The Gist: Space News

Author: Dr. Mason Nixon

The Gist is a space news aggregation podcast that gives you the top space-related stories of the day with an emphasis of space technologies, current launches, small satellites, etc. Generally, each episode will be around 10 to 20 minutes long to help break up your commute or downtime and keep you up-to-date on all of the top stories of the day.
Be a guest on this podcast

Language: en-us

Genres: Daily News, News, Tech News

Contact email: Get it

Feed URL: Get it

iTunes ID: Get it

Get all podcast data

Listen Now...

Space News for Tuesday, November 04, 2025
Tuesday, 4 November, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Sentinel-1D + Ariane 6 ready for liftoff – SatNews(00:46) UPDATE: ULA’s Launch Readiness is GO! for Wednesday ViaSat-3 Flight 2 one of the most powerful commercial communication satellites – SatNews(01:22) Rocket Lab ready to launch Japan’s “The Nation God Navigates” satellite – SatNews(01:57) Starlink smallsats Group 6-81 set to launch on Wednesday from the Cape – SatNews(02:21) WTA opens the 2026 Teleport Awards for Excellence nominations – SatNews(03:00) Vast completes Haven-1 structural testing, launches pathfinder mission