2025 09 News
27 Sep 2025
- NASA Marshall director steps down
- China boosts broadband, IoT and weather satellite fleets with flurry of launches
26 Sep 2025
- Beyond Gravity to supply robotic arms for Swissto12 small GEO satellites
- Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser debut mission delayed again, no longer docking to station
- Rocket Report: Keeping up with Kuiper; New Glenn’s second flight slips
25 Sep 2025
- Artemis 2 could launch as soon as February
- L3Harris looks to scale production of hybrid satcom radios after successful Air Force tests
- NASA awards Katalyst Space contract to reboost Swift spacecraft
- Redwire to provide solar arrays for Axiom space station module
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
- SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- ULA launches third batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
- Astra’s Chris Kemp woke up one recent morning and chose violence
- High above the equator, Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO armed forces
24 Sep 2025
- Next chapter in space defense: Satellites that never stop moving
- ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn planned for late October or early November
- Space Forge and United Semiconductors to collaborate on space-based semiconductor manufacturing
- Zeno Power secures americium-241 supply for space nuclear batteries
- Falcon 9 launches three space weather missions
- ESA backs Skynopy to bring adaptive modulation to Earth observation satellites
- Geespace secures $281 million for IoT constellation and global HQ
- A “cosmic carpool” is traveling to a distant space weather observation post
23 Sep 2025
- U.S. military sees China’s reusable rocket push as a space security concern
- Space Force chief calls for speed over perfection in weapons buying
- Firefly looks to resume Alpha launches soon
- Scaling up IRIS² to meet evolving demands
- Lockheed Martin delivers 21 satellites for next launch of U.S. military ‘Transport Layer’
- NASA selects new astronaut class
- NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon
22 Sep 2025
- Air Force Secretary warns of ‘Sputnik moment’ as U.S. faces China’s rapid military advances
- NASA selects new astronaut class
- Falcon 9 launch pushes NRO satellite fleet past 200 in orbit
- Quantum Space acquires Phase Four propulsion assets
21 Sep 2025
20 Sep 2025
- NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years
- NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award
19 Sep 2025
- China promotes direct-to-device satellite services with new guidelines and licensing
- Building Saudi Arabia’s space champion
- Taiwanese aerospace firm partners with Maxar on GPS-alternative drone navigation
- Space Norway and SSTL collaborate on radar satellite program
- U.S., UK Space Commands execute first joint satellite maneuvers
- Rocket Report: European rocket reuse test delayed; NASA tweaks SLS for Artemis II
18 Sep 2025
- U.S., UK Space Commands execute first joint satellite maneuvers
- Hubble Network raises $70 million to accelerate 60-satellite Bluetooth constellation
- Educating customers may be half the battle for nascent hyperspectral sector
- Blue Origin retires New Shepard capsule after payload flight
- New military satcom services program to focus on ‘maneuverable’ small GEO satellites
- Stratospheric pseudo-satellites nearing commercial role in hybrid space networks
- Cygnus arrives at ISS after thruster glitch
- Defense and security agencies propel demand for Earth-observation data
- Astra plans mid-2026 first launch of Rocket 4
- Arianespace examines options to increase Ariane 6 launch rate
- Northrop Grumman successfully resupplies ISS after overcoming software glitch
- Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project
17 Sep 2025
- Space Force accelerates reorganization of acquisition units
- Small GEO strategies diverge around vertical integration
- Maxar and Ecopia roll out AI-powered Earth mapping system
- Does Europe need a spaceplane?
