In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats
(00:55) Airbus secures $2.5 billion German military satellite contract
(01:24) Firefly’s July 3rd sendoff of NASA’s ELaNa 43 mission “provides a path to space for educational small satellite missions” – SatNews
(02:07) July 3rd Boeing’s Starliner report, Starliner testing continues in space and on the ground, “We really want to understand the thruster and how we use it in flight” – SatNews
(02:46) SpaceX’s Sunday, the 7th, Starlink launch of 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews
(03:17) AAC Clyde Space to acquire Spacemetric AB – SatNews
(03:43) Wishing Everyone a Happy July 4th … Independence Day, U.S.A. – SatNews
(04:15) NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches