Space News for Wednesday, February 25, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) OQ Technology secures $30 million from Europe for satellite-to-smartphone expansion<br>(00:57) A banner year for military space funding— with an unclear path beyond<br>(01:29) Lockheed Martin presses case that GPS upgrade will counter jamming threats<br>(02:10) The Commercial Space Federation Releases New White Paper “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships”<br>(02:47) At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy<br>(03:29) SpaceX’s Tuesday twilight Falcon 9 rocket launch sends 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit<br>(04:18) The Fractal Lab – Part III<br>(04:40) SECAF Kendall Unveils ‘Ringleader’ Exercise to Test Satellite Sensor Fusion for Tactical Battle Management<br>(05:33) Iridium Unveils Iridium 9604: First Unified Three-in-One IoT Module<br>(06:23) Global Defense Modernization Drives Major Awards for BlackSky and Redwire<br>(07:12) The New Space Race: Industrial Integration Redefines the Market Lead<br>(07:28) Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier<br>(08:12) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows<br>(08:29) New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse<br>(09:33) Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere<br>(09:48) Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life<br>(10:25) Bill Spotlight: Methane Monitoring Science Act<br>(11:22) Sophia Space Raises $10M for Build Orbital Data Center Tech<br>(11:34) LambdaVision Taps Starlab for Post-ISS Manufacturing Plans<br>