Space News for Friday, June 12, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) AAC Clyde Space wins ESA contract to complete maritime-monitoring constellation(00:57) Vandenberg offers new launch site for small and medium rockets(01:17) Senate NDAA backs plan to fold SDA, Space RCO into Space Force(02:09) ESA astronaut assignment on Artemis 3 part of negotiations on revised Artemis roles(02:56) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg(03:36) SOMA Satellite Factory: Planet Labs Expands San Francisco HQ to Supercharge…
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