Space News for Monday, April 13, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links(00:56) Rocket Lab wins contract for three more iQPS launches(01:40) China Accelerates Orbital Internet Deployment with Successful Smart Dragon-3 Sea Launch(02:17) Smallsats Dominate 2025 Launch Landscape as Mass Efficiency Peaks(02:51) MIT STAR Lab Expands Scope from Lasercom Innovation to Space Policy Architecture(03:27) NRL to Showcase Sovereign Space Capabilities at 41st Space Symposium(03:49) Artemis II Splashes…
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