Space News for Monday, June 01, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) France to fly two astronauts on Vast missions(01:05) Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome(01:20) China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight(01:34) New Glenn failure worsens constrained launch market(01:49) Launch Preview: SpaceX and Chinese rockets to launch internet satellites to LEO(02:12) Bellatrix Aerospace Tapped to Build Korean VLEO Demo Sat(03:03) Opinion: Commercial Space Is Generating Signals Decision-Makers Cannot Hear

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