Main Engine Cut Off

Caleb Henry of SpaceNews joins me to talk about the recent happenings in the satellite industry, including new ITU milestones for megaconstellations, SpaceX’s big year for Starlink, OneWeb’s progress, and DirecTV’s battery issue.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 38 executive producers—Brandon, Kris, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, Nadim, Peter, Donald, Lee, Chris, Warren, Bob, Russell, John, Moritz, Joel, Jan, Grant, Mike, David, Mints, Joonas, Robb, Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut, Frank, Julian and Lars from Agile Space, Tommy, Adam, and six anonymous—and 325 other supporters.TopicsCaleb Henry, SpaceNews.comCaleb Henry (@CHenry_SN) / TwitterITU sets milestones for megaconstellations - SpaceNews.comSpaceX becomes operator of world’s largest commercial satellite constellation with Starlink launch - SpaceNews.comDirecTV fears explosion risk from satellite with damaged battery - SpaceNews.comBoeing says Spaceway-1 battery failure has low risk of repeating on similar satellites - SpaceNews.c