Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, Whither Orbex? Ars Technica · 12 Dec 2025 "That is the moment an IPO suddenly came into play."
Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image NASA · 12 Dec 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a glittering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy, which is substantially smaller than our own Milky Way, lies 13 million light-years away in th...
NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE software SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced...
IHI SAT2 hyperspectral CubeSat enters orbit to support forest monitoring and carbon data SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 IHI-SAT2, a hyperspectral 6U CubeSat built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Japan's IHI Corporation, has reached orbit and established two-way communications shortly after deployment from a S...
Robotic welding project to prepare UK for in orbit repairs SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Age...
Shaping quantum light expands options for future technologies SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure...
Sidus Space to host MobLobSpace radar payload on LizzieSat for NASA debris tracking study SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar...
Gilat wins 10 million dollar order for transportable direct downlink earth observation system SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has secured an order of about 10 million dollars for a customized Earth observation direct downlink solution to be delivered over the next 12 months. The contra...
Quantum hardware roadmap highlights scaling hurdles on path to everyday applications SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early...
Secure ESA contract advances GomSpace satellite cybersecurity SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 GomSpace has signed a 1.2 million euro (13.2 MSEK) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a security-enhanced generation of its NanoCom product line under the SECUSAT...
Antares lines up $96 million to advance microreactor rollout SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Antares has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support development and deployment of its compact nuclear microreactors for defense and space customers. The round, led by Shine C...
$106B Ground Segment Market Enters Service‑Driven Era SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2025 Paris, France [December 12, 2025] – Novaspace’s 6th Ground Segment Market Prospects report projects a $106 Billion market and a fundamental shift in satellite infrastructure economics. NGSO constellations are reshaping [...
Watch live: Galileo launch on Ariane 6 ESA · 12 Dec 2025 On 17 December, two Galileo satellites will be launched on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in the 14th launch of operational satellites for the Galileo programme. This will be Galileo’s first...
Earth from Space: Pariacaca Mountain Range, Peru ESA · 12 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
China launches new Guowang satellites, Long March 12A launch and landing attempt date set SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2025 China launched new Guowang satellite internet payloads Dec. 11 as preparations advanced for a Long March 12A orbital launch and first stage landing attempt.
Avio Selects Virginia for New $500 Million US-Based Production Facility European Spaceflight · 12 Dec 2025 Italian rocket builder Avio has announced that it has selected the state of Virginia to build its planned US-based production facility. The $500 million project forms part of the company’s expansion of its defence busine...
Pacific Moisture Drenches the U.S. Northwest NASA · 12 Dec 2025 A potent atmospheric river delivered intense rainfall to western Washington, triggering flooding and mudslides.
NASA astrophysics director offers optimistic vision despite budget uncertainty SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2025 The head of NASA’s astrophysics division offered an upbeat assessment of upcoming missions, a stark contrast to the bleak outlook in the agency’s budget proposal six months ago.
Space Force rolls out new naming scheme for satellites and space weapons SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2025 Gen. Chance Saltzman unveils a taxonomy linking system names to mission areas, echoing legacy traditions across the military
All eight ISS docking ports occupied for the first time, Expedition 74 begins NASASpaceflight · 12 Dec 2025 After the arrival of the MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27, all eight docking ports on…
U.S. Air Force Secretary warns China’s space gains are driven by more than copying SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2025 Troy Meink says Beijing is innovating, not merely reverse-engineering U.S. systems
2025: The Turning Point for Satellite Operators SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 Paris, France [December 11, 2025] – Released today, Novaspace’s latest FSS Operators: Benchmarks & Performance Review unveils a year of transformation for satellite operators. 2025 is redefining the rules of […]
NASA Selects Two Heliophysics Missions for Continued Development NASA · 11 Dec 2025 NASA has selected one small explorer mission concept to advance toward flight design and another for an extended period of concept development. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Science Management Council selected CINEM...
SpaceX IPO plan sets stage for a surge of other space listings SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 Other space companies are likely to move toward the public markets now that Elon Musk is openly signaling plans to pursue a SpaceX IPO next year, hoping to ride the wave of momentum behind a potentially record-breaking l...
NASA Works with Boeing, Other Collaborators Toward More Efficient Global Flights NASA · 11 Dec 2025 Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching your destination airport. And then … you notice your plane is moving away. Pretty far away....
NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend NASA · 11 Dec 2025 Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every galaxy has one of th...
K2 Space raises $250 million to scale high-power satellite line SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 Torrance, California-based K2 was founded in 2022 to build large satellites with more onboard power and volume.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’ NASA · 11 Dec 2025 Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space wea...
Stellar Jet NASA · 11 Dec 2025 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star in this image released on Sept. 10, 2025. Stellar jets, which are powered by the gravitational e...
BAE Systems wins $16 million DARPA award to advance autonomous satellite tasking SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 The award is for Phase 2 of DARPA’s Oversight program.
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World NASA · 11 Dec 2025 Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system, as NASA leads the world in exploring the universe from the Moon t...
Building the future of space defense SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Matt Magaña, President of Space, Defense & National Security at Voyager Technologies, to explore one of the most consequential national security space storie...
The Exploration Company is Developing an In-Orbit Serving Vehicle European Spaceflight · 11 Dec 2025 The Exploration Company is developing a spacecraft designed to dock with and refuel satellites in orbit as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) In-Space Proof-of-Concepts (InSPoC) initiative. Founded in 2021, The Ex...
Enduralock Validates OneLink™ Prototype in Zero-G Simulation SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 December 8, 2025 LENEXA, KS – Enduralock is pleased to announce the successful completion of form, fit, and function testing for its OneLink™ satellite docking connector in Arkisys’ 1G robotic […]
The U.S. race to the moon: Why Plan B cannot wait SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 For years, both the Trump Administration and Congress have clearly stated that returning Americans to the moon before China in the 2028-2030 timeframe is a national priority. It is central to United States leadership in...
The journey of Juice – episode 2 ESA · 11 Dec 2025 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on an epic eight-year journey to Jupiter. It left Earth in April 2023 and is due to arrive at the gas giant in 2031.
Report identifies science objectives of human Mars exploration SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes.
Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm ESA · 11 Dec 2025 The European Space Agency’s Swarm mission detected a large but temporary spike of high-energy protons at Earth’s poles during a geomagnetic storm in November. It did this not with the scientific instruments for measuring...
Space-enabled air traffic control takes flight globally ESA · 11 Dec 2025 Air travellers will shrink their carbon footprint while reducing flight delays worldwide, thanks to a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA), satellite operator Viasat and aerospace company Boeing. Flights...
Solar ghost particles seen flipping carbon atoms in underground detector SpaceDaily · 11 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 Scientists have recorded solar neutrinos changing carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector in Canada, marking the first observation of this specific interaction between neutr...

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