Space News for Monday, April 20, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions(01:04) Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters(01:31) Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction(02:13) Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation(02:57) Blue Origin Unveils Project Quartz Global Ground Station Network(03:12) NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Extend Interstellar Mission(03:31) Blue Origin Achieves First Booster Reuse but Satellite Enters Off-Nominal Orbit(04:08) Geographic Hotspots: Where Demand Is Accelerating(04:19) New Glenn launches on third mission, successfully reuses booster for the first time(04:42) SpaceX Won A Mars Mission That Might Get Cancelled(05:10) 'Dark subhaloes' may explain why galaxies seem to form pre-determined shapes(05:53) Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure