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- Astranis unveils Vanguard for secure beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 Astranis announced plans Nov. 5 to roll out a mobile ad-hoc network service called Vanguard, using its small geostationary satellites to extend the range of point-to-point communications for disaster relief or secure def...
- ExoMars Rover Ramp Built by Poland’s Astronika Passes Key Milestone European Spaceflight · 5 Nov 2025 A pair of ramps that will allow the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover to roll from its landing platform onto the surface of Mars has passed a key testing milestone. In early 2024, ESA awarded Thales A...
- Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 A realistic and cost-effective path for the United States to advance the exploration and development of the moon, and to keep our nation in the forefront of that enterprise, is to dramatically increase robotic exploratio...
- Crafting a Democratic space policy in the Trump era SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 In space policy today, Republican views dominate. The party holds majorities in the House and Senate, while the White House is stretching — or breaking — the limits of executive power. Democratic views on space are large...
- The race to defend satellites from cyberattacks SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 Deloitte’s ‘Silent Shield’ payloads will test cyber defenses in orbit
- Reflex Aerospace raises 50 million euros SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace has raised 50 million euros ($57.4 million) as it rides a growing wave of interest and investment in European space systems.
- Space Rider blueprint ESA · 5 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- German Satellite Maker Reflex Aerospace Closes €50M Funding Round European Spaceflight · 5 Nov 2025 Reflex Aerospace has closed a €50 million Series A funding round that will, in part, be used to expand the company’s existing manufacturing capacity. Founded in 2021, Reflex Aerospace aims to offer a versatile satellite...
- China delays Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected space debris impact SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2025 China’s human spaceflight agency has delayed the scheduled return to Earth of a crewed Shenzhou spacecraft due to a suspected space debris impact.
- Euclid peers through a dark cloud’s dusty veil ESA · 5 Nov 2025 This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. The nebula is part of a so-called dark cloud, named LDN 1641. It sits at about 1300 light-years from E...
- China Delays Shenzhou-20 Crew’s Return Due to Possible Debris Strike SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Nov 2025 China decided today to delay the return of their Shenzhou-20 crew because of concern that their spacecraft may have been struck by orbital debris. The three-man crew has been aboard
- Trump re-nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator NASASpaceflight · 5 Nov 2025 President Donald Trump has officially re-nominated billionaire philanthropist and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to serve…
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 5 Nov 2025 This is the first out of at least eight planned launches supporting the broadband internet satellite constellation in November. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:48 p.m. EST (23...
- In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA Ars Technica · 5 Nov 2025 "I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations."
- White House renominates Isaacman to be NASA administrator SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 The White House said Nov. 4 it is renominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator, the latest twist in an unprecedented saga over the agency’s leadership.
- Trump Will Re-Nominate Isaacman for NASA Administrator SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Nov 2025 This afternoon President Trump announced that he will nominate Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator. Isaacman was Trump’s original nominee for the job on January 20, but he withdrew it
- Copernicus Sentinel-1D launch highlights ESA · 4 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...
- President Trump renominates commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator Spaceflight Now · 4 Nov 2025 The announcement of his nomination comes more than five months after the President pulled it for largely political reasons.
- Google’s new weather model impressed during its first hurricane season Ars Technica · 4 Nov 2025 Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse.
- Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6 ESA · 4 Nov 2025 The Sentinel-1 mission – which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation programme – has a new addition to its family of satellites, with the arrival in orbit of Sentinel-1D, the last of the groundbreaki...
- Telesat eyes December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinder debut SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 Telesat is preparing to deploy a couple of Lightspeed pathfinders in December 2026, with 96 satellites for an initial global broadband service from LEO set to launch the following year to offset mounting geostationary bu...
- Ariane 6 launches Sentinel-1D radar imaging satellite SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 An Ariane 6 successfully launched a radar imaging satellite Nov. 4 after European agencies chose to use a larger rocket to ensure an earlier launch.
- Copernicus Sentinel-1D launch coverage ESA · 4 Nov 2025 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
- Arianespace Launches Sentinel-1D Aboard Ariane 6 Rocket European Spaceflight · 4 Nov 2025 European launch services provider Arianespace has successfully launched the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard an Ariane 62 rocket for the European Commission. Launched in its two-booster configuration, the A...
- Sentinel-1D is launched on Ariane 6 ESA · 4 Nov 2025 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana...
- Ariane 6 poised to launch the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite NASASpaceflight · 4 Nov 2025 Arianespace, Europe’s long-standing primary launch provider, is preparing to fly the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite…
- Analysts say experience, not funding, is hindering European smallsat launchers SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 London — Warsaw Increasing tensions with Russia have prompted defense spending boosts throughout Europe that will benefit fledgling smallsat launcher companies across the continent. But Europe is still years away from me...
- SES leans on SKY Perfect JSAT as inflight demand outpaces expanded fleet SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 SES has turned to Japan’s flagship operator for extra satellite bandwidth to keep up with soaring connectivity demand from passengers flying across Asia, even after significantly expanding its own fleet by buying Intelsa...
- Geopolitical Shifts and AI Reshapes Earth Observation Market SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 Sovereign Control and Precision Intelligence Set to Lead Global Priorities Paris, France [October, 2025] – Novaspace’s 18th edition of the Earth Observation Data and Services Market report signals a decisive […]
- ESA and AfSA join forces for systems engineering training ESA · 4 Nov 2025 From 7 to 10 October 2025, Europe and Africa took another important step toward deepening their cooperation in space. At the ESA Education Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, young engineers from acr...
- Why the U.S. shouldn’t simply race to Lagrange points SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space exploration as a race. As U.S.-China space competition intensifies, so...
- Intuitive Machines to acquire Lanteris Space Systems SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 Intuitive Machines, a lunar lander company, announced Nov. 4 it is buying Lanteris Space Systems, a satellite builder formerly known as Maxar.
- Q&A: The pace is picking up for Astroscale SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 Through missions currently on the books for the Japan Space Agency JAXA, the U.S. Space Force, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and Eutelsat OneWeb, the Tokyo-based on-orbit servicing company Astroscale aims to dem...
- China conducts ground tests on inflatable, reconfigurable space manufacturing module SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform, targeting future large-scale, low-cost space manufacturing.
- For new lunar collaboration, look to India and Japan SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 The renewed interest in the moon can arguably be traced back to the 2009 discovery of water ice on the lunar surface. Much of the narrative in the intervening decade and a half has been set to a background score of a mil...
- View from above: Ariane 6 for Sentinel-1D on the launch pad ESA · 4 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- View from above: Ariane 6 for Sentinel-1D on the launch pad ESA · 4 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- OHB Purchases Remaining Stake in MT Aerospace European Spaceflight · 4 Nov 2025 German space technology company OHB has purchased the remaining 30 percent stake in MT Aerospace from Apollo Capital Partners, completing a full takeover of the Augsburg-based company. MT Aerospace is a German aerospace...
- Lawmakers warn UK must act now to get space ambitions back on track SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025 The United Kingdom must move swiftly to turn ambition into action after falling short of a vision outlined three years ago to become a major global space power, a cross-party parliamentary committee warned Nov. 3.
- Launch Roundup: Ariane 6 and New Glenn set to launch during busy week NASASpaceflight · 3 Nov 2025 This week’s launch manifest will feature nine missions launching on seven different rockets, including the…