Space News for Wednesday, May 06, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Ukrainian forces test direct-to-device satellite imagery for frontline troops(01:05) New NGA head makes industry debut at GEOINT Symposium 2026(01:39) Startup develops software to help military tap commercial imaging satellites(02:28) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB(02:53) Spectrum-Sharing Rules Get an Overhaul(03:11) U.S. Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion for Space-Based Interceptor Layer(03:45) Telesat Reports 25% Decline in GEO Revenue Amid Strategic Shift to Lightspeed LEO(04:19) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Olaf Eckart, BMW Group(04:48) Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch(05:26) NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginia(05:54) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama(06:32) 650 NASA Volunteers Have Co-Authored Scientific Papers(07:10) Pad 1 conversion ongoing, with Flight 12 nearing(07:45) Commerce Aiming to Open Novel Space Applications This Summer(08:20) Bridenstine Takes Over as Quantum Space CEO(08:59) Anduril Names Its SBI Team For Golden Dome(09:38) ESA Taps Edge Aerospace for Space Cloud Contract(10:33) Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster(11:13) Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show(11:53) NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks(12:39) Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video(13:13) A tiny world at the edge of our solar system grew a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how