Space News for Tuesday, July 22, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX ‘Hold Hold Hold!’ aborts 11 seconds before Monday’s launch of O3b mPower satellites – SatNews(00:52) York Space Systems’ parent company to acquire ATLAS Space Operations – SatNews(01:24) ULA Vulcan to launch U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command USSF-106 – SatNews(01:58) Morpheus Space validates next generation electric propulsion with GO-2’s on-orbit demo – SatNews(02:34) Gilat to receive more than $7M from U.S. Army to support mission-critical communications – SatNews(03:05) Blue Origin’s 6 crew members for New Shepard’s 34th mission – SatNews(03:35) CHEOPS discovers exoplanet triggering explosive flares on host star