Space News for Wednesday, April 30, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic – SatNews(01:14) ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’ – SatNews(01:46) SpaceX will be busy with Starlink launches everyday from Thursday through Sunday – SatNews(02:33) Rivada expands Outernet access to 33 countries + secures $16 billion+ in global business – SatNews(03:12) AST SpaceMobile and U.S. National Science Foundation’s Coordination Agreement between satellite and ground-based astronomy operations – SatNews(03:47) Forrester’s Digest: Nilesat signs MoU with RASCOM – SatNews(04:06) Help Classify Galaxies Seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope!(04:36) NASA’s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter’s and Io’s Surface(05:05) NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon(05:31) ESA’s Biomass mission launches aboard Vega-C