Space News for Friday, September 04, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:22) Final Three SES O3b mPOWER Satellites Arrive at Cape Canaveral Ahead of Falcon 9 Launch<br>(00:40) Blue Origin Accelerates Engineering Hiring from Amazon Satellite Division to Expand Orbital Operations<br>(00:55) 4iG Group and SpaceX Sign Agreements to Deploy Starlink Mobile and Sovereign Satellite Solutions in Europe<br>(01:24) A Trio of Tropical Cyclones in the Pacific<br>(01:57) NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking<br>(02:36) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog<br>(03:03) NASA Taps Blue Origin for Mars Communications Network<br>(03:48) PLD Space, HyImpulse Close Major Extension Rounds<br>(04:23) 2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here's what BepiColombo can do<br>(04:53) Comet McNaught put on a surprise show this summer: Here's how to spot it before it fades<br>(05:32) On this day in space! Sept. 3, 2006: Europe's SMART-1 spacecraft crashes into the moon in lunar death dive<br>(05:55) India sends Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit in milestone launch (video)<br>