Space News for Wednesday, March 12, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Astrum Mobile selects SWISSto12 to manufacture NEASTAR-1 GEO satellite – SatNews(00:57) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 sends NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH on their mission – SatNews(01:38) SpaceX launch of Starlink Group 12-21 smallsats now on for Wednesday to include Direct to Cell – SatNews(02:15) RBC Signals acquires 10 antennas from Microsoft – SatNews(02:39) Introducing HELIUS™ —a 249g coaxial nano UAV from Ascent AeroSystems – SatNews(03:13) 40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes its Public Debut(03:45) NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning(04:18) NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission(04:44) Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly set to launch amid busy launch manifest