Space News for Thursday, August 14, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) U.S. Space Force’s L3Harris-built NTS-3 satellite successfully launches – SatNews(00:59) NASA selects 6 Companies to provide OTV studies – SatNews(01:27) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 17-4 smallsats despite worst fog yet on a California night – SatNews(02:11) Luxembourg invests $350 million in GovSat-2 – SatNews(02:35) Kuiper mission updates: Kuiper constellation grows to more than 100 satellites – SatNews(03:11) International Space Station undergoes crew handover, change of command(03:46) B1091 “A Heavy Core in Falcon 9 Clothing”