Space News for Saturday, August 15, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) U.S. Space Force adds second surveillance sensor to Japanese constellation(00:58) Wallops gears up for an increase in launches(01:33) Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contracts(02:03) Cheaper launch has moved the spacecraft bottleneck. Mass is out, surface area is in.(02:41) Blue Origin outlines plans for second Cape Canaveral launch pad(03:26) Novaspace Projects $3 Billion Cumulative In-Orbit Servicing Market Over the Next Decade(04:14) Silicon Valley Space Week…
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