Space News for Friday, July 11, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies plans maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 on July 16, nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years – SatNews
(01:04) SpaceX plans Saturday launch of Israel’s communications satellite Dror-1 (Commercial GTO 1) – SatNews
(01:27) The UK will participate in the contemplated capital increase announced by Eutelsat – SatNews
(02:06) SpaceX plans Sunday launch of Starlink Group 15-2 smallsats from California – SatNews
(02:32) Forrester’s Digest: SES, Intelsat deal clears Federal permissions – SatNews
(02:55) NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels
(03:21) Europe’s launch contenders revealed as Themis rolls toward reusability tests
(03:56) Halfway through 2025, SpaceX breaks Falcon records and struggles with Starship