Space News for Friday, June 20, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) SpaceX’s Starship explodes during static fire test – SatNews(00:51) UPDATE: SpaceX, Axiom Space and NASA are standing down again from launching Axiom Space Mission on Sunday – SatNews(01:27) AAC Clyde Space wins strategic order for first phase of ESA-backed satellite swarm mission – SatNews(01:58) Northrop Grumman expanding use of NVIDIA AI tech to advance space solutions – SatNews(02:29) GHGSat: Satellites reveal methane as an unintended consequence of palm oil production and points toward solutions – SatNews(02:58) India’s Vi and AST SpaceMobile partner to provide satellite connectivity in India – SatNews(03:28) Forrester’s Digest: SES raises €1bn towards Intelsat purchase – SatNews