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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) Crew-6 launches to space station
(00:54) DoD interested in smartphone-to-satellite communications services
(01:28) Rocket Lab reconsidering mid-air recovery of Electron boosters
(01:58) UK provisionally clears Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition
(02:23) Virgin Galactic in final phases of return to flight
(03:33) UPDATE: Rocket Lab plans two launches that will be days apart from two continents for two companies: Capella Space + BlackSky – SatNews
(04:27) Spaceflight Inc. readies BlackSky smallsats for upcoming Rocket Lab launch – SatNews
(04:53) TMC Technologies awarded West Virginia University contract to establish the Small Satellite Center of Excellence – SatNews
(05:22) Satcube’s satellite terminals provide critical communications in Turkey and Ukraine to major media agencies and NGOs – SatNews