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The Gist: Space News

Dr. Mason Nixon

The Gist is a space news aggregation podcast that gives you the top space-related stories of the day with an emphasis of space technologies, current launches, small satellites, etc. Generally, each episode will be around 10 to 20 minutes long to help break up your commute or downtime and keep you up-to-date on all of the top stories of the day.

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6:03

Space News for Wednesday, August 06, 2025

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2025/08/06

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Rocket Lab’s successful launch from New Zealand of iQPS’ ‘The Harvest Goddess Thrives’ – SatNews(01:11) SpaceX plans Amazon’s Kuiper mission on Thursday providing weather cooperates – SatNews(01:43) ULA schedules first Vulcan rocket launch for National Security Space August 12 – SatNews(02:14) SES Space & Defense awarded sustainment tactical network contract to support the U.S

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3:47

Space News for Tuesday, August 05, 2025

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2025/08/05

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Space Ocean Corp + Astrum Drive Inc form strategic collaboration – SatNews(00:49) INNOSPACE achieves global compliance ISO 37301 certification – SatNews(01:22) SpaceX set to launch Amazon’s mission Project Kuiper (KF-02) on Thursday from the Cape – SatNews(01:55) Kiwi’s Rocket Lab readies for Monday launch of iQPS’ ‘The Harvest Goddess Thrives’ Earth monitoring services –

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3:26

Space News for Monday, August 04, 2025

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2025/08/04

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Vaya Space selected for $1.2 million AFWERX Phase II contract to advance hypersonic propulsion – SatNews(00:56) SpaceX set to launch 28 Starlink’s Group 10-30 smallsats weather permitting from the Cape – SatNews(01:25) Milestone sensor upgrade enhances USSF identifying and tracking capabilities – SatNews(02:00) Blue Origin’s successful Sunday launch of New Shepard’s 34 mission –

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2:48

Space News for Saturday, August 02, 2025

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2025/08/02

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Godspeed as SpaceX’s Dragon transports NASA’s Crew-11 astronauts on mission to the ISS – SatNews(00:58) SpaceX plans Sunday the 3rd to launch 28 Starlink smallsats from Group 10-39 at the Cape – SatNews(01:28) NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars(01:56) NUBE: New Card Game Helps Learners Identify Cloud Types Through Play

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3:19

Space News for Friday, August 01, 2025

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2025/08/01

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) NearSpace Launch reaches major milestone of more than 1000 systems and subsystems – SatNews(00:56) SpaceX launches in thick California fog 19 Starlink Group 13-4 smallsats that may include some unclassified satellites – SatNews(01:31) Viasat suffers rejection by ITU – SatNews(01:54) HawkEye 360 launches advanced GNSS interference detection capabilities – SatNews(02:27) Gilmour’s

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3:46

Space News for Thursday, July 31, 2025

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2025/07/31

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Forrester’s Digest: Forecast: Australia to spend €370m+ on LEO satellites – SatNews(01:01) NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces – SatNews(01:30) AWS expands Ground Station as a Service Partner program with KSAT – SatNews(02:10) Gilat awarded $8+ million from Israel’s MoD for strategic defense communication solutions – SatNews(02:42) Joint NASA-ISRO

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5:17

Space News for Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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2025/07/30

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SSC continues to transform acquisition of SATCOM capabilities—5 companies contracted – SatNews(00:59) Gilmour Space Technologies’ giant leap for Australia’s space capability with successful first test launch of Eris rocket – SatNews(01:42) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-29 of 28 smallsats from the Cape – SatNews(02:10) BAE Systems delivers NOAA’s SWFO-L1 + NASA’s Carruthers

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4:24

Space News for Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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2025/07/29

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) NASA and ISRO’s joint project, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite set to launch from India on Wednesday – SatNews(01:07) Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies posts delay of launch now Tuesday. hopefully – SatNews(01:38) Dawn Aerospace joins the 10 million euros LEO2VLEO satellite consortium – SatNews(02:08) Thales Alenia Space Italy to develop the first lunar

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3:26

Space News for Monday, July 28, 2025

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2025/07/28

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) MicroCarb launched – SatNews(00:47) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 13-4 with 19 smallsats from California on Wednesday – SatNews(01:21) Auriga Space raises $6 million to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track – SatNews(01:53) SpaceX plans launch of astronauts from U.S. NASA, Japan JAXA and Russia Roscosmos to ISS – SatNews(02:35) Crew-11 Arrives at Kennedy Space

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3:36

Space News for Friday, July 25, 2025

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2025/07/25

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Arianespace readies for Vega-C launch of CO3D + MicroCarb misson on Friday to map Earth in 3D + find sinks of carbon dioxide – SatNews(01:10) Blue Origin’s 1st Blue Ring mission to demo SDA with Scout Space sensor – SatNews(01:36) Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies is prepping for their first Eris test flight on Saturday – SatNews(02:12) Space Foundation Study: Space economy

