Space News for Saturday, September 12, 2026

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

space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:22) The FCC Asked Cowboy Space How Big Its Satellites Are<br>(00:54) Cailabs and RBC Signals Partner to Develop Global Optical Ground Station Network<br>(01:29) Loft Orbital and Marlan Space Award $1 Billion Contract for 50 AI-Equipped LEO Satellites<br>(01:47) Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor<br>(02:20) NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords<br>(02:43) Antares Wins $161M Award for Space Nuclear Power<br>(03:21) Rocket Lab protests NASA's decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract<br>(03:44) Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite to orbit for secret customer (photo)<br>(04:25) The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence<br>(05:03) On this day in space! Sept. 11, 1985: The International Cometary Explorer makes 1st comet flyby in history for NASA and Europe<br>(05:52) Wavy alien dune fields stretch across Mars | Space photo of the day for Sept. 11, 2026<br>(06:37) Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services<br>