Space News for Thursday, August 20, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises $1 billion(01:02) Eartheye Space forges strategic partnership with IN2(01:24) Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost(02:03) LandSpace becomes first commercial Chinese company to land an orbital-class booster(02:47) Elve Achieves TRL-8 Space Qualification for 100 W mmWave Space TWTA Platform(03:27) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Phil Carrai, Kratos(03:41) Moog Expands METEORITE Satellite Bus Capacity with…
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