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- EnduroSat raises $104 million to scale production of larger small satellites SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 Bulgaria’s EnduroSat announced another $104 million in venture capital funding Oct. 30 to scale up its small satellite manufacturing capacity.
- Golden Dome hype meets information vacuum as industry awaits Pentagon direction SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 With the government shutdown dragging on and architectural details still under wraps, defense contractors find themselves in the position of building capabilities for a system that hasn’t been defined
- SpaceX ramps up Starship preparations at Florida’s Roberts Road NASASpaceflight · 30 Oct 2025 SpaceX is making significant strides in developing its Starship infrastructure at the Roberts Road facilities.…
- Pentagon turns to ‘government-owned, commercially-operated’ satellites amid conflict risks SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 The move toward so-called GOCO (government-owned, commercially-operated) arrangements has been shaped by developments such as Russia declaring that Western commercial satellites could be legitimate military targets.
- The Exploration Company Opens New HQ in Oberpfaffenhofen European Spaceflight · 30 Oct 2025 In-space logistics startup The Exploration Company has opened its new headquarters in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, with operations at the facility expected to begin in December. Founded in 2021, The Exploration Company is...
- An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit Ars Technica · 30 Oct 2025 "Size is not the limit anymore."
- Inside the new age of space domain awareness SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Doug Hendrix, co-founder and CEO of ExoAnalytic Solutions — a company born from three physicists’ passion for solving the hardest problems in space.
- ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase ESA · 30 Oct 2025 From early September to late October 2025, members of ESA's Astronaut Reserve returned to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, for a second block of intensive training.
- Momentus Vigoride-7 to fly DPhi Space hosted payload platform SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Momentus announced a partnership Oct. 30 with DPhi Space to fly Swiss startup’s hosted-payload platform early next year. Momentus will host the DPhi Space Clustergate-2 payload, which is desig...
- Confronting China’s pervasive maritime gray zone campaign SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 China’s persistent use of maritime gray zone tactics poses a fundamental challenge to regional stability and the international order. These actions are designed to achieve strategic aims — territorial advancement and sov...
- Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander Spaceflight Now · 30 Oct 2025 The comments came during a fireside chat featuring former NASA administrators, Charlie Bolden and Jim Bridenstine, at the conclusion of the American Astronautical Society’s 2025 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium in H...
- China targets 2026 for first Long March 10 launch, new lunar crew spacecraft flight SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 China aims to conduct the first launch of its Long March 10 rocket and a lunar-capable crew spacecraft next year, according to a top official.
- Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 Two former NASA administrators criticized the agency’s current use of SpaceX’s Starship for the Artemis 3 crewed lunar landing, calling for an urgent redirection to reach the moon before China.
- PDC Unveils Osiris Computer Module Featuring Microchip’s PIC64-HPSC for Next-Gen Space Missions SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 Bohemia, New York (October 2025) – Power Device Corporation (PDC) a trusted leader in space electronics for over 25 years, proudly announces the launch of its latest innovation: the Osiris […]
- Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing ESA · 30 Oct 2025 Follow the online briefing on the launch scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission delivers radar images of Earth’s surface. It is vital for disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritim...
- ESA Space Safety Fleet ESA · 30 Oct 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Quantum’s promise for near and long-term space applications SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – While organizations are focused on space applications for quantum communications, quantum computers are not likely to reach orbit for the foreseeable future. “Even if we see progress on the gr...
- Artemis spacesuits tested as existing ISS suits are showing their age NASASpaceflight · 29 Oct 2025 As the Artemis program works toward its first lunar landing on the Artemis III mission…
- Space sector’s cybersecurity dilemma: Pay now or pay later SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 The cost of encryption technologies has been a barrier. Many of the products now available to make satellite communications encrypted are expensive and out of reach for many commercial space firms.
- Investors gravitate toward space firms with defense applications SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Investors are backing space companies with defense-related business lines. In many cases, growing Department of Defense interest in commercial space technologies is benefiting the most well-fu...
