Space News for Friday, February 13, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets(00:41) Space startups find more paths to liquidity as investors warm to maturing sector(01:11) First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites(02:00) Axiom Space raises additional $350 million(02:20) ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications(02:48) NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test(03:25) Vulcan suffers solid…
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