Space News for Thursday, July 09, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Jul 9, 2026 · 12m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill?(00:58) Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking(01:30) European Space Imaging Integrates Cloud Infrastructure Upgrades to Mitigate Critical Intelligence Delivery Gaps(01:55) U.S. Space Force Integrates Impulse Space into National Security Space Launch Program as First Upper-Stage Prime(02:37) SpaceX Files FCC Application for 100,000 Third-Generation Starlink Satellites(03:20) Global Memory Migration to AI…