Space News for Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Jul 15, 2026 · 11m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Isaacman attends Soyuz launch of ISS crew(00:45) Space acquisition and NRO picks face SASC(01:14) U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy(02:08) SpaceX launches a flight-proven Falcon booster for 600th time(02:39) Europe Space Networks Look to Scale Optical Connectivity(03:14) Iridium Opens Commercial Availability for Hardware-Level Assured PNT Modems(03:55) Ground Control Deploys RockFLEET for Large-Scale Turkish Fisheries VMS Program(04:19) Space ISAC to…