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- Data Boom, Video Decline Reshapes Satellite Revenues by 2034 SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 Satellite Market Shifts as Data Service Revenues Triple Paris, France [October, 2025] – Released today, Novaspace’s 32nd edition of the Satellite Connectivity and Video Market report reveals a seismic shift […]
- ECAPS Announces Breakthrough Fast-Start Thruster (FAST) Technology SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 Solna, Sweden — October 2025 — ECAPS AB, Sweden’s leading propulsion technology provider, has announced successful testing of its new Fast-Start Thruster (FAST) technology, a major advancement that enables LMP-103S […]
- Thomas Pesquet during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025 ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
- Samantha Cristoforetti during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025 ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
- Alexander Gerst during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025 ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
- Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025 ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
- Phoebus: keeping the smallest molecule in the Universe contained ESA · 16 Oct 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Spain celebrates ESA heritage with substantial plans for the future ESA · 16 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency's presence in Spain is set to be strengthened, while more than a dozen contracts with Spanish industry were signed on Thursday.
- China’s year-end space sprint SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 On this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews China correspondent Andrew Jones joins host Mike Gruss to unpack China’s year‑end sprint in space.
- ‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 The composite shielding designed to protect spacecraft from debris impact was developed by Atomic-6 under a U.S. Space Force Small Business Innovation Research contract
- China launches 12th group of Guowang broadband satellites as rocket milestone highlights accelerating launch rate SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 HELSINKI — China added to its Guowang national broadband megaconstellation Wednesday with the 600th Long March rocket launch, marking a milestone in the country’s accelerating spaceflight cadence. A Long March 8A rocket...
- First bedrest samples arrive at exploration biobank in Portugal ESA · 16 Oct 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA Awards Contract for Reusable Rocket Stage Recovery Vessel European Spaceflight · 16 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the design of a reusable rocket stage recovery vessel to the Italian aerospace and defence systems company Ingegneria Dei Sistemi (IDS). The project is part of a...
- Axiom Space replaces CEO SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2025 Commercial space station developer Axiom Space has replaced its chief executive after less than six months on the job.
- Artemis Accords nations mark fifth anniversary SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2025 Five years after the first countries signed the Artemis Accords, a growing group of nations continues to work on how to implement the guidelines contained in the document.
- SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2025 This was the second plane of satellites for Tranche 1 of the Transport Layer, part of a planned global network of data transport and sensor satellites known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
- Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets Ars Technica · 15 Oct 2025 "We're trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy."
- Isaacman Back in the Running for NASA Administrator SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Oct 2025 Jared Isaacman is among a group of candidates being interviewed by NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy to take the top job at the agency on a permanent basis. President Trump
- Starship Block 2 and Pad 1 end on a high note with Flight 11 NASASpaceflight · 15 Oct 2025 SpaceX completed the use of Block 2 and Pad 1 on a high note with…
- Live coverage: Overnight launch planned for 28 more Starlink satellites Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2025 The Starlink 10-52 mission is anticipated to be SpaceX’s 130th Falcon 9 launch of the year. The rocket’s liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 16, at 5:27 a.m. EDT (092...
- Romania’s INCAS Delivers Space Rider Drop Test Model European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2025 Romania’s National Institute for Aerospace Research ‘Elie Carafoli’ (INCAS) has delivered the Space Rider Descent and Landing Test Model (DLRM) to the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) in Capua. CIRA was contracte...
- Beyond the downlink: Why Earth-independent AI is the next moat in space operations SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2025 Every new space mission runs into the same wall: physics and fragility. Physics, because the speed of light and contested spectrum make real-time decision-making from the ground impossible when you need it most. Fragilit...
- Beyond Gravity plans US push after fivefold boost in European solar mechanism output SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2025 Beyond Gravity is weighing expanding solar array drive mechanism production in Florida to support Golden Dome and other U.S. space projects, after doubling manufacturing space in Europe for hardware that keeps satellites...
- Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded ESA · 15 Oct 2025 No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA’s mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, this nightmare unfo...
- ESA Exploration Biobank in Portugal Receives First Human Samples European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Exploration Biobank in Lisbon, Portugal, has received an initial batch of 1,422 samples, which will be used to validate the facility’s workflow. In July, ESA awarded a €300,000, 24-month...
- Polish space company Scanway Space secures U.S., European deals amid international expansion drive SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2025 WARSAW — The Polish optical systems manufacturer Scanway Space has secured its first order from an American company, in this case from Intuitive Machines for a multispectral telescope instrument to map the moon’s surface...
- ESA Open Day 2025: an unforgettable journey through space science at ESAC ESA · 15 Oct 2025 English ESA Open Day 2025: An Unforgettable Journey Through Space Science at ESAC
- Rocket Lab launches seventh Synspective radar imaging satellite SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for one Japanese radar imaging company Oct. 14, just days after signing a contract for additional launches for another.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency constellation Spaceflight Now · 14 Oct 2025 The mission, dubbed Tranche 1 Transporter Layer C, will add another 21 satellites into the burgeoning constellation for the Space Development Agency. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 4:...
- Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch six missions in one week NASASpaceflight · 14 Oct 2025 Following the successful flight of Starship Flight 11 on Monday, SpaceX is set to continue…
- Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective Spaceflight Now · 14 Oct 2025 The ‘Owl New World’ mission was the 13th orbital Electron launch of 2025. The synthetic aperture radar satellite was deployed into a circular low Earth orbit roughly 50 minutes after liftoff from Mahia, New Zealand.
- Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 Equatys, the U.S.-based Viasat and Emirati satellite operator Space42’s shared space infrastructure joint venture for direct-to-device services, has gained its first mobile network partner as it seeks to challenge SpaceX...
- K2 Space announces plans for three-orbit demonstration mission SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 The company procured a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket to prove its “one satellite design for all orbits” concept
- PLD Aims to Build One Engine Every Two Weeks by the End of 2025 European Spaceflight · 14 Oct 2025 Spanish rocket builder PLD Space has revealed that it expects to be producing one TEPREL-C rocket engine every two weeks by the end of 2025. PLD Space is developing a 35.7-metre-tall, two-stage rocket called MIURA 5 that...
- Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 In-space transportation company Impulse Space says it plans to develop a lunar lander to fill what it sees as a gap in missions to the moon.
- Impulse Space sets sights on the Moon with new Lunar Lander in development NASASpaceflight · 14 Oct 2025 Impulse Space, the innovative startup founded by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, has unveiled plans for…
- The Mars moment: Why now is the time to build the future SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 We’re entering a new era of space. One defined not by exploration alone, but by the infrastructure that makes a sustained presence possible. For decades, our presence in space has been limited to short-term missions: lan...
- Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 Space Pioneer has secured around $350 million in new funding rounds to support its Tianlong-3 rocket and next-generation launch vehicle and engine development.
- Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025 The SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrate the year’s most iconic achievements in shaping the future of the space industry. Today, we’re proud to announce the shortlist for 2025 — a selection of individuals, organizations, and...
- Gravity assists: trading energy with the planets ESA · 14 Oct 2025 Is there life on Terran V? Join the adventure to the fictional planet and find out what it takes to reach the farthest frontiers of deep space.