- ReOrbit raises 45 million euros to increase spacecraft production
- Axiom and Spacebilt to establish ISS data center node
16 Sep 2025
- Project Kuiper plots broadband services in five countries by end of March
- Impulse Space and Anduril to demonstrate autonomous spacecraft maneuvers in GEO
- Axiom and Spacebilt to establish ISS data center node
- GHGSat announces $34 million in equity and debt financing
- SpaceX planning first tests of new direct-to-device spectrum next year
- Viasat and Space42 to pool satellite spectrum for direct-to-device services
- BlackSky wins second NGA ‘Luno’ contract to track global changes with satellites and AI
- SES moves to iterative MEO deployment with K2 Space partnership
- Laser communications supplier Mynaric signals recovery after production setbacks
- Astro Digital to plug into Star Catcher solar-energy grid
- A new report finds China’s space program will soon equal that of the US
15 Sep 2025
- Telesat pitches Lightspeed as stopgap to Europe’s IRIS²
- York Space hits milestone with largest satellite delivery yet
- Swissto12 clears PDR for debut small GEO D2D satellite
- Launch companies double down on increasing flight rates despite setbacks
- EchoStar eyes satcom expansion after ‘forced pivot’ from spectrum sales
- Military spending and direct-to-device competition are reshaping the space economy
- Falcon 9 launches upgraded Cygnus cargo spacecraft to ISS
- NASA closing its original repository for Columbia artifacts to tours
14 Sep 2025
- Vast backs new NASA commercial space station strategy
- NASA reestablishes contact with one of two TRACERS satellites
13 Sep 2025
- NASA reestablishes contact with one of two TRACERS satellites
- Golden Dome’s cost: anywhere from billions to trillions, depending on design
- 60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details
12 Sep 2025
- Apex reaches billion-dollar valuation with Series D funding round
- Cailabs raises $67 million to scale up production of optical ground stations
- Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden Dome
- Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
11 Sep 2025
- Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden Dome
- Sophia and Armada link terrestrial and orbital edge processors
- House appropriators offer support to threatened NASA missions
- Eutelsat partners with Skynopy to explore opening OneWeb ground stations to Earth observation
- NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?
10 Sep 2025
- NASA highlights potential evidence of past life in Martian rock
- Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arrays
- Rendezvous Robotics raises funding to develop technology for self-assembling space structures
- Japan’s IHI expands constellation plans with SatVu thermal imaging partnership
- Musk confident Starship will start launching 100 tons to orbit next year
09 Sep 2025
- Maxar to supply 3D terrain data for U.S. Army mixed-reality system
- FCC closes EchoStar probes as spectrum sales reshape D2D race
- Airbus CEO ‘very committed’ to combination of European space businesses
- China launches mystery Yaogan-45 spysat, expands Geesatcom constellation
- Office of Space Commerce loses 40% of budget in rescission
- China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter
- BlackSky and Iceye join group creating Earth’s digital twin
- Europe ramps up direct-to-device push amid SpaceX’s multibillion-dollar expansion
- After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch
- SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
08 Sep 2025
- BlackSky and Iceye join group creating Earth’s digital twin
- Commercial firms team up to demonstrate hypersonic vehicle tracking capabilities
- Europe ramps up direct-to-device push amid SpaceX’s $19 billion service boost
- Tournear leaves Space Development Agency for new role at Auburn University
- EchoStar sells spectrum to SpaceX, cancels MDA satellite contract
- Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage
- On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar
07 Sep 2025
- Blue Origin, Anduril win military ‘rocket cargo’ study contracts
- China launches new set of Yaogan-40 satellites into polar orbit
06 Sep 2025
- Pentagon announces senior U.S. Space Force leadership changes
- NASA releases details on revised next phase of commercial space station development
05 Sep 2025
- Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral imagery sheds light on damage caused to Iranian nuclear facility
- China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to GEO, commercial Ceres-1 carries 3 satellites
- GHGSat to provide methane monitoring for ExxonMobil
- Duffy pushes back against testimony that NASA is falling behind China in lunar exploration
- NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon
- Rocket Report: Neutron’s pad opens for business; SpaceX gets Falcon 9 green light
04 Sep 2025
- Orbital Paradigm readies first reentry mission
- Space Force graduates first class of officers trained for ‘great power competition’
- Project Kuiper scores first airline win as JetBlue picks LEO over GEO
- Honoring the Best in Space: 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards Nominations Open
- NASA names exploration official as associate administrator
- Space Force to use small satellites for geostationary communications
- AscendArc lands South Korea’s KT Sat as anchor small GEO customer
- Lull in Falcon Heavy missions opens window for SpaceX to build new landing pads
03 Sep 2025
- Senate hearing raises doubts about NASA’s ability to get astronauts to the moon before China
- Telesat to offer blocks of satellite bandwidth to DoD for Golden Dome
- Spacedock to demonstrate modular payload interface with Oligo and Melagen
- European customer leases SI Imaging Services’ SpaceEye-T
- Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race
02 Sep 2025
- Trump directs U.S. Space Command move to Huntsville, reversing Biden decision
- True Anomaly hires former York Space executive as chief operating officer
- NASA advances lunar nuclear plan with commercial focus
- European customer leases SI Imaging Services’ SpaceEye-T
- Scaling smallsats: A conversation with Muon Space President Gregory Smirin
- Fuel supply is a bottleneck for Starship—here’s how SpaceX will get around it
- Ted Cruz reminds us why NASA’s rocket is called the “Senate Launch System”