Space News for Friday, January 16, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) MDA Adds 340 Vendors to $151 Billion SHIELD Enterprise in Third Major Tranche – SatNews(00:59) Permission to Shout: The Risks Inside the New SpaceX License – SatNews(01:27) The Orbital Pivot: Reconciling Scientific Discovery with the Trillion-Dollar Space Economy – SatNews(01:56) TrustPoint Achieves Key Milestone in Resilient, GPS-Independent Navigation – SatNews(02:29) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science

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