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Space News for Thursday, March 26, 2026

Space News for Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Dr. Mason Nixon

March 26, 202616m 47s

Show Notes

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Space Force weighs launch alternatives as Vulcan faces potential months-long grounding<br>(01:15) Office of Space Commerce releases mission authorization proposal<br>(02:03) Terran Orbital Introduces New Star Tracker Product Line at SATSHOW 2026<br>(02:39) Telesat eyes defense role with laser comms test ahead of LEO debut<br>(02:57) Sift raises $42 million in Series B round<br>(03:35) NexSat Space Systems Debuts with ACE ‘Invisible’ Aero-Conformal Antenna<br>(03:51) Rocket Lab Emerging as Potential Bus Provider for 2,800-Satellite Equatys Constellation<br>(04:32) SES Taps K2 Space for Next-Gen ‘meoSphere’ MEO Network<br>(05:11) Dual-Use by Design: Telesat Lightspeed and the End of Civilian Telecom in LEO<br>(05:47) SpaceX Accelerates Record-Breaking IPO Following Trillion-Dollar xAI Merger<br>(06:28) A Hot Start to Spring in the Southwest<br>(06:57) La NASA anuncia la cobertura de la misión lunar Artemis II<br>(07:27) NASA Ames Experts Available for Artemis II Flight Test Interviews<br>(08:11) NASA Sets Coverage for First Artemis Crewed Mission Around Moon<br>(08:59) NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds<br>(09:51) NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets<br>(10:31) NASA outlines Moon Base plans, pivots on Gateway<br>(11:29) Isar Aerospace scrubs second launch of Spectrum rocket<br>(12:22) PAVE Space Raises $40M for In-Space Propulsion Tech<br>(13:05) Airbase Emerges From Stealth With $5M to Automate Spectrum Allocation<br>(13:35) Lightning on Jupiter could be up to 1 million times stronger than on Earth<br>(14:03) 100 new alien worlds: Scientists find hidden haul in data from NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft<br>(14:25) Canada cancels its 1st moon rover: 'It's hopefully not a lost cause'<br>(15:03) Rocket shines under the northern lights | Space photo of the day for March 25, 2026<br>(15:41) Here is NASA's plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars<br>