Space News for Wednesday, February 25, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) OQ Technology secures $30 million from Europe for satellite-to-smartphone expansion(00:57) A banner year for military space funding— with an unclear path beyond(01:29) Lockheed Martin presses case that GPS upgrade will counter jamming threats(02:10) The Commercial Space Federation Releases New White Paper “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships”(02:47) At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy(03:29) SpaceX’s Tuesday twilight Falcon 9 rocket launch sends 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit(04:18) The Fractal Lab – Part III(04:40) SECAF Kendall Unveils ‘Ringleader’ Exercise to Test Satellite Sensor Fusion for Tactical Battle Management(05:33) Iridium Unveils Iridium 9604: First Unified Three-in-One IoT Module(06:23) Global Defense Modernization Drives Major Awards for BlackSky and Redwire(07:12) The New Space Race: Industrial Integration Redefines the Market Lead(07:28) Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier(08:12) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows(08:29) New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse(09:33) Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere(09:48) Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life(10:25) Bill Spotlight: Methane Monitoring Science Act(11:22) Sophia Space Raises $10M for Build Orbital Data Center Tech(11:34) LambdaVision Taps Starlab for Post-ISS Manufacturing Plans