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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to open programs to more vendors
(01:14) SpaceX launches South Korean Earth observation satellite, plus 44 more payloads on midnight Falcon 9 rideshare mission
(01:56) SES Accelerates Multi-Orbit IFC Strategy with meoSphere and Next-Gen ESA Development
(02:14) Foxconn Launches Second-Generation PEARL Satellites via SpaceX Falcon 9
(02:42) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Jorge Ciccorossi, ITU Radiocommunications Bureau
(03:11) Why were galaxies so active in the early universe? We may be getting close to the answer
(04:03) 'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)
(04:43) Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial ones grow better in space than on Earth