Space News for Wednesday, July 30, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SSC continues to transform acquisition of SATCOM capabilities—5 companies contracted – SatNews(00:59) Gilmour Space Technologies’ giant leap for Australia’s space capability with successful first test launch of Eris rocket – SatNews(01:42) SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-29 of 28 smallsats from the Cape – SatNews(02:10) BAE Systems delivers NOAA’s SWFO-L1 + NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory satellites for launch – SatNews(02:42) Boeing-built X-37B Spaceplane set for 8th mission – SatNews(03:13) NearSpace celebrates 1,000+ systems and subsystem on-orbit – SatNews(03:43) The Final Two Block 2 Ships leave Mega Bay 2 for Testing(04:00) How Pangea is reshaping rocket propulsion by reigniting the aerospike design(04:26) Mystery Raptors spotted arriving at McGregor