Space News for Friday, January 09, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) The Great Orbital Trench War: Sovereignty vs. The Starlink Surge – SatNews(00:53) Keysight and Samsung Validate 3GPP Release 19 NR-NTN with S-Band Connectivity Milestone – SatNews(01:25) Kratos Signals Support for Defense Policy Shift Toward Industrial Reinvestment – SatNews(01:51) Aegis Aerospace and United Semiconductors to Launch Orbital Manufacturing Facility – SatNews(02:27) The future of Starship’s Pad 1 tower and launch mount(02:59) TPS evaluations taking place at Starbase on next two Ships to fly

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