Space News for Tuesday, August 19, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:24) SpaceX launches 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 on Monday from sunny California – SatNews
(01:11) Xtar’s new Chief Executive Officer has served more than 40 years in uniformed and industry capacities – SatNews
(01:48) The Mission: Blue Origin’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter – SatNews
(02:17) Agile Space Industries to provide propulsion for The Exploration Company’s Nyx mission to the ISS – SatNews
(02:52) Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Chinese, and Russian missions make up busy week