Space News for Friday, August 15, 2025

The Gist: Space News · Aug 15, 2025 · 3m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) SpaceX readies for Sunday launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 from California – SatNews(00:59) SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats of Group 10-20 from the Cape on Thursday – SatNews(01:27) AST SpaceMobile plays Game of Phones – SatNews(01:57) satellite collaborations still in early stages – SatNews(02:27) NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes(02:57) Ship 37 completes a Spin Prime test following Engine Swap