Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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NASA awards Katalyst Space contract to reboost Swift spacecraft SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2025 NASA has awarded a $30 million contract to a startup to attempt to boost the orbit of an astronomy satellite before it reenters next year.
Pulse: ESA’s new approach to flying satellites ESA · 25 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
NASA Selects Proteus Space for Novel Rapid Spacecraft Conceptual Design Study SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2025 LOS ANGELES, CA – September 25, 2025 – Proteus Space, a leading innovator in rapid satellite design, digital modeling, AI&T, flight and operations solutions, has been selected by NASA for […]
Inside ispace Europe and the race to explore the moon SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Julien Lamamy, Managing Director of ispace Europe from the World Space Business Week in Paris.
Astra’s Chris Kemp woke up one recent morning and chose violence Ars Technica · 25 Sep 2025 "We bought the engine from them, and it was garbage."
NASA Glenn Reinforces Role in Aerospace Innovation During Ohio Space Week NASA · 25 Sep 2025 Ohio Space Week, Sept. 8–13, highlighted the state’s aerospace legacy and the role NASA’s Glenn Research Center has in advancing space technology. The week kicked off with the American Astronautical Society’s Glenn Space...
NASA Glenn’s AeroSpace Frontiers Newsletter Takes a Bow NASA · 25 Sep 2025 Since April 1999, the AeroSpace Frontiers (AF) newsletter has shared information monthly on NASA Glenn Research Center’s people, projects, and progress. If you were looking for news on any of these topics, there was a go...
Glenn Highlights Space Exploration at Minnesota State Fair NASA · 25 Sep 2025 NASA brought the excitement of space exploration to the Minnesota State Fair from Aug. 21–24, offering exhibits and interactive experiences for the whole family. Led by NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, the agen...
NASA Names Glenn’s Steven Sinacore to Lead Fission Surface Power NASA · 25 Sep 2025 NASA leadership has named NASA Glenn Research Center’s Steven A. Sinacore as the agency’s program executive for Fission Surface Power with Lindsay Kaldon as deputy program executive. Sinacore will lead a team within the...
SatNews and SpaceNews Partner to Launch EU Space Defence Track at SmallSat Europe 2026 SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2025 Washington, D.C and Sonoma, Calif. – September 25 – SatNews, the team behind Silicon Valley Space Week, the SmallSat Symposium, and SmallSat Europe, which together welcome more than 3,500 attendees […]
Live coverage: ULA to launch fifth batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 25 Sep 2025 This is the third time that United Launch Alliance will launch these broadband satellites, but it’s the fifth batch heading to orbit overall for the constellation. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:09 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC).
Redwire to provide solar arrays for Axiom space station module SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2025 Axiom Space has awarded a contract to Redwire to provide solar arrays for the first module of Axiom’s planned commercial space station.
Galileo R&D tests new uplink antenna ESA · 25 Sep 2025 Galileo relies on ground-based uplink stations (ULS) to maintain accurate positioning for users worldwide. These stations transmit essential data to the satellites, including the information required to compute the satel...
Ariane 6 Selected to Launch German Military Communications Satellites European Spaceflight · 25 Sep 2025 Airbus Defence and Space has awarded Arianespace a contract to launch a pair of SATCOMBw-3 communications satellites for the German Armed Forces. In July 2024, the German Armed Forces awarded Airbus Defence and Space a €...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 25 Sep 2025 The Starlink 10-15 mission comes a day after SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft to study the effects of the Sun. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 UTC).
Artemis II Crew Ready to Fly Around the Moon on “Integrity” SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Sep 2025 Today the four Artemis II crew members announced the name they have chosen for their Orion capsule — Integrity. During an hour-long news conference, they conveyed readiness for their mission
NASA Awards Atmosphere Research Support Contract NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA has selected Science and Technology Corp. of Columbia, Maryland, to support atmospheric science research and development at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Atmosphere Support is...
Next chapter in space defense: Satellites that never stop moving SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 Concepts like ‘dynamic space operations’ and ‘sustained space maneuver’ refer not only to extending the life of satellites but also to allowing them to ‘take action’
ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn planned for late October or early November SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 The second launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, carrying a NASA smallsat mission to Mars, is now expected in late October or early November.
