Space News for Wednesday, August 13, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) Arianespace’s Ariane 6 successfully launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite “This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter” – SatNews
(00:55) ULA, GO Vulcan! GO Centaur! GO USSF-106! and they did! – SatNews
(01:43) SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-4 smallsats from California on Wednesday – SatNews
(02:19) Viasat unveils HaloNet capability for near-Earth comms + beyond – SatNews
(02:49) KP Labs + Simera Sense to deliver integrated AI-powered optical payloads for future space missions – SatNews
(03:26) The Mission: Blue Origin’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter – SatNews
(03:55) Raptor 3 testing ramps up at SpaceX McGregor
(04:22) Launch Roundup: Vulcan and Ariane launch ahead of Starlink missions