Space News for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission sends 131 smallsats soaring near California’s beach – SatNews(00:52) Varda’s W-2 spacecraft launched to orbit with SpaceX with Koonibba Test Range up next – SatNews(01:19) FOSSA Systems launches their new generation of nanosatellites – SatNews(01:46) SpaceX to send Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon on Wednesday – SatNews(02:15) SpaceX launches 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on Monday from Florida – SatNews(02:46) High power laser beam focusing – SatNews(03:13) SpaceX Transporter-12 launches more than 100 satellites(03:50) Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions