Space News for Wednesday, December 17, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Europe’s Vanishing Rocket Capability – SatNews(00:56) Space Systems Command Activates System Delta 80 to Unify Launch and Range Acquisitions – SatNews(01:24) Strategic Exit: Tower Corp Divests 91% of AST SpaceMobile Stake Ahead of Key Launch – SatNews(01:51) Viasat Unlocks “Roaming” for Government Users: The Operational Reality of the Inmarsat Merger – SatNews(02:26) Globalstar & Skydio Trial Validates “D2D” for Drones (Beyond Handsets) – SatNews(03:00) One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image(03:30) NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation(04:07) SpaceX advances Starbase upgrades at the launch site