The Gist: Space News

Space News for Wednesday, July 16, 2025


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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-3 smallsats on Friday from California – SatNews
(00:57) Australia’s Gilmour Space explains why NO GO, and scrubs Wednesday’s maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1 – SatNews
(01:32) Amphinicy Technologies receives contract for operations support at EUMETSAT’s Svalbard and Azores facilities, and LEO ground stations monitoring and control solutions – SatNews
(02:06) Redwire announces addition of the Edge Autonomy Stalker UAS to the DoD’s Blue List of approved drones – SatNews
(02:36) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Gears Up for Space Station Research
(03:02) NASA’s IXPE Imager Reveals Mysteries of Rare Pulsar
(03:36) One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions
(04:10) Launch Roundup: Chinese cargo resupply mission, Falcon 9 launches Kuiper satellites
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The Gist: Space NewsBy Dr. Mason Nixon