Space News for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS(01:13) China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines(01:54) Northrop Grumman takes $71 million charge on Vulcan booster issue(02:36) Trump taps Raytheon executive for top military space acquisition post(03:23) SpaceX launches final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force(04:09) FCC Grants AST SpaceMobile Authority for 248-Satellite Constellation and Direct-to-Cell Service(04:49) ISS…
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