NASA Awards Company to Attempt Swift Spacecraft Orbit Boost NASA · 24 Sep 2025 Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft will rendezvo...
NASA Highlights Space Innovation, Exploration at Space Conference NASA · 24 Sep 2025 Led by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, an agency delegation will participate in the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, Australia, from Sunday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Oct. 3. The IAC, organized by th...
NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the robotic platform aboard the...
NASA Lab Builds New Aircraft to Support Complex Flight Research NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is building a new subscale aircraft to support increasingly complex flight research, offering a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to crewed missi...
Space Forge and United Semiconductors to collaborate on space-based semiconductor manufacturing SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – British startup Space Forge and U.S.-based United Semiconductors announced an agreement Sept. 23 to develop capabilities for space-based manufacturing of semiconductors used in electromagnetic sensors and...
NASA Aircraft Coordinate Science Flights to Measure Air Quality NASA · 24 Sep 2025 Magic is in the air. No wait… MAGEQ is in the air, featuring scientists from NASA centers across the country who teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Maryland Balti...
NASA Data Powers New Tool to Protect Water Supply After Fires NASA · 24 Sep 2025 When wildfires scorch a landscape, the flames are just the beginning. NASA is helping U.S. communities foresee and prepare for what can follow: mudslides, flash flooding, and contaminated water supplies.
Help Map the Moon’s Molten Flows! NASA · 24 Sep 2025 When asteroids hit the Moon, the impacts carve out craters and with enough energy and pressure, melt parts of the rocky surface. Often, the white hot, gooey melt (it’s like lava, except that it doesn’t erupt from undergr...
Airplane Aerobatics NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days aboard the International Space Statio...
Webb explores largest star-forming cloud in our galaxy ESA · 24 Sep 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colourful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region in our M...
NASA’s Webb Explores Largest Star-Forming Cloud in Milky Way NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colorful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy. “We...
NASA, NOAA Launch Three Spacecraft to Map Sun’s Influence Across Space NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched three new missions Wednesday to investigate the Sun’s influence across the solar system. At 7:30 a.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off...
Zeno Power secures americium-241 supply for space nuclear batteries SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 Zeno Power has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Orano, a French nuclear recycler, to lock in a steady supply of americium-241 to fuel the U.S. startup’s long-duration space batteries.
Falcon 9 launches three space weather missions SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 A Falcon 9 launched a “cosmic carpool” of spacecraft for NASA and NOAA Sept. 24 that will study the sun and its role in space weather.
We’re cluttering Earth’s orbit at record speed. Who’s going to clean it up? SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 The rules we have were designed to prevent disaster, not manage growth. It’s time for a smarter, more adaptable approach.
NASA Launches 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition NASA · 24 Sep 2025 NASA’s 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to conceptualize innovative systems and practices that would advance current commercial aircraft maintenance, repair, and operations with the goal t...
ESA backs Skynopy to bring adaptive modulation to Earth observation satellites SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 Skynopy, a French ground station startup, said Sept. 24 it has won a European Space Agency contract to help commercialize adaptive modulation technology that it claims can double satellite data download rates.
Geespace secures $281 million for IoT constellation and global HQ SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 Geely’s space subsidiary has secured a $281 million investment to accelerate deployment of its Geesatcom Internet of Things constellation and build a new global headquarters.
The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond ESA · 24 Sep 2025 The martian landscape is not the easiest terrain to get around. Some areas are too rocky for a wheeled rover to cross, and elsewhere a lack of distinctive features in the landscape can cause problems for a camera-based n...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch NASA, NOAA missions exploring the impacts of the Sun Spaceflight Now · 24 Sep 2025 The primary payload, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is joined by two rideshare payloads heading to Lagrange Point 1. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for 7:30 a.m. EDT...
Avio Signs Deal to Launch Satellite for “Extra-European” Customer European Spaceflight · 24 Sep 2025 Italian rocket builder Avio has signed a launch services agreement with US-based launch aggregator SpaceLaunch for a Vega C launch carrying an Earth observation satellite for an “extra-European institutional customer” in...

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