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3:42

Space News for Thursday, July 24, 2025

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2025/07/24

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX launches NASA’s TRACERS mission Wednesday from California – SatNews(00:57) ThrustMe + Marble Imaging + Reflex Aerospace form strategic partnership for on-orbit demo in 2026 – SatNews(01:35) DeepSat selects Redwire’s AI-powered digital engineering systems for precursor mission in VLEO – SatNews(02:11) Viasat expands global IoT capabilities with IoT Nano – SatNews(02:47)

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5:44

Space News for Wednesday, July 23, 2025

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2025/07/23

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SES O3b mPower satellites and Boeing’s + SES’s statements – SatNews(00:53) Resolve Optics: Application optimized satellite lenses – SatNews(01:23) SpaceX now plans a late night Wednesday launch of NASA’s TRACERS mission from California – SatNews(01:59) Space Foundation publishes The Space Report Q2 2025 – SatNews(02:30) ULA continues launch prep of Vulcan for U.S. Space Force’s

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4:36

Space News for Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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2025/07/22

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX ‘Hold Hold Hold!’ aborts 11 seconds before Monday’s launch of O3b mPower satellites – SatNews(00:52) York Space Systems’ parent company to acquire ATLAS Space Operations – SatNews(01:24) ULA Vulcan to launch U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command USSF-106 – SatNews(01:58) Morpheus Space validates next generation electric propulsion with GO-2’s on-orbit demo –

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3:03

Space News for Monday, July 21, 2025

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2025/07/21

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX plans Tuesday for NASA’s TRACERS to launch from California to understand Earth’s magnetic re-connection + more – SatNews(00:59) SpaceX plans Monday launch of Boeing’s and SES’ O3b mPower 9-10 satellites from the Cape but weather is issue – SatNews(01:28) Honeywell Aerospace awarded U.S. Government contracts to develop quantum sensor-based navigation systems –

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4:18

Space News for Friday, July 18, 2025

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2025/07/18

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) L3Harris has the future of PNT ready now – SatNews(00:50) Honeywell’s new high-speed SATCOM system achieves OTA connectivity – SatNews(01:15) SES completes acquisition of Intelsat, creating global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse – SatNews(01:51) Kratos + Intelsat demo 5G NTN over GEO – SatNews(02:20) Registration Opens for 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge(02:47)

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4:30

Space News for Thursday, July 17, 2025

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2025/07/17

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX delivers for Amazon — launches Project Kuiper-01’s smallsats from the Cape on Wednesday – SatNews(01:00) Solestial awarded $1.2M by SpaceWERX to develop smallsat multiorbital solar array wing – SatNews(01:30) SpaceX ready to launch O3b mPower 9-10 Monday from the Cape – SatNews(01:57) SpaceX to launch NASA’s TRACERS to understand Earth’s magnetic re-connection on Tuesday

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5:08

Space News for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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2025/07/16

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-3 smallsats on Friday from California – SatNews(00:57) Australia’s Gilmour Space explains why NO GO, and scrubs Wednesday’s maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1 – SatNews(01:32) Amphinicy Technologies receives contract for operations support at EUMETSAT’s Svalbard and Azores facilities, and LEO ground stations monitoring and control solutions –

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3:17

Space News for Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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2025/07/15

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) The focus is on the future… SES acquisition of Intelsat approved by the U.S. FCC – SatNews(00:55) Australia’s Gilmour Space plans Wednesday for maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1 – SatNews(01:33) SpaceX to launch Amazon’s Project Kuiper-01 on Tuesday from the Cape – SatNews(02:02) AiDASH + BurnBot launch 1st AI + robotics wildfire mitigation system – SatNews(02:30) Parker Solar

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4:18

Space News for Monday, July 14, 2025

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2025/07/14

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) SpaceX launches “Israel’s most advanced communications satellite” built by Israel Aerospace from the Cape early Sunday morn – SatNews(00:59) Rocket Lab launch of JAKE 4 HASTE on super secret government mission on hold – SatNews(01:24) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 15-2 smallsats on Monday from California – SatNews(01:59) Rocket Lab selects Bollinger Shipyards to support

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5:01

Space News for Friday, July 11, 2025

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2025/07/11

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies plans maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 on July 16, nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years – SatNews(01:04) SpaceX plans Saturday launch of Israel’s communications satellite Dror-1 (Commercial GTO 1) – SatNews(01:27) The UK will participate in the contemplated capital increase announced by Eutelsat – SatNews(02:06) SpaceX plans

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