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- ATMOS to Launch Demonstration Mission Aboard Baguette One Rocket European Spaceflight · 8 Nov 2025 German space logistics company ATMOS Space Cargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with French launch services provider HyPrSpace to carry out a demonstration mission aboard its Baguette One rocket. Founded in 201...
- AST SpaceMobile sheds more light on sovereign direct-to-device plan for Europe SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 AST SpaceMobile has registered plans with international regulators via Germany for a sovereign, space-based network that would provide broadband directly to devices across Europe, the U.S.-based satellite operator said N...
- Hegseth pledges sweeping overhaul of Pentagon procurement SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 Shift toward ‘commercial first’ buying could benefit fast-moving space and tech firms
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 7 Nov 2025 The mission will be SpaceX’s 560th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. It’s targeting liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:30 a.m. EST (0830 UTC).
- FAA’s Shutdown Restrictions on Air Travel Could Affect Space Launches Also SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Nov 2025 The FAA’s decision to restrict the number of airline flights to ensure the safety of air travel as some air traffic controllers call in sick during the government shutdown could
- Copernicus Sentinel-1D journey to space ESA · 7 Nov 2025 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana...
- Week in images: 03-07 November 2025 ESA · 7 Nov 2025 Week in images: 03-07 November 2025
- Europe’s lead in hyperspectral Earth observation depends on public–private partnerships SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 For half a century, satellites have chased the same prize: ever sharper pictures of Earth. Each advance brought more pixels and greater clarity, but only in terms of how things looked. Now, a different kind of technology...
- GHGSat continues to expand its methane-monitoring constellation SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – GHGSat announced plans Nov. 7 to send two additional satellites into its greenhouse-gas-monitoring constellation. Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
- Space is key to the Army’s long march to a connected force SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 The Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) is borrowing playbooks from the commercial tech world.
- FAA to restrict commercial launches during government shutdown SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration will temporarily limit the hours that commercial space launches can take place, citing strains on the air traffic control system during the government shutdown.
- The next generation of environmental intelligence: Why high-resolution satellite imagery must power our planet’s future SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when “satellite view” meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see individual trees, cars...
- ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals ESA · 7 Nov 2025 As the United Nations COP30 climate change conference convenes in Belém, Brazil, the world's attention will turn to the heart of the Amazon rainforest – a region that symbolises both hope and concern in the fight against...
- Rheinmetall and ICEYE Partner to Build Satellites in Germany European Spaceflight · 7 Nov 2025 German technology group Rheinmetall and Finnish satellite manufacturer and Earth observation data provider ICEYE have officially established a joint venture to build satellites in Germany. Rheinmetall’s partnership with...
- Earth from Space: Branco River, Brazil ESA · 7 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Insects on the space menu ESA · 7 Nov 2025 Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive option for European...
- Andy Stofan, Former NASA Lewis Center Director and Space Station AA Passes Away SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Nov 2025 Andy Stofan, who was Director of Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center and then headed the space station program at NASA headquarters in the mid-1980s, passed away on October 26, 2025.
- In-Q-Tel invests in Vast SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2025 An investment by a venture fund affiliated with the U.S. national security community in commercial space station developer Vast is not necessarily a sign of military interest in human spaceflight.
- Live coverage: Atlas 5 makes another try to launch ViaSat-3 F2 communications satellite Spaceflight Now · 6 Nov 2025 United Launch Alliance is counting down to a second launch attempt for an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 10:16 p.m. EST (0316...
- FCC commissioner warns U.S. influence on satellite spectrum debates could wane SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 A member of the Federal Communications Commission warned that declining American influence could make it harder to secure support for key satellite industry priorities at international conferences.
- BlackSky hit by U.S. budget cuts, but international demand lifts outlook SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 Despite the domestic headwinds, BlackSky is seeing a sharp uptick in overseas business.
- Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications and related applications has won a NASA award to use that platform for environmental monitoring.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 6 Nov 2025 Following deployment, SpaceX will have launched a total of 2,600 Starlink V2 Mini satellites so far this year. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-14 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 1:13 p.m. P...
- After Russian spaceport firm fails to pay bills, electric company turns the lights off Ars Technica · 6 Nov 2025 "If you increase the cost, you’ll get everything in two years. If not, I’m sorry.”
- EchoStar sells more direct-to-device spectrum for bigger SpaceX stake SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 Geostationary satellite operator EchoStar is selling another batch of radio frequencies to help improve SpaceX’s direct-to-cell services in the United States, in return for $2.6 billion worth of the company’s stock.
- D-Orbit and mhackeroni conduct in-orbit cybersecurity competition SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced the conclusion Nov. 6 of CTRL+Space, Europe’s first in-orbit Capture-the-Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition and the first live CTF contest involving mul...
- Arianespace Aiming for As Many as Eight Ariane 6 Launches in 2026 European Spaceflight · 6 Nov 2025 Arianespace is aiming to double its Ariane 6 launch cadence in 2026, with between six and eight missions planned. The European launch provider will open its 2026 manifest with the first flight of the more powerful four-b...
- How Vast plans to keep humanity in orbit SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, the ambitious aerospace company based in Long Beach, California, that’s one of a very companies few working diligently towards the fir...
- Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, nuclear energy offers t...
- Who has the best map of orbit? SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 How precise are satellite collision-avoidance platforms? Artificial intelligence is helping space trackers get a handle on increasingly congested orbits, but physics and math are only part of the challenge in a domain wh...
- Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) has surged from less than a thousand in 2019, whe...
- Isaacman renomination wins support from much of the space industry SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 The renomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator has been welcomed by much of the space industry, even as Isaacman defends positions he took in a policy manifesto.
- Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9 SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9.
- Rocket Lab launches sixth iQPS satellite SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2025 A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS on Nov. 5.
- ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch ESA · 6 Nov 2025 After arriving at the California launch site at the end of September, the two HydroGNSS satellites have been carefully prepared for liftoff, scheduled this month.
- Swoosh! ESA · 6 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Live coverage: ULA to launch ViaSat-3 communications satellite on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 5 Nov 2025 The mission is the second of three planned spacecraft that Viasat plans to operate in geostationary orbit. United Launch Alliance is targeting liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:24 p.m. EST (...
- Iceye unveils ‘guaranteed’ imagery service as satellite firms vie for defense customers SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 Earth observation companies shift business models to capture growing demand for sovereign geospatial intelligence capabilities
- New Glenn’s successful static fire test clears way for launch of ESCAPADE mission NASASpaceflight · 5 Nov 2025 On Thursday, Oct. 30, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully fired its seven BE-4 engines…
- ESA advances ERS program, marking shift toward dual-use and defense SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 Milan — The European Space Agency has refined its plan for the European Resilience from Space (ERS) program, outlining a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) framework that more directly ties Earth observation, telecommunications...