- Live Event: The Role of Space-Based Interceptors in Golden Dome SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 From inflationary pressures and shifting interest rates to supply chain challenges and intensifying great-power competition, today’s macroeconomic and geopolitical forces are reshaping the future of space investment. For...
- Saudi Arabia’s stc Group commits $175 million prepayment in AST SpaceMobile deal SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 Saudi telecoms giant stc Group has signed a 10-year agreement that includes a $175 million prepayment commitment to use AST SpaceMobile’s planned space-based cellular broadband network, the Texas-based venture announced...
- Avio Reveals More Hardware for its FD1 Rocket Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 29 Oct 2025 As part of its nine-month 2025 financial report, Italian rocket builder Avio shared images of several flight components for its FD1 rocket demonstrator, including the fairing, propellant tanks, avionics, and interstage....
- AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping ESA · 29 Oct 2025 Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global competition organised by th...
- Let’s not allow the ‘Golden Age’ of space exploration to turn into fool’s gold SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 In recent years, a popular slogan in the space industry has been, “We are entering the Golden Age of space exploration.” Indeed, we have witnessed unprecedented advancements in launch vehicles, the initial development of...
- ESA outlines plans for space security program SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 ESA has provided more details about the multi-pronged security program it is seeking more than one billion euros for at its upcoming ministerial conference.
- ESA’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape ESA · 29 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency’s upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and manoeuvre to its final destination without relying on a bigger spacec...
- ESA Proposes €1B Budget to Align European Space Capabilities for Defence European Spaceflight · 29 Oct 2025 European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher unveiled the European Resilience from Space programme on Tuesday in Brussels. The initiative aims to pool national space assets and develop new capabilities in inte...
- Rising demand and falling costs clear path for satellite servicing SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Satellite-servicing businesses are finally getting off the ground thanks in part to technological innovation and the example set by prime contractor Northrop Grumman. “There is no shame in say...
- Trump nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’ SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 Berkowitz says one of his priorities as assistant secretary of defense for space policy would be to ‘sustain America’s position as the world’s leader in space activities’
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2025 This is just the second time that SpaceX opted to launch 29 of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites in one batch, the current limit for the Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-37 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral...
- Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2025 The company’s senior director of civil space shared the progress on their crew and cargo Blue Moon landers during the American Astronautical Society’s 2025 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium.
- Shutdown could soon slow preparations for Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2025 Preparations for NASA’s Artemis 2 launch could soon grind to a halt if the nearly month-long government shutdown continues, one industry executive warned.
- Starbase Pad 1 demolition begins for Next-Gen upgrades NASASpaceflight · 28 Oct 2025 SpaceX has kicked off a significant demolition and upgrade phase at its Starbase facility, targeting…
- FCC proposes ‘licensing assembly line’ to accelerate satellite approvals SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2025 The FCC voted Oct. 28 to propose creating a modular “licensing assembly line” that would overhaul its satellite application process to accelerate reviews and cut red tape.
- Cambrian Works Announces Partnership with Aptos Orbital to Integrate the GigRouter and Aptos Terminal SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2025 LOS GATOS, CA—Cambrian Works is pleased to announce their partnership with Aptos Orbital to revolutionize space to space connections. This collaboration marks an advancement in the capabilities of Cambrian Works’ […]
- Melissa strikes Jamaica, tied as most powerful Atlantic storm to come ashore Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2025 The storm was so strong a hurricane hunter had to end its mission early.
- Slingshot sells first sensors in UK deal as more nations seek space-tracking sovereignty SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2025 Slingshot Aerospace is in talks with other countries to create or expand space-tracking capabilities after selling optical sensors to the U.K., marking the California-based company’s first deal for the hardware behind it...
- Europe turns to space to boost resilience ESA · 28 Oct 2025 The role of space for security was presented at a high-level event in Brussels on Tuesday.
- Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026 Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2025 The mission will carry a pair of commercial, robotic rovers to the lunar surface. It was most recently scheduled to launch by the end 2025.