China Executes Quadruple Launch Surge in 96 Hours
A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. SatNews December 9, 2025 — Deploying assets ranging from the ...
Rocket Lab Qualifies Neutron’s “Hungry Hippo”
SatNews December 9, 2025 — Rocket Lab has completed qualification testing for the Neutron launch vehicle’s "Hungry Hippo" fairing, a critical structural validation that clears the way for the medium-lift rocket’s inaugural flight. Announced December 8, the milestone signals the ...
FCC Opens Review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau has designated SpaceX’s modification application for a new 15,000-satellite Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) shell as "acceptable for filing," initiating the formal regulatory review period for the expanded network. According to ...
Latest Stories
Lockheed Martin Taps Hadrian for Software-Defined Manufacturing Alliance
Tom Carrubba (right), vice president of production operations at Lockheed Martin, and Chris Power (left), chief executive officer ...
NASA Loses Contact with MAVEN Mars Orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has experienced a critical loss of situational awareness, ...
Astronomy on Tap (AoT)
December 8, 2025 – The global science outreach organization Astronomy on Tap (AoT) is expanding its operational footprint ...
IDS Cameras Redefine Planetary Imaging with Sony Starvis 2 Technology
OBERSULM, Germany — Targeting the extreme sensitivity and high frame-rate requirements of high-resolution astrophotography, IDS Imaging Development Systems ...
Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”
PROMONTORY, Utah — Targeting the critical supply chain bottlenecks that have plagued the defense industrial base, Northrop Grumman ...
LeoLabs Secures First Interagency Contract to Supply Orbital Data
MENLO PARK, Calif. — In a precedent-setting move for space domain awareness (SDA) procurement, LeoLabs announced today it ...
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) to Rebrand as “SSC Space” to Unify Global Operations
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) will change its company name to SSC Space at the beginning of 2026. The ...
US Space Force Combat Forces Command Declares Operational Acceptance of Long Range Discrimination Radar
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Space Force’s Combat Forces Command (CFC) formally took operational acceptance of the ...
BAE Systems Tapped by U.S. Navy for $36 Million Submarine Sensor Mast Contract
NASHUA, N.H. — BAE Systems has secured a $36 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and ...
SatNews Focus: The “Hotbird” Defense — Why Eutelsat’s Deal with beIN Matters in a LEO World
PARIS — While the industry's gaze is fixed on the mega-constellation race in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Eutelsat ...
RTX’s Raytheon’s strategic collaboration with AWS
AURORA, Colo. — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has formalized a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services ...
SLI Commit $200M+ to AscendArc for Leased GEO Satellite Fleet
SatNews, December 8, 2025 — The barrier to entry for the Geostationary Orbit (GEO) club has just been ...
EBAD’s PRM9104 Supports Deployment of Impulse Space’s Mira Spacecraft
Simsbury, Conn. — Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) has confirmed the successful flight and actuation of its ...
A Night Amongst the Stars of the Cosmos
London, U.K. — The global space sector’s leading investors, technologists, and executives gathered at The Natural History Museum ...
Musk’s next step could be expensive
By Chris Forrester — The past few days have seen the business pages full of reports that Elon ...
SpaceX Targets $800 Billion Valuation in Secondary Sale, Eyes 2026 IPO
Surpassing the valuation of any other private company globally, SpaceX is reportedly negotiating a secondary share sale that ...
Satellite Operators to Capture Just 4% of $20 Billion BEAD Broadband Funds
Despite federal mandates for technology neutrality, satellite operators are on track to receive a fraction of the U.S ...
Isar Aerospace Selected by ESA to Launch ‘Syndeo-3’ Demonstration Mission
MUNICH — Isar Aerospace has signed a launch services contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver ...
Startical Advances Space-Based ATM
MADRID — The race to provide seamless, global air traffic management (ATM) from orbit accelerated today as Startical, ...
Victoria Coleman to Lead Strategic Vision for 36-Acre Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The forthcoming Berkeley Space Center, a massive public-private innovation hub slated for NASA’s Ames ...
