Space News for Thursday, June 18, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission(01:03) Dawn Aerospace raises $25 million(01:46) Arianespace launches its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight(02:34) Direct-to-Device Momentum: AST SpaceMobile Successfully Launches Giant Next-Gen BlueBird Satellites Atop SpaceX Falcon 9(02:48) Space Weather Forecasting: Momentus Secures Commercial Payload Contract for Vigoride-9 OSV(03:28) Sovereign Microgravity: Elethron and ATMOS Space Cargo Finalize…
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