Space News for Friday, August 15, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) SpaceX readies for Sunday launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 from California – SatNews
(00:59) SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats of Group 10-20 from the Cape on Thursday – SatNews
(01:27) AST SpaceMobile plays Game of Phones – SatNews
(01:57) satellite collaborations still in early stages – SatNews
(02:27) NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes
(02:57) Ship 37 completes a Spin Prime test following Engine Swap