2025 10 News

31 Oct 2025

• Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with Tiangong space station 3.5 hours after launch
• Kyivstar prepares to expand Starlink Direct to Cell testing across Ukraine
• For clues to the future of military space, look in the air
• Blue Origin test-fires New Glenn ahead of second launch
• European Commission weighs inviting Ukraine to Europe’s GOVSATCOM platform
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 100th Starlink flight of 2025
• Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
• NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back
• New Glenn rocket has clear path to launch after test-firing at Cape Canaveral
• Rocket Report: SpaceX surpasses shuttle launch total; Skyroot has big ambitions
• SpaceX teases simplified Starship as alarms sound over Moon landing delays

30 Oct 2025

• Interest rate cut further fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs
• EnduroSat raises $104 million to scale production of larger small satellites
• Golden Dome hype meets information vacuum as industry awaits Pentagon direction
• Pentagon turns to ‘government-owned, commercially-operated’ satellites amid conflict risks
• Momentus Vigoride 7 to fly DPhi Space hosted payload platform
• China targets 2026 for first Long March 10 launch, new lunar crew spacecraft flight
• Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture
• Quantum’s promise for near and long-term space applications
• Investors gravitate toward space firms with defense applications
• Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
• An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit

29 Oct 2025

• ESA outlines plans for space security program
• Rising demand and falling costs clear path for satellite servicing
• Pentagon nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’
• NASA races to keep Artemis II on schedule, even when workers aren’t being paid

28 Oct 2025

• FCC proposes ‘licensing assembly line’ to accelerate satellite approvals
• Slingshot sells first sensors in UK deal as more nations seek space-tracking sovereignty
• Malaysia and the Philippines sign Artemis Accords
• Voyager Technologies acquires ExoTerra Resources
• Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026

27 Oct 2025

• Voyager Technologies Acquires ExoTerra Resources
• MTN carves out private networks for Starlink’s business users
• Iridium unveils chip to bring GPS protection to mass-market devices
• China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite
• HEO’s satellite-to-satellite imaging uncovers secrets of Chinese tech-test spacecraft
• 25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station

26 Oct 2025

• Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026
• Kymeta to supply flat-panel satellite antennas to U.S. Army

25 Oct 2025

• SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

24 Oct 2025

• Chinese launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy move toward IPOs
• SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
• Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to form new European company
• Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked
• Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House

23 Oct 2025

• SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
• China expands classified geostationary satellite series with Long March 5 launch
• Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to combine space businesses
• Ion-X to supply upgraded thruster for Univity’s VLEO 5G constellation
• Live coverage: SpaceX to expend Falcon 9 booster to launch Spainsat NG 2 communications satellite
• California startup to demonstrate space weapon on its own dime
• Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian

22 Oct 2025

• Vantor satellites track space objects in ‘blind spots’ inaccessible to military ground sensors
• Musk criticizes Duffy amid NASA leadership debate
• Lynk Global and Omnispace to merge in race for direct-to-device satellite spectrum
• Startup takes on space-based missile defense — with its own cash
• SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission

21 Oct 2025

• Analysts question Germany’s request for defensive and inspector satellites
• Orion installed on SLS as Artemis 2 preparations continue during shutdown
• Starlink mini lasers to link Muon Space satellites for near real-time connectivity
• Landspace begins final preparations for China’s first orbital launch and landing attempt
• Belgian startup Nxgsat raises early funds for virtual 5G satellite modem
• Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently
• Satellite operators will soon join airlines in using Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi

20 Oct 2025

• Duffy says NASA will open Artemis 3 lander contract to competition
• SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign of slowing down

19 Oct 2025

• China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload
• Something from “space” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah

18 Oct 2025

• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight

17 Oct 2025

• Planet Labs wins $12.8 million NGA contract for maritime intelligence in Asia-Pacific
• Europe outlines defense flagship programs and confirms European Space Shield by 2026
• German launch startup HyImpulse raises 45 million euros
• First Ariane 64 launch slips to 2026
• Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
• NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
• Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship

16 Oct 2025

• iRocket turns to missiles to fuel reusable launcher ambitions
• ‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites
• Axiom Space replaces CEO
• SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network
• SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to

15 Oct 2025

• Beyond Gravity plans US push after fivefold boost in European solar mechanism output
• Polish space company Scanway Space secures U.S., European deals amid international expansion drive
• Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
• Live coverage: Overnight launch planned for 28 more Starlink satellites
• Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

14 Oct 2025

• Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE
• K2 Space announces plans for three-orbit demonstration mission
• Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans
• Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates
• Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
• Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective
• SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
• SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2

13 Oct 2025

• More layoffs at JPL
• Momentus and Solstar to offer communications, transportation and infrastructure in low-Earth orbit
• JAXA to launch tech demo satellites on Electron rockets
• Live coverage: SpaceX poised to launch 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
• Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
• Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight

11 Oct 2025

• French space defense startup Dark ceases operations
• Huge commercial Chinese solid rocket launches 3 satellites from barge in the Yellow Sea

10 Oct 2025

• Planet announces new line of satellites for daily Earth imaging
• New Zealand charts continued growth of its space industry
• Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
• Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

09 Oct 2025

• Momentus wins two NASA contracts to fly tech demo payloads
• SpaceX delays launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites amid backdrop of poor weather
• We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one

08 Oct 2025

• Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025
• Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services
• AST SpaceMobile gains Verizon ally amid SpaceX’s direct-to-device push
• Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging
• Space infrastructure investments surge to five-quarter high
• Sateliot hails standards-based IoT connection from LEO to a commercial device
• Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch

07 Oct 2025

• Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral
• Senators spar over plans to move shuttle Discovery
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

06 Oct 2025

• Cubic targets military satcom market with ‘Vector’ terminals
• EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on 90th Starlink mission of 2025
• Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals

05 Oct 2025

• ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia

04 Oct 2025

• SpaceX lands majority of U.S. national security launches awarded for fiscal year 2026
• Gilmour Space plans return to flight next year
• SpaceX to launch 4 Falcon Heavy rockets as part of newest U.S. national security missions award
• Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive

03 Oct 2025

• EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
• Starlab partners unveil full-scale mockup of commercial space station
• China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination
• Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half
• Rocket Report: Alpha explodes on test stand; Europe wants a mini Starship

02 Oct 2025

• Preparations on track for second New Glenn launch
• University of Western Australia unveils optical ground network
• How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up

01 Oct 2025

• What Germany’s $41B investment in space could mean for Europe
• Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris
• Maldives plots $50 million fund for sovereign space capabilities
• Synspective purchases 10 additional Electron launches
• Australia and UK extend Space Bridge partnership
• Report argues NASA is illegally using President’s Budget Request to circumvent Congress’ budgeting process
• ViaSat-3 F2 satellite arrives in Florida ahead of late October launch
• In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight