Space News for Tuesday, August 12, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) SpaceX delivers for Amazon, with launch of Project Kuiper’s smallsat KF-02 Mission – SatNews
(01:07) EchoStar needs to act swiftly on launch plans – SatNews
(01:33) Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile update imminent – SatNews
(02:02) Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite – SatNews
(02:29) L-1 UPDATE: ULA Vulcan USSF-106 mission progressing towards launch of ‘2 firsts’ – SatNews
(03:24) Launch Roundup: Vulcan and Ariane to launch ahead of Starlink missions
(04:08) Hera observes asteroids as DART reveals more about its destination