Space News for Friday, July 18, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) L3Harris has the future of PNT ready now – SatNews
(00:50) Honeywell’s new high-speed SATCOM system achieves OTA connectivity – SatNews
(01:15) SES completes acquisition of Intelsat, creating global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse – SatNews
(01:51) Kratos + Intelsat demo 5G NTN over GEO – SatNews
(02:20) Registration Opens for 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge
(02:47) Final ML-2 tower module added as Artemis and SLS Block 1B receive a funding reprieve
(03:23) Starship at Cape Canaveral making progress as SpaceX tries to push the program forward