Space News for Wednesday, March 11, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Anduril to acquire space-tracking firm ExoAnalytic Solutions(00:40) Starlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station(01:35) Viasat wins $14 million contract to provide in-flight satcom for Navy executive aircraft(02:22) Suspended NOAA satellite chief warns of threats to federal science programs(03:01) Precision in Orbit: Heraeus Catalysts Safeguard Satellite Control(03:31) NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk(03:48) Spring Forward: Legacy Operators Are Killing GEO. That’s the Plan.(04:21) A Satellite Crashes Home a Bit Too Soon(04:56) Hubble Network Debuts Global Bluetooth-to-Satellite Connectivity at Embedded World 2026(05:16) Astroscale France Joins ESA “ECO-Tethers” Project to Mature Propellant-Free Deorbiting Technology(05:57) Synthetic Aperture Radar as the Modern Backbone of Maritime Domain Awareness(06:27) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4825-4831: Exploring the Borderlands(06:58) A Most Unusual Lake(07:14) About Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools Project(08:03) Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS Testing(08:48) March 2026 Satellite Puzzler(09:17) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to dominate another busy week of missions(09:42) SpaceX’s Enters a new era with Booster 19 Testing on Pad 2(09:57) Commercial Space Law Takes Center Stage at DC Moot Court(10:44) Lux Aeterna Closes $10M Seed to Build Reusable Sats(10:58) Voyager Invests in Max Space, Projects 2026 Revenue Surge(11:19) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds(11:58) Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the planet's auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds(12:41) Newly discovered comet could be visible in daytime skies this April(13:19) NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup(13:54) A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the day for March 10, 2026