Space News for Friday, January 02, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Starlink initiates orbital lowering of 4,400 satellites to mitigate debris risks – SatNews(00:59) NASA to Outline Future Flagship Mission Timelines at 247th AAS Meeting – SatNews(01:32) AT&T, AST SpaceMobile Advance Satellite-to-Cell Expansion Following BlueBird 6 Deployment – SatNews(02:07) Satellite Data Confirms Rapid Expansion of Sudan Displacement Camps Amid North Darfur Conflict – SatNews

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