Space News for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission sends 131 smallsats soaring near California’s beach – SatNews
(00:52) Varda’s W-2 spacecraft launched to orbit with SpaceX with Koonibba Test Range up next – SatNews
(01:19) FOSSA Systems launches their new generation of nanosatellites – SatNews
(01:46) SpaceX to send Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon on Wednesday – SatNews
(02:15) SpaceX launches 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on Monday from Florida – SatNews
(02:46) High power laser beam focusing – SatNews
(03:13) SpaceX Transporter-12 launches more than 100 satellites
(03:50